Polygyny: insufficient father-son contact and son's masculine identity

Archives of Sexual Behavior • Vol/Iss. 5 • Published In • Pages: 201-209 •
By Kitahara, Michio

Hypothesis

Polygynous societies, where cowives and their children live in separate quarters, will be positively associated with male circumcision at puberty when the factor of the length of a postpartum sexual taboo is controlled (207)

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Fisher’s exact testPartially supportedUNKNOWNUNKNOWNUNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Engagement In Long Postpartum Sexual TabooCombinedPostnatal Care
Male Circumcision At PubertyDependentBody Alterations
Polygynous SocietiesIndependent CombinedPolygamy
Separation Of Cowives And Their ChildrenIndependent CombinedPolygamy

Related Hypotheses

Main AuthorHypothesis
Kitahara, MichioPolygynous societies that engage in a long postpartum sexual taboo will be positively associated with male circumcision at puberty when the factor of living-quarter arrangements is controlled (206)
Kitahara, MichioPolygynous societies that engage in a long postpartum sexual taboo will be positively correlated with males who are more likely to be circumcised at puberty (206)
Kitahara, MichioPolygynous societies, where cowives and their children live in separate quarters, will be positively associated with male segregation at puberty when the factor of the length of a postpartum sexual taboo is controlled (207)
Kitahara, Michio"There is a significant correlation between living quarter arrangements for co-wives in polygynous societies and the frequency of circumcision of males at puberty when the factor of the length of the postpartum sexual taboo is controlled" (10).
Kitahara, Michio"In polygynous societies, if each co-wife lives in a separate quarter with her children, and if there is a long post-partum sexual taboo, males are most likely to be circumcised and/or segregated at puberty, compared with societies [which lack one or the other of these factors]" (406).