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The length of the post-partum sex taboo will be related to the severity of the menstrual taboos (282).

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Fisher’s exact test	Not Supported	Not Significant	phi= .13	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Duration Of Post-partum Sex Taboo	Independent	Postnatal Care
Menstrual Taboos	Dependent	Avoidance And Taboo, Menstruation

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Carroll, Michael P.	1983	Menstrual taboos will be associated with the presence of a post-partum sex taboo and little father-son contact in early childhood (281).	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Stephens, William N.	1962	"Extensiveness of menstrual taboos . . . correlates positively with the duration of the post partum sex taboo" (97)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Montgomery, Rita E.	1974	"Men bury the placenta, 'rest', or observe post partum taboos . . . [more frequently in cultures with low menstrual taboo scores than in cultures with high menstrual taboo scores]" (162)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Broude, Gwen J.	1980	A double standard in extramarital sex norms will be positively related to post-partum sex taboos (199).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Textor, Robert B.	1967	There will be less permission for extramarital sex relations in societies where the post-partum sex taboo lasts less than one month (393, 301).	Marginally Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author