Hypotheses
- The length of the post-partum sex taboo will be related to the severity of the menstrual taboos (282).Carroll, Michael P. - Totem and taboo, purity and danger…and fads and fashion in the study of poll..., 1983 - 2 Variables
This article examines three theories regarding the existence of pollution rules. Results show support for a psychological theory put forward by Freud that predicts a relationship between father-child contact, post-partum sex taboos, and menstrual taboos.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - "Societies characterized by community endogamy [will] be more likely than other societies to be characterized also by relatively severe menstrual taboos" (283).Carroll, Michael P. - Totem and taboo, purity and danger…and fads and fashion in the study of poll..., 1983 - 2 Variables
This article examines three theories regarding the existence of pollution rules. Results show support for a psychological theory put forward by Freud that predicts a relationship between father-child contact, post-partum sex taboos, and menstrual taboos.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - "Among those societies characterized by a relatively high degree of father-son contact, the longer the post-partum sex taboo, the less the prevalence of homosexuality" (263).Carroll, Michael P. - Freud on homosexuality and the super-ego: some cross-cultural tests, 1978 - 3 Variables
This study tests predictions of homosexuality. Results suggest that homosexuality is significantly associated with father-son contact.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - "Extensiveness of menstrual taboos . . . correlates positively with the duration of the post partum sex taboo" (97)Stephens, William N. - The oedipus complex: cross-cultural evidence, 1962 - 2 Variables
The author attempts to test the "Oedipus-complex" hypothesis--the psychoanalytic idea that under certain conditions (such as the long-post partum sex taboo) males are sexually attracted to their mothers and as a consequence certain fears and anxiety are generaated. The hypothesis is tested at the societal-level using ethnographic data.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - "Societies in which a son's contact with his father is relatively low should also be societies in which an institutionalized police force is present" (264).Carroll, Michael P. - Freud on homosexuality and the super-ego: some cross-cultural tests, 1978 - 2 Variables
This study tests predictions of homosexuality. Results suggest that homosexuality is significantly associated with father-son contact.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - "I predicted that [father expecting to be the main disciplinarian] would be correlated positively with extensiveness of menstrual taboos" (108)Stephens, William N. - The oedipus complex: cross-cultural evidence, 1962 - 2 Variables
The author attempts to test the "Oedipus-complex" hypothesis--the psychoanalytic idea that under certain conditions (such as the long-post partum sex taboo) males are sexually attracted to their mothers and as a consequence certain fears and anxiety are generaated. The hypothesis is tested at the societal-level using ethnographic data.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - "There should be an observed correlation between a relatively high prevalence of homosexuality and the presence of an institutionalized police force, but this correlation should disappear once degree of father contact is introduced as a control" (264).Carroll, Michael P. - Freud on homosexuality and the super-ego: some cross-cultural tests, 1978 - 3 Variables
This study tests predictions of homosexuality. Results suggest that homosexuality is significantly associated with father-son contact.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - "Extensiveness of menstrual taboos is correlated with intensity of sex anxiety" (94)Stephens, William N. - The oedipus complex: cross-cultural evidence, 1962 - 2 Variables
The author attempts to test the "Oedipus-complex" hypothesis--the psychoanalytic idea that under certain conditions (such as the long-post partum sex taboo) males are sexually attracted to their mothers and as a consequence certain fears and anxiety are generaated. The hypothesis is tested at the societal-level using ethnographic data.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - "There is a negative correlation between diffusion of nurturance and extensiveness of menstrual taboos" (100)Stephens, William N. - The oedipus complex: cross-cultural evidence, 1962 - 2 Variables
The author attempts to test the "Oedipus-complex" hypothesis--the psychoanalytic idea that under certain conditions (such as the long-post partum sex taboo) males are sexually attracted to their mothers and as a consequence certain fears and anxiety are generaated. The hypothesis is tested at the societal-level using ethnographic data.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - "[I predicted a poitive correlation between] the menstrual taboo . . . and severity of punishment for masturbation" (100)Stephens, William N. - The oedipus complex: cross-cultural evidence, 1962 - 2 Variables
The author attempts to test the "Oedipus-complex" hypothesis--the psychoanalytic idea that under certain conditions (such as the long-post partum sex taboo) males are sexually attracted to their mothers and as a consequence certain fears and anxiety are generaated. The hypothesis is tested at the societal-level using ethnographic data.
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