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- "The degree of sexual differentiation in socialization practices in societies practicing supercision at adolescence will be relatively low. In such societies boys and girls will be treated alike and their differences minimized" (952)Harrington, Charles - Sexual differentiation in socialization and some male genital mutilations, 1968 - 2 Variables
This study differentiates between circumcision and supercision, two male genital mutilations which are thought to correlate with different gender socialization processes. Results suggest that circumcision occurs in societies with higher sexual differentiation in socialization while supercision occurs in societies with lower sexual differentiation in socialization.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - "Both rape and homosexuality show significant relationships with the custom of male genital mutilations during initiation ceremonies" (309)Minturn, Leigh - Cultural patterning of sexual beliefs and behavior, 1969 - 3 Variables
This paper is concerned with the variation in sexual behavior in humans. Authors test hypotheses regarding the relationships between sexual behaviors and beliefs concerning sex.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - "Societies having male genital mutilations as part of the initiation ceremonies condone or encourage homosexuality. . . . They also have more frequent homosexuality . . . and severely punish rape" (309)Minturn, Leigh - Cultural patterning of sexual beliefs and behavior, 1969 - 4 Variables
This paper is concerned with the variation in sexual behavior in humans. Authors test hypotheses regarding the relationships between sexual behaviors and beliefs concerning sex.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - Disapproval of premarital sex is positively associated with excision (196)Ericksen, Karen Paige - Female genital mutilations in africa, 1989 - 2 Variables
Female genital mutilations within Africa are associated with strong fraternal interest groups, virginity tests, and conservative permarital sex norms. Codes and ratings for female genital mutilations, virginity tests, premarital sex norms, and female initiation rites are presented in this article.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - "A long postpartum taboo will be more frequent in societies in which male genital mutilations are customary" (244)Saucier, Jean-Francois - Correlates of the long post-partum taboo: a cross-cultural study, 1972 - 2 Variables
This study investigates correlates of the post-partum sex taboo. Empirical analysis identifies several predictors, from extensive agriculture to localized kin groups. The authors suggest that the taboo imposes a burden on women and unmarried or monogamous young men, and it is best maintained in a community in which elders are in firm control and married women are considered outsiders due to village exogamy.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - Sexual behavior in childhood will be positively associated with sexual behavior in adolescence in societies where there is little differentiation from childhood to adolescence (316).Barry III, Herbert - Measurements of adolescent sexual behavior in the standard sample of societies, 1984 - 3 Variables
This article focuses on the relationship between premarital sexual behavior in childhood and adolescence. New measures and ratings of sexual behavior are presented. Findings supp ort the prediction that sexual behavior in childhood correlates with sexual behavior in adolescence in societies where there is an emphasis on continuity from childhood to adolescence.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - "Societies with the evil eye belief seem to foster a later onset of motor skills. . . . [Pain infliction on children by caretakers is present. There is] an early onset of modesty, in the sense that the genitals are covered, [and they] are also more likely to have genital mutilations" (253)Roberts, John M. - Belief in the evil eye in world perspective, 1976 - 5 Variables
This chapter examines the variables that are associated with the evil eye belief cross-culturally. Results suggest that the evil eye belief is significantly associated with various socioeconomic and demographic variables. All hypotheses are supported.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - Virginity tests are positively associated with excision (196)Ericksen, Karen Paige - Female genital mutilations in africa, 1989 - 2 Variables
Female genital mutilations within Africa are associated with strong fraternal interest groups, virginity tests, and conservative permarital sex norms. Codes and ratings for female genital mutilations, virginity tests, premarital sex norms, and female initiation rites are presented in this article.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - Cultures in which men clearly dominate will have relatively fat standards of beauty, and where women are less subordinate, there will be thinner standards of beauty (205).Anderson, Judith L. - Was the Duchess of Windsor right?: A cross-cultural review of the socioecolo..., 1992 - 2 Variables
Cultures vary widely in regards to beauty standards for female body fat: while industrialized nations typically prefer thinness in women, ethnographic reports indicate that plumpness is valued in many small-scale societies. Here the authors evaluate several hypotheses that relate variation in female body fat preference to variation in socioecology such as food storage, climate, male social dominance, valuation and restriction of women's work, and female stress during adolescence.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - Societies with male initiation involving both genital operation and isolation are positively associated with painful initiation rites for females.Brown, Judith K. - A cross-cultural study of female initiation rites, 1963 - 2 Variables
This article discusses initiation rites for girls. Specifically explored are the reasons why the ceremonies are observed in some societies and omitted in others and what the variations between societies demonstrates.
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