Raiding For Wives

Associated Documents (1)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Ayres, BarbaraBride theft and raiding for wives in cross-cultural perspective

Associated Hypotheses (2)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Ayres, Barbara"In addition, the data show that raiding for wives, like bride theft, is most likely to occur in societies where mother and infant sleep together" (249)
Ayres, Barbara". . . raiding is positively related to duration of the postpartum sex taboo (P=.004) and negatively related to the amount of contact between father and infant (P=.035)" (248)

Associated OCMs

  1. mode of marriage