A cross-cultural perspective on theory and research on male homosexuality

Journal of Homosexuality • Vol/Iss. 4 • Published In • Pages: 345-362 •
By Werner, Dennis

Hypothesis

Parent-child sleeping arrangements, parent-child sleeping distances, and parental residence will be associated with frequency of male homosexuality (348).

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
UNKNOWNNot SupportedNot SignificantUNKNOWNUNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
HomosexualityDependentHomosexuality
Parent-child Sleeping ArrangementsIndependentChild Care, Infant Care, Sleeping
Parent-child Sleeping DistancesIndependentSleeping, Infant Care, Child Care
Parental ResidenceIndependentResidence

Related Hypotheses

Main AuthorHypothesis
Kitahara, MichioSocieties in which mother and son sleep in the same bed and the father sleeps in another hut/village will be more likely to have male circumcision than societies in which the father sleeps in the same hut (280).
Kitahara, MichioWhen the father sleeps in a separate hut, mother-baby sleeping arrangements (in same or separate beds) will only be weakly associated with circumcision (279).
Kitahara, MichioSocieties in which the mother and son sleep in the same bed and the father sleeps separately in the same hut will be more likely to have male circumcision; societies in which the mother and son sleep separately but in the same hut with the father will be less likely to have male circumsion (279).
Kitahara, MichioFor societies in which the mother and son do not sleep in the same bed, father-son sleeping distance will be more weakly associated with circumcision than in societies where the mother and son sleep in the same bed (281).
Kitahara, MichioMale circumcision becomes more likely when mothers and babies share beds and when fathers sleep in separate huts/villages. Societies with both traits, one trait, and neither trait will be most, less, and least likely to have circumcision, respectively (281-2).