Male dominance and female autonomy:  domestic authority in matrilineal societies

". . . Sister-to-brother deference is highly characteristic of Brother Dominant societies" (60)

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Coefficient of contingency	Supported	p<.001	.60	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Domestic Authority Type	`UNKNOWN`	Household
Sister-to-brother Deference	`UNKNOWN`	Family Relationships

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Schlegel, Alice	1972	"Sibling avoidance occurs most frequently in societies with husband authority, as a mechanism for keeping the brother, who has some authority over his sister within the descent group, from interfering in her marriage, in which her husband has authority" (26)	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Schlegel, Alice	1972	"It is apparent, as one would expect, that wife-to-husband deference is highly characteristic of Husband Dominant societies" (60)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Schlegel, Alice	1972	". . . control is associated with authority; so that husband or brother control correspond with husband or brother authority, and Type III [equivalent husband and brother authority] is associated with some form of partial or total female control" (22)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Schlegel, Alice	1972	"I hypothesize that matrilateral cross-cousin marriage is associated with husband authority in the domestic group, and that patrilateral cross-cousin marriage is associated with brother authority in the domestic group" (10)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Schlegel, Alice	1972	"There is a significant association . . . between Mother's Brother Control and special concern about sibling incest" (124)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author