The status of women in preindustrial societies

Cultures with a high degree of male absence for long periods of time will be associated with higher status for women (43)

see p. 144 for results.

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
`UNKNOWN`	Not Supported	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Male Absence For Periods Of Time	Independent	Instigation Of War
Women's Status, High	Dependent	Gender Status

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Whyte, Martin King	1978	Cultures with a high degree of institutionalized male solidarity will be associated with lower status for women (32)	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Textor, Robert B.	1967	In societies where nurturing agents have high rates of pain infliction towards infants, female status will be inferior or subjected to male status (277, 324).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Winkelman, Michael James	1986	"The Priests are full-time specialists, with high social and economic status, who generally exercise political, legislative, judicial, economic, or military power. These practitioners are predominantly or exclusively male" (27)	NA	0	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Whyte, Martin King	1978	Matrilineal descent will be associated with higher status for women (33)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Johnson, Mary A.	1986	Male animal characters are more likely to be portrayed with high intelligence (181)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author