Polygyny: insufficient father-son contact and son's masculine identity

Archives of Sexual Behavior • Vol/Iss. 5 • Published In • Pages: 201-209 •
By Kitahara, Michio

Hypothesis

Polygynous societies that engage in a long postpartum sexual taboo will be positively associated with male circumcision at puberty when the factor of living-quarter arrangements is controlled (206)

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Fisher’s exact testNot Supportedabove .10UNKNOWNUNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Engagement In Long Postpartum Sexual TabooIndependent CombinedPostnatal Care
Living-quarter ArrangementsCombinedPolygamy
Male Circumcision At PubertyDependentBody Alterations
Polygynous SocietiesIndependent CombinedPolygamy

Related Hypotheses

Main AuthorHypothesis
Kitahara, MichioPolygynous societies that engage in a long postpartum sexual taboo will be positively associated with male segregation at puberty when the factor of living-quarter arrangements is controlled (206)
Kitahara, MichioIn polygynous societies, separate living quarters for co-wives and a long postpartum sex taboo are associated with male circumcision and/or segregation at puberty (406-407).
Kitahara, Michio"In polygynous societies, if each co-wife lives in a separate quarter with her children, and if there is a long post-partum sexual taboo, males are most likely to be circumcised and/or segregated at puberty, compared with societies [which lack one or the other of these factors]" (406).
Kitahara, Michio". . . a long post-partum sexual taboo could become instrumental in increasing the possibility of circumcision and/or segregation only when it is present in societies having separate living quarters for co-wives" (408)
Kitahara, Michio"There is a significant correlation between living quarter arrangements for co-wives in polygynous societies and the frequency of circumcision of males at puberty when the factor of the length of the postpartum sexual taboo is controlled" (10).