Cultural patterning of sexual beliefs and behavior

"Both rape and homosexuality show significant relationships with the custom of male genital mutilations during initiation ceremonies" (309)

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Chi square	Supported	p<.05	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Minturn, Leigh	1969	"Societies having male genital mutilations as part of the initiation ceremonies condone or encourage homosexuality. . . . They also have more frequent homosexuality . . . and severely punish rape" (309)	Supported	4	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Saucier, Jean-Francois	1972	"A long postpartum taboo will be more frequent in societies in which male genital mutilations are customary" (244)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Minturn, Leigh	1969	"As predicted, homosexuality is prevalent in societies with . . . low incidence of rape" (309)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Minturn, Leigh	1969	". . . the rape and homosexuality scales show no relationship to Whiting's measure of the length of the postpartum taboo" (309)	Supported	5	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Roberts, John M.	1976	"Societies with the evil eye belief seem to foster a later onset of motor skills. . . . [Pain infliction on children by caretakers is present. There is] an early onset of modesty, in the sense that the genitals are covered, [and they] are also more likely to have genital mutilations" (253)	Supported	5	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author