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Menstrual taboos will be associated with the presence of a post-partum sex taboo and little father-son contact in early childhood (281).

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Fisher’s exact test	Supported	p<.01	phi= .41	One-tailed

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Father-child Contact	Independent	Child Care
Menstrual Taboos	Dependent	Avoidance And Taboo, Menstruation
Post-partum Sex Taboo	Independent	Postnatal Care

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Carroll, Michael P.	1983	The length of the post-partum sex taboo will be related to the severity of the menstrual taboos (282).	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Stephens, William N.	1962	"Extensiveness of menstrual taboos . . . correlates positively with the duration of the post partum sex taboo" (97)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Carroll, Michael P.	1978	"Among those societies characterized by a relatively high degree of father-son contact, the longer the post-partum sex taboo, the less the prevalence of homosexuality" (263).	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Montgomery, Rita E.	1974	"Men bury the placenta, 'rest', or observe post partum taboos . . . [more frequently in cultures with low menstrual taboo scores than in cultures with high menstrual taboo scores]" (162)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Broude, Gwen J.	1980	A double standard in extramarital sex norms will be positively related to post-partum sex taboos (199).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author