A cross-cultural study of female initiation rites

Brown, Judith K.

A cross-cultural study of female initiation rites

American Anthropologist • Vol/Iss. 65 • Published In 1963 • Pages: 837-853 •

By Brown, Judith K.

Hypothesis

Societies with patrilocal residence and exclusive mother-infant sleeping will be positively associated with female initiation rites involving extreme pain.

Note

Chi-square is applied to whole table, not just to the hypothesized contrast.

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

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Female Initiation Rites With Extreme Pain	Dependent	Puberty And Initiation
Mother-infant Sleeping, Exclusive	Independent Combined	Postnatal Care
Patrilocal Residence	Independent Combined	Residence

Related Hypotheses

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Brown, Judith K.	1963	Societies with patrilocal residence and exclusive mother-infant sleeping will be associated with female initiation rites involving extreme pain	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Brown, Judith K.	1963	"In societies practicing patrilocal residence, in which there is also an exclusive mother-infant sleeping arrangement, female initiation rites will subject the initiate to extreme pain in the form of a genital operation or extensive tattooing" (843)	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Burton, Roger V.	1963	"In societies with maximum conflict in sex identity, e.g., where a boy initially sleeps exclusively with his mother and where the domestic unit is patrilocal and hence controlled by men, there will be initiation rites at puberty which function to resolve this conflict in identity" (112-113)	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Young, Frank W.	1965	"Male solidarity dissolves the relationship between the two childhood factors [exclusive mother-son sleeping arrangement and patrilocal residence] and male initiation" (77)	Supported	4	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Textor, Robert B.	1967	Societies where mother-son sleeping arrangements last longer than one year will tend to have female initiation rites (382, 316).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author

A cross-cultural study of female initiation rites

American Anthropologist • Vol/Iss. 65 • Published In 1963 • Pages: 837-853 • Cite

By Brown, Judith K.

Hypothesis

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Test

Variables

Related Hypotheses

American Anthropologist • Vol/Iss. 65 • Published In 1963 • Pages: 837-853 •