The Function of Male Initiation Ceremonies at Puberty

Exclusive mother-son sleeping and a post-partum sex taboo are positively associated with initiation ceremonies at puberty.

Mother-son sleeping and post-partum sex taboo are combined as independent variables.

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
`UNKNOWN`	Supported	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Initiation Ceremonies At Puberty	Dependent	Puberty And Initiation
Mother-son Sleeping, Exclusive	Independent Combined	Postnatal Care
Postpartum Sex Taboo	Independent Combined	Sex Training

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Ember, Carol R.	2010	Exclusive mother-infant sleeping and a long postpartum sex taboo are positively associated with male initiation.	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Ember, Carol R.	2010	Exclusive mother-child sleeping and a long postpartum sex taboo are positively associated with male initiation ceremonies in the presence of all of the following catalysts: nonmatrilocal societies, more-than-rare warfare, nonstate societies.	Supported	6	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
Young, Frank W.	1962	"The two aspects of what may not be labeled 'absent-father family organization' have no empirical relation to initiation ceremonies when male solidarity is controlled" (386)	Supported	4	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