Hypotheses
- The length of the post-partum sex taboo will be related to the severity of the menstrual taboos (282).Carroll, Michael P. - Totem and taboo, purity and danger…and fads and fashion in the study of poll..., 1983 - 2 Variables
This article examines three theories regarding the existence of pollution rules. Results show support for a psychological theory put forward by Freud that predicts a relationship between father-child contact, post-partum sex taboos, and menstrual taboos.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - Menstrual taboos will be associated with the presence of a post-partum sex taboo and little father-son contact in early childhood (281).Carroll, Michael P. - Totem and taboo, purity and danger…and fads and fashion in the study of poll..., 1983 - 3 Variables
This article examines three theories regarding the existence of pollution rules. Results show support for a psychological theory put forward by Freud that predicts a relationship between father-child contact, post-partum sex taboos, and menstrual taboos.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - ". . . where there is a severe menstrual taboo, there is not likely to be severe insobriety in the society" (39)Klausner, Samuel Z. - Sacred and profane meanings of blood and alcohol, 1964 - 2 Variables
This study examines a hypothesis that ceremonial drinking is negatively associated with heavy secular drinking. Empirical analysis does not support this association, and the author proposes an alternative theory of alcohol consumption and the problem of evil. Hypotheses relating alcohol consumption to menstrual taboos and the uses of blood in society are supported.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - "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).Carroll, Michael P. - Freud on homosexuality and the super-ego: some cross-cultural tests, 1978 - 3 Variables
This study tests predictions of homosexuality. Results suggest that homosexuality is significantly associated with father-son contact.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - ". . . that where blood is considered holy, as indicated by the existence of a severe menstrual taboo, blood will tend not to be used secularly; nor will alcohol, its symbolic equivalent, tend to be drunk heavily in purely secular situations" (39)Klausner, Samuel Z. - Sacred and profane meanings of blood and alcohol, 1964 - 2 Variables
This study examines a hypothesis that ceremonial drinking is negatively associated with heavy secular drinking. Empirical analysis does not support this association, and the author proposes an alternative theory of alcohol consumption and the problem of evil. Hypotheses relating alcohol consumption to menstrual taboos and the uses of blood in society are supported.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - "Rigidity and male dominance are associated [with menstrual taboos] to about the same degree, as would be expected" (103)Young, Frank W. - Menstrual taboos and social rigidity, 1967 - 3 Variables
This study first reviews two explanations of menstrual taboos: taboos as an aspect of social rigidity and a psychogenic interpretation of menstrual taboos. The authors chiefly advocate a sociogenic explanation of menstrual taboos.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - "Societies characterized by the presence of an organization that tries to coordinate politically autonomous subgroups should give greater relative emphasis to male deities than other societies" (42).Carroll, Michael P. - The sex of our gods, 1979 - 2 Variables
This study tests several hypothesis about predictors of male or female gods. Results suggest a relationship between relative emphasis on female deities and rule of descent.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - "Stephens reports that the postpartum taboo tends to be bimodally distributed. On the contrary, degree of elaboration of menstrual taboos is associated with increasing length of the postpartum taboo" (104)Young, Frank W. - Menstrual taboos and social rigidity, 1967 - 2 Variables
This study first reviews two explanations of menstrual taboos: taboos as an aspect of social rigidity and a psychogenic interpretation of menstrual taboos. The authors chiefly advocate a sociogenic explanation of menstrual taboos.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - "Stephens' main predictor [of menstrual taboo], the composite score of anxiety, did hold up [replicate]" (105)Young, Frank W. - Menstrual taboos and social rigidity, 1967 - 2 Variables
This study first reviews two explanations of menstrual taboos: taboos as an aspect of social rigidity and a psychogenic interpretation of menstrual taboos. The authors chiefly advocate a sociogenic explanation of menstrual taboos.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - "Societies in which a son's contact with his father is relatively high should also be societies in which homosexuality is relatively rare" (262).Carroll, Michael P. - Freud on homosexuality and the super-ego: some cross-cultural tests, 1978 - 2 Variables
This study tests predictions of homosexuality. Results suggest that homosexuality is significantly associated with father-son contact.
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