Female Contribution To Subsistence

Associated Documents (20)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Kitahara, MichioFemale puberty rites: reconsideration and speculation
Lee, Gary R.Marital structure and economic systems
Crapo, Richard H.Factors in the cross-cultural patterning of male homosexuality: a reappraisal of the literature
Eichler, MargritPower and sexual fear in primitive societies
Low, Bobbi S.Sex, coalitions, and politics in preindustrial societies
Schlegel, AliceMarriage transactions: labor, property, status
Witkowski, StanleyEnvironmental familiarity and models of band organization
Schlegel, AliceThe cultural consequences of female contribution to subsistence
Hooper, Paul L.Explaining monogamy and polygyny among foragers and horticulturalists
Zelman, Elizabeth CrouchReproduction, ritual, and power
Brown, Judith K.A cross-cultural study of female initiation rites
Sanday, Peggy ReevesToward a theory of the status of women
Low, Bobbi S.Sex, power, and resources: ecological and social correlates of sex differences
Korotayev, Andrey V.Form of marriage, sexual division of labor, and postmarital residence in cross-cultural perspect...
Divale, William TulioThe causes of matrilocal residence: a cross-ethnohistorical survey
Martin, M. KayFemale of the species
Frederic L. PryorEconomic Systems of Foraging, Agricultural, and Industrial Societies
Brown, Judith K.A cross-cultural study of female initiation rites
Zelman, Elizabeth CrouchWomen's rights and women's rites: a cross-cultural study of womanpower
Šaffa, GabrielPaternity Uncertainty and Parent–Offspring Conflict Explain Restrictions on Female Premarital Se...

Associated Hypotheses (28)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Kitahara, MichioFemale subsistence contribution will be positively associated with female puberty rites.
Lee, Gary R.Female contribution to subsistence will be positively associated with polygyny (p. 702).
Crapo, Richard H.In pathic societies, there will be a negative association between male homosexual marriage partnerships and female contribution to subsistence (189).
Eichler, Margrit"In cultures in which women contribute above the median to subsistence, the postpartum sex taboo will be shorter than in societies in which women contribute below the median to the subsistence of society" (1.5).
Low, Bobbi S.Women's overt political power will be associated with group size, mobility, sex ratio, marriage system, male absence, ability to participate with men, female contribution to subsistence, level of political sovereignty, political organization hierarchy, and geographic region (70).
Schlegel, AliceDistribution of marriage transactions will be associated with female contribution to subsistence such that bridewealth is more common where female contribution is high (298-9).
Witkowski, StanleyIn non-agricultural societies, female localization will be associated with female contribution to subsistence (15).
Witkowski, StanleyIn agricultural societies, female localization will be associated with female contribution to subsistence (16).
Schlegel, AliceWomen’s contribution to subsistence will be positively associated with polygyny, exogamy, bridewealth, postpartum sex taboo, girls’ socialization for industriousness, positive evaluation of females, and premarital sexual permissiveness (145-7)
Hooper, Paul L.There will be a negative association between polygyny and demand for male provisioning (3).
Zelman, Elizabeth CrouchFemale pollution avoidance ritual will be associated with society complexity, unilineal descent, low female contribution to subsistence, low male contribution to childcare, and low female prestige (718, 727).
Zelman, Elizabeth CrouchFemale pollution ritual tends will be associated with societal complexity, low female contribution to subsistence, low female status, unilineal kinship and extended families (170).
Zelman, Elizabeth CrouchMale reproductive ritual will be aassociated with higher female contribution to subsistence, higher female status, cognatic kinship and small families
Martin, M. KayFemale contribution to diet in horticultural groups will be negatively associated with dependence on cultigens (214).
Martin, M. KayMatrilineal descent will be positively associated with female contribution to subsistence and negatively associated with dependence on cultivation (219).
Martin, M. KayAgricultural subsistence activity is associated with male contribution to subsistence (283).
Brown, Judith K.Female contribution to subsistence is positively associated with presence of female initiation rites (849)
Sanday, Peggy ReevesExplore relationship between 28 variables and female contribution to total subsistence (1683-1684).
Sanday, Peggy ReevesAgricultural type and intensity will be curvilinearly related to women's contribution to subsistence; women will contribute the least in societies without agriculture and with intensive agriculture (1691).
Sanday, Peggy ReevesFemale status will be associated with female contribution to subsistence (1685).
Low, Bobbi S.Contribution of women to subsistence is associated with women's ability to control resources produced by men (5)
Korotayev, Andrey V.Female contribution to subsistence, non-sororal polygyny, and internal warfare will be associated with post-marital residence (84).
Divale, William Tulio"When females make a relatively greater contribution to basic subsistence residence will tend to be uxorilocal or matrilocal, but residence will tend to be virilocal or patrilocal when females make a lesser contribution to subsistence" (63)
Frederic L. PryorForaging economy type (Classic, transitional, human-wealth oriented, intangible-wealth oriented, politically oriented, and physical-wealth oriented) will be associated with certain social structural characteristics (50).
Frederic L. PryorSocial differentiation will be positively associated with other types of inequality among different types of foraging economies. (52)
Frederic L. PryorAgricultural economy type (Herding-Plus, Egalitarian, Individualistic, or Semi-Marketized) will be associated with the presence of certain political institutions. (116)
Brown, Judith K.The presence of female initiation rites will be associated with societies in which females make a significant contribution to subsistence activities
Šaffa, GabrielFemale premarital sex is more likely to be restricted in societies where female contribution to subsistence is low.

Associated OCMs

  1. food quest
  2. animal husbandry
  3. agriculture
  4. diet
  5. division of labor by gender
  6. gender roles and issues