Female Status

Associated Documents (11)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Moore, Fhionna R.Female status predicts female mate preferences across nonindustrial societies
Broude, Gwen J.Revisiting status-envy: does the theory hold up?
Sanday, Peggy R. Female status in the public domain
Pearson, Jr., WillieDivorce and the status of women
Hayden, BrianEcological determinants of women's status among hunter/gatherers
Sanday, Peggy ReevesToward a theory of the status of women
Divale, William TulioFemale status and cultural evolution: a study in ethnographer bias
Zelman, Elizabeth CrouchWomen's rights and women's rites: a cross-cultural study of womanpower
Textor, Robert B. A Cross-Cultural Summary: Adolescence Gender Separation
Textor, Robert B. A Cross-Cultural Summary: Status of Women

Associated Hypotheses (22)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Moore, Fhionna R.Women in societies with higher female status will be less likely to prefer partners with resources and more likely to prefer physically attractive partners than women in societies with lower female status (68).
Broude, Gwen J."Where the mother (or women in general) serves as primary caretaker in infancy, but where female status is low in the larger social context, males will undergo circumcision ceremonies as a component of initiation rites" (164).
Broude, Gwen J."Where the mother (or women in general) serves as primary caretaker in infancy, and where female status is high in the larger social world, males will engage in couvade practices (164).
Broude, Gwen J."Where the mother (or women in general) serves as primary caretaker in infancy, males will display masculine protest behavior in adulthood, regardless of the status of women in the larger social context (164).
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
Sanday, Peggy R. ". . . when the percentage of female contribution to subsistence is either very high or very low, female status . . . is also low. . . . The more balance there is in division of labor by sex the higher the [female] status score" (198)
Pearson, Jr., WillieFemale status will be positively associated with divorce rate (378, 381)
Pearson, Jr., WillieCommunity size will be negatively associated with female status (381)
Pearson, Jr., WillieDescent (matrilineal, other, patrilineal) will be negatively associated with female status (381)
Hayden, BrianHigh frequency of resource stress will be negatively associated with female status among hunter-gatherers (455)
Hayden, BrianHunting will be negatively associated with female status among hunter-gatherers (457)
Hayden, BrianPolygyny will be negatively associated with female status among hunter-gatherers (459)
Hayden, BrianThe importance of warfare/homicide in mortality will be negatively associated with female status among hunter-gatherers (459)
Sanday, Peggy ReevesFemale status will be associated with female contribution to subsistence (1685).
Divale, William Tulio"Societies observed by females or by males who worked under optimal field conditions [ethnographer spent at least one year in the field and spoke the native language] indicate that female status is equal to male status or only slightly below as societal complexity increases" (194)
Textor, Robert B. Societies where the status of females is not strongly inferior or subjected will have medium or high rates of segregation for adolescent males (370, 277).
Textor, Robert B. In societies where food production is by intensive agriculture over simple agriculture, the status of women will be inferior or subjected to male status (277, 55).
Textor, Robert B. In societies where marriage is commonly or occasionally polygynous over monogamous, female status will be inferior or subjected to male status (277, 242).
Textor, Robert B. In societies where nurturing agents have high rates of pain infliction towards infants, female status will be inferior or subjected to male status (277, 324).
Textor, Robert B. In societies that do not have adolescent male segregation, female status will be inferior or subjected to male status (277, 370).

Associated OCMs

  1. gender status
  2. gender roles and issues