Homosexuality

Associated Documents (4)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Minturn, LeighCultural patterning of sexual beliefs and behavior
Carroll, Michael P.Freud on homosexuality and the super-ego: some cross-cultural tests
Werner, DennisA cross-cultural perspective on theory and research on male homosexuality
Apostolou, MenelaosIs homosexuality more prevalent in agropastoral than in hunting and gathering societies?: Eviden...

Associated Hypotheses (11)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Minturn, Leigh"Both rape and homosexuality show significant relationships with the custom of male genital mutilations during initiation ceremonies" (309)
Minturn, Leigh"As predicted, homosexuality is prevalent in societies with . . . low incidence of rape" (309)
Carroll, Michael P."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."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."There should be an observed correlation between a relatively high prevalence of homosexuality and the presence of an institutionalized police force, but this correlation should disappear once degree of father contact is introduced as a control" (264).
Werner, DennisParent-child sleeping arrangements, parent-child sleeping distances, and parental residence will be associated with frequency of male homosexuality (348).
Werner, DennisMale childhood companions will be negatively associated with the frequency of male homosexuality (352).
Werner, DennisExtended family households, local endogamy, and patrilocality will be positively associated with frequency of male homosexuality (356).
Apostolou, MenelaosHomosexuality will be more prevalent in agropastoral than in hunting & gathering societies (1).
Apostolou, MenelaosHomosexuality will be more prevalent in agropastoral than in hunting & gathering societies when controlling for community size. (6)
Apostolou, MenelaosHomosexuality will be more prevalent in agropastoral than in hunting-gathering societies when controlling for social stratification. (7)

Associated OCMs

  1. homosexuality