Male Circumcision And/or Segregation At Puberty

Associated Documents (1)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Kitahara, MichioLiving quarter arrangements in polygyny and circumcision and segregation of males at puberty

Associated Hypotheses (2)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Kitahara, Michio". . . a long post-partum sexual taboo could become instrumental in increasing the possibility of circumcision and/or segregation only when it is present in societies having separate living quarters for co-wives" (408)
Kitahara, Michio"In polygynous societies, if each co-wife lives in a separate quarter with her children, and if there is a long post-partum sexual taboo, males are most likely to be circumcised and/or segregated at puberty, compared with societies [which lack one or the other of these factors]" (406).

Associated OCMs

  1. body alterations
  2. puberty and initiation