Male Dominance

Associated Documents (5)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Young, Frank W.Menstrual taboos and social rigidity
Ember, Carol R.Valuing thinness or fatness in women: reevaluating the effect of resource scarcity
Pryor, Frederic L.Economic systems of foragers
Frederic L. PryorEconomic Systems of Foraging, Agricultural, and Industrial Societies
Raj, VrishicaEffects of male power and status on polygyny, extramarital sex, and parental investment

Associated Hypotheses (8)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Young, Frank W."Rigidity and male dominance are associated [with menstrual taboos] to about the same degree, as would be expected" (103)
Young, Frank W."There is no change . . . when the effect of social rigidity is partialled out of the association between composite anxiety and menstrual taboo elaboration or when castration anxiety is partialled out of the association of rigidity or male dominance with menstrual taboos" (106)
Ember, Carol R.Societies where male dominance is valued will place a higher valuation on fatness in women (262).
Pryor, Frederic L.Forager economic type will not be associated with famine threat, percentage of hunting subsistence, presence of gambling, conflict, corporate descent groups, household form, family form, marital form, postmarital residence, female power, male aggression, and male dominance (408, 415, 416).
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)
Raj, VrishicaIn societies where males exhibit greater power and status than females, males will partake in extramarital sexual activities and be in polygynous relationships.

Associated OCMs

  1. social stratification
  2. gender status
  3. residence
  4. gender roles and issues