Duration Of Sex Taboo During Pregnancy

Associated Documents (1)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Ayres, BarbaraPregnancy magic: a study of food taboos and sex avoidances

Associated Hypotheses (4)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Ayres, Barbara"There is . . . a positive relationship between severity of punishment for sexual behavior and the duration of the sex taboo but [it] does not quite reach the acceptable 5 percent level of significance" (119)
Ayres, Barbara"A long sex taboo [during pregnancy] does in fact occur more frequently in polygynous than in monogamous societies" (121)
Ayres, Barbara"[There is] no relationship between punishment for sexual behavior and length of sex taboo in societies with monogamy and limited polygyny, but it does show a rather strong positive relationship between the two variables in societies with general polygyny" (121)
Ayres, Barbara"[There is] a relationship between norms of premarital sex behavior [as a measure of sex anxiety] and duration of the sex taboo during pregnancy. [Strict norms tend to result in long duration]" (122)

Associated OCMs

  1. pregnancy