A Cross-Cultural Summary: Female Initiation Rites

Societies where the kin group is exclusively patrilineal will tend to have painful female initiation rites (383, 186).

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Fisher's Exact Test	Supported	p = .020	Phi = .345	Two-tailed

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Painful Female Initiation Rites	Association	Puberty And Initiation
Patrilineal Kin Group	Association	Kin Groups

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Stewart, Robert A. C.	1972	Findings: A factor analysis of key dimensions to describe a given culture yielded 12 factors. Factor 2, "father-centered family", loaded highly and positively on patrilocal marital residence and bride price; patrilineal kin group; castes present; Circum-Mediterranean, with Afro-Asiatic linguistic affiliation; active high god; and subsistence by animal husbandry. Factor 2 loaded highly and negatively on painful female initiation rites (57)	Supported	9	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Brown, Judith K.	1963	Societies with male initiation involving both genital operation and isolation are positively associated with painful initiation rites for females.	`UNKNOWN`	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Textor, Robert B.	1967	In societies where the kin group is patrilineal or double-descent over matrilineal, male genital operations will be a part of initiation rites (379, 190).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Textor, Robert B.	1967	Societies outside of North America will tend to have painful female initiation rites (383. 8).	Marginally Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Brown, Judith K.	1963	Societies with male initiation rites involving both genital operation and isolation will be associated with painful initiation rites for females	Supported	4	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author