Female puberty rites: reconsideration and speculation

Menstrual taboos will be positively associated with female puberty rites.

Tested with Whyte's menstrual taboo scale and Schlegel-Barry female puberty rites codes.

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
`UNKNOWN`	Supported	p<.001	tau-b=.35	One-tailed

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Female Puberty Rite	Dependent	Puberty And Initiation
Menstrual Taboo	Independent	Menstruation

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Kitahara, Michio	1984	Extensive menstrual taboos are positively associated with individual female puberty rites (138)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Kitahara, Michio	1984	Societies with extensive menstrual taboos are positively associated with individual female puberty rites (137)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Kitahara, Michio	1984	Extensive menstrual taboos will be positively associated with only women as initiating adults (140)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Kitahara, Michio	1984	Among cultures without puberty rites in East Eurasia, North America and South America, there is a positive relationship between extent of menstrual taboos and presence of community-wide exclusive male groups.	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Kitahara, Michio	1984	Among groups without puberty rites in Africa, Circim-Mediterranean, and Insular Pacific, there is a negative association between extent of menstrual taboos and presence of community-wide exclusive male groups.	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author