A Cross-Cultural Summary: Polygyny

In societies with high rates of sex anxiety, polygynous marriage will be occasional or common (242, 398).

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Fisher's Exact Test	Supported	p =.043	Phi = .301	Two-tailed

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Polygynous Marriage	Association	Polygamy
Sex Anxiety	Association	Sex Training

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Minocher, Riana	2019	Sex ratio will predict the percent of married men who are polygynous.	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Osmond, Marie W.	1965	"Of the various organizational traits considered, the only one which does not significantly distinguish monogamous from polygynous societies is that of the division of labor by sex" (10)	Partially supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Ayres, Barbara	1967	"A long sex taboo [during pregnancy] does in fact occur more frequently in polygynous than in monogamous societies" (121)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Minturn, Leigh	1969	". . . the scales for marriage arrangement and ease of divorce are not significantly related to any of the sex practices scales . . . [adolescent sex segregation, sex anxiety, sex charms, attitude toward homosexuality, frequency of homosexuality, and punishment and frequency of rape]" (307)	Supported	7	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Whiting, John W.M.	1964	"Societies characterized by a prolonged postpartum sex taboo also tend to have a high frequency of polygynous marriage" (517)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author