Avoidance Of Parents-in-law
Associated Documents (1)
Main Author | Published Year | Title | Document Type | ||
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Sweetser, Dorrian Apple | Avoidance, social affiliation, and the incest taboo | Article |
Associated Hypotheses (4)
Main Author | Published Year | Hypothesis | |
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Sweetser, Dorrian Apple | 1966 | "Men avoid their parents-in-law in societies with a strong lineal emphasis but which have fragmented and impermanent family groups" (313) | |
Sweetser, Dorrian Apple | 1966 | "Women avoid their parents-in-law in the same type of situation [as men do], and in addition they are likely to avoid if the mother's brother has no role to play" (313) | |
Sweetser, Dorrian Apple | 1966 | "Residence proved to be unrelated to avoidance [of parents-in-law] by either husband or wife" (313) | |
Sweetser, Dorrian Apple | 1966 | Contrary to the findings of William N. Stephens no significant association was found between avoidance and a long postpartum sex taboo (311) |