Premarital Sex Relations
Associated Documents (2)
Main Author | Published Year | Title | Document Type | ||
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Murdock, George Peter | Social structure | Book | |||
Whiting, John W.M. | The duration of maidenhood across cultures | Article |
Associated Hypotheses (2)
Main Author | Published Year | Hypothesis | |
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Murdock, George Peter | 1949 | "A relative eligible for marriage is likely to be a permissable sex object in advance of marriage, whereas a relative with whom marriage is forbidden tends to be ineligible also for premarital relations" (271-272) | |
Whiting, John W.M. | 1986 | Shorter length of maidenhood and prohibition of premarital sex will be associated with patrilineal descent (293-4). |