Sexual Pollution: Reproductive Sex Taboos in American Society

Journal of Social Issues - Tập 33 Số 2 - Trang 144-165 - 1977
Karen Ericksen Paige1
1University of California, Davis

Tóm tắt

A theory is presented to explain the similarity between America and other societies in reproductive sex taboos. The theory argues that these taboos are based on a concept of sexual pollution and represent implicit mechanisms used to solve inevitable social dilemmas produced by marriage. Data were collected from a representative sample of adults to test the theory. The results showed that measures of commitment to traditional marital obligations accounted for 24% of the variability in adherence to the menstrual sex taboo. Adding additional variables to the theoretical model did not substantially affect the proposed relationship.

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