Citation

Ember CR, Ember M. Ethos 2001; 29(3): 296-314.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2001, American Anthropological Association, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1525/eth.2001.29.3.296

PMID

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Abstract

Beatrice B. Whiting suggested that sex-identity conflict leads to male violence cross-culturally. While subsequent worldwide cross-cultural research has been equivocal regarding the "sex-identity conflict" hypothesis, we suggest that this may be because researchers have failed to pay attention to Whiting's contingent conditions—how powerful men are compared to women, and the degree to which aggression is considered a component of the male adult role. Using multiple regression, we examine how homicide and assualt rates also may be affected by the degree to which aggression is explicitly encouraged, the extent of corporal punishment, and whether the father or the mother is the main publisher