@article{ref1,
title="Men's fear of sex with women: A cross-cultural study",
journal="Sex roles",
year="1978",
author="Ember, Carol",
volume="4",
number="5",
pages="657-678",
abstract="Anthropologists have described cultural beliefs in many societies that suggest men fear sex with women. In this paper I derive and cross-culturally test the implications of four theories that may help explain such fear. These theories suggest that men may fear sex with women because their wives come from enemy villages; population pressure on resources favors the avoidance of intercourse; males are conflicted about their sexual identity; or males have an exaggerated Oedipus complex. The cross-cultural evidence is generally consistent with all four theories. A tentative causal model is presented to account for the results.<p />",
language="en",
issn="0360-0025",
doi="10.1007/BF00287331",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00287331"
}