TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1978//
TI  - Men's fear of sex with women: A cross-cultural study
JO  - Sex roles
A1  - Ember, Carol
SP  - 657
EP  - 678
VL  - 4
IS  - 5
N2  - 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 /> 
LA  - en
SN  - 0360-0025
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00287331
ID  - ref1
ER  -