Male Seclusion And Genital Operations

Associated Documents (1)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Brown, Judith K.A cross-cultural study of female initiation rites

Associated Hypotheses (1)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Brown, Judith K."If one limits the definition of male initiation rites to only those ceremonies characterized by both a genital operation and seclusion, a very strong relationship emerges between these male rites and those female initiation ceremonies which [cause pain to initiate]" (845)

Associated OCMs

  1. body alterations
  2. puberty and initiation