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Marriage and sexual adjustment in Guajiro society
Ethnology • 12 (2) • Published In 1973 • Pages: 153-161
By: Watson, Lawrence Craig.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
On the basis of a previous study dealing with Guajiro sexual socialization (Watson 1972), one would be led to predict that the harsh effects of severe training in this system, by creating 'negative sexual fixation,' would lay the basis for subsequent problems of sexual adjustment for the woman in the marital relationship. In actual fact, however, the sexual demands with which she must contend when she marries do not produce the anticipated conflict and anxiety, and evidence of positive sexual adaptation exists. This paper, in addressing itself to this problem, will attempt to (1) delineate some of the principal aspects of female sexual behavior in marriage and (2) account for the apparent discrepancy between the success achieved in marital sexual adjustment and the negative character of prior training in this area. Possible explanations for the unexpected adult behavior will be considered (p. 153).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Sexuality
- Sexual intercourse
- Sex training
- Family relationships
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Goajiro
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2012
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- South America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Northwestern South America
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle; 2011
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Northern Colombia; Northwestern Venezuela, South America
- NotesAdditional notes
- Lawrence C. Watson
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 161)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 64005713
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Goajiro Indians