Abstract
The Michaelson Goldschmidt hypothesis states that in peasant societies wherein male dominance is an ideal, matrilocal residence tends to encourage the expression of the machismo syndrome of behaviors. Recent ethnographic research in a Mexican peasant community supports the hypothesis by the finding that interpersonal violence (one measure of machismo) during a fiesta was perpetrated in every extreme instance by men who were residing matrilocally. The hypothesis thus effectively predicts, in this case, matrilocality as the variable most closely associated with the violent dimension of machismo.
Recommended Citation
Brueske, J. M.
(1976)
"Machismo Syndrome: A Residential Correlate of Its Expression in a Mexican Peasant Community,"
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science: Vol. 30, Article 12.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaas/vol30/iss1/12
