Is there anything wrong to marry your cousin?

Discussion in 'Ethics, Morality, & Justice' started by Saint, Dec 16, 2005.

  1. Cellar_Door Whose Worth's unknown Registered Senior Member

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    Incest avoidance is a cultural universal. Consensual sexual relations between brothers and sisters who grew up together are very rare. The same is true for individuals who have known eachother throughout their early childhood but are not biologically related. This is the Westermarck Effect and it's likely that this has developed to suppress undesirable inbreeding.
    It appears then that if the Westermarck Effect didn't exist, we would be very attracted to our siblings - hence the phenomenon of genetic sexual attraction in reunited relations.
    Perhaps we naturally seek-out sexual partners who have a lot in common with us. Seems a bit counter-intuitive to me, but hey.
     
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  3. Enmos Valued Senior Member

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    I don't see why not :shrug:
     
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  5. Anti-Flag Pun intended Registered Senior Member

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    Hell no, my cousin's gorgeous! Could do a lot worse than that!


    Oh you mean the moral implications of incest..... Well.......... All things considered, I still think I'd hit that.
     
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