--- ravi <gadfly at exitleft.org> wrote:
true, true. i too have come across material on recent research data that shows invalid the old justification of the cousin taboo based on the potential for genetic problems. these are not, in fact, my concerns. in my message, i said "what is your problem with incest, apart from biological issues" not because i think "biological issues" are valid, but because i wanted to avoid a segue into that debate.
--ravi --
Didn't Levi-Strauss say that the incest tabu was unique in that, while all cultures have it, they all have it in a different way? E.g. in some cultures sex with male cousins is tabu but with female cousins it isn't, that in some a widow is obliged to marry her dead husband's brother while in others that is considered obscene, etc.
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