Phrases with «incest taboo»

The phrase "incest taboo" refers to a social rule that strongly discourages or prohibits sexual relationships or marriages between close relatives, such as siblings or parents and children. It is considered taboo because it goes against cultural, moral, and legal norms in most societies. Full definition

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Sentences with «incest taboo»

Controversially, Wilson stretches this notion to embrace other behavioral phenomena — many quite broad and all substantially influenced by culture, including incest taboos, status seeking, care for children, sexual behavior, the morality of cooperation and cheating, and altruism. (religion-online.org)
Virtually every human society has some form of incest taboo, and most people find the idea of having sex with a sibling or parent utterly disgusting — whatever Freudians might say. (newscientist.com)
Slate «s William Saletan finds a rational basis for the incest taboo: it tends to destroy the family by upsetting the roles people play and the relationships they (are supposed to) have within it. (firstthings.com)
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Phrases with «incest taboo»

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