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Essay On Incest Taboo

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Incest is a concept that is misunderstood by many people, but it is actually widespread and is considered to be a criminal abuse or offense (incest taboo, 2012). One of the most interesting taboos of all the times is the incest taboo, it existed in the humane history since a long time and bridged its way toward recent lives touching several aspects in evolutionary biology, sociology, psychology, sociology and anthropology (Leavitt, 2012). This paper will explain what is the meaning of this taboo, and will shed the lights on different theories that served as the building blocks of the development of the incest taboo. Definition In any society the incest taboo is defined, as is a set of prohibitions that outlaw heterosexual relationships between various …show more content…

Why is there an Incest Taboo? Different anthropologists suggested a variety of theories to explain or support the insect taboo ,those theories will be explained briefly in the following paragraphs . 1. The Childhood familiarity theory (naturally unselected) This theory is also called the Westermarck Effect .It was proposed in 1920 by Edward Wester, and is basically explained by the fact that children who grow up or live together or even collide too much in daily life are less likely expected to grow feelings for one another and to breed at the adulthood stage. Even unrelated individuals living under the same roof tend to avoid inbreeding (farooq, 2014). Lieberman thinks that natural selection and evolution plays a great role in the development of the incest taboo, she thinks that animals and human being evolved methods and psychological systems that allows them to detect and repel mating with closely related relatives through scents, faces and even living along with them in the same place (incest taboo,

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