[ SECRET POST #2650 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2650 ⌋

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Re: Questions there's never a good time to ask.

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There's a few things that influence it, I think. Some of it is the way it changes or goes against perceived family bonds, a kind of transgression of the familiar structure than makes people uneasy. Some of it is the association with genetic weakening and diseases from inbreeding, though that's complicated depending on the era and how good the understanding of genetics is, but the prevalence of certain diseases in families with high levels of incest is usually noted as a factor. The combination of fears for genetic integrity or the health of any offspring, plus the transgressive nature of a relationship that might damage family bonds, come together I think to make incest taboo.

There's also maybe a cultural element. The scandals of the European royal families and their inbreeding around the end of the 19th century and the start of the 20th made a big impact on Western views of incest, and it also has an association with certain 'primative' cultures like the ancient Egyptians, so there's a bundle of old and complicated cultural biases involved as well.