Incest
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- | '''Incest''' is [[sexual activity]] between [[family]] members who would be forbidden to [[marry]]. Incest constitutes a cultural [[taboo]] in all current nations and many past societies. In many areas, incest is also prohibited by [[law]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{PAGENAMEE}}] [May 2007] | + | '''Incest''' is [[sexual activity]] between [[family]] members who would be forbidden to [[marry]]. Incest constitutes a cultural [[taboo]] in all current nations and many past societies. In many areas, incest is also prohibited by [[law]]. |
- | == References == | + | == See also == |
+ | *[[Incest in popular culture]] | ||
+ | *[[ Accidental incest]] | ||
+ | *[[Incest in animals]] | ||
- | ''Incest: The Nature and Origin of the Taboo,'' by [[Emile Durkheim]] | + | ==Animals== |
+ | Many [[mammal]] species, including humanity's closest [[primate]] relatives, tend to avoid mating with close relatives, especially if there are alternative partners available. | ||
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+ | [[Livestock]] breeders often practice controlled breeding to eliminate undesirable characteristics within a population, which is also coupled with [[culling]] of what is considered unfit offspring, especially when trying to establish a new and desirable trait in the stock. | ||
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+ | ===Insects=== | ||
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+ | [[Bed bug]]s: [[North Carolina State University]] found that bed bugs, in contrast to most other insects, tolerate incest and are able to genetically withstand the effects of inbreeding quite well. | ||
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+ | == References == | ||
+ | *''[[Incest: The Nature and Origin of the Taboo]]'' by [[Émile Durkheim]] | ||
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Incest is sexual activity between family members who would be forbidden to marry. Incest constitutes a cultural taboo in all current nations and many past societies. In many areas, incest is also prohibited by law.
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See also
Animals
Many mammal species, including humanity's closest primate relatives, tend to avoid mating with close relatives, especially if there are alternative partners available.
Livestock breeders often practice controlled breeding to eliminate undesirable characteristics within a population, which is also coupled with culling of what is considered unfit offspring, especially when trying to establish a new and desirable trait in the stock.
Insects
Bed bugs: North Carolina State University found that bed bugs, in contrast to most other insects, tolerate incest and are able to genetically withstand the effects of inbreeding quite well.
References