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Old Aug 5, 2005, 01:22 pm   #4 (permalink) (top)
Sonart
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I didn't read that link yet, by the way, so someone tell me if it doesn't say what I think it does
Not sure what you think it says.

Human beings, like most species, understand that genetic diversity is a must for a species to survive. Inbreediing prevents genetic diversity. What your link says is that humans have an instinct for "incest avoidance"... specifically, if you grow up with someone from childhood, you instinctively are less inclined to want to have sex with them.

--"In humans, evidence indicates that incest avoidance mechanisms exist. Since
genetic kinship is not a perceivable trait, the mechanism must be designed to
use cues that reliably predicted kinship during human evolution. In the
fusion-fission band structure of hunter-gatherers, co-residence during infancy
and early childhood was such a cue. Modern humans appear to have a mechanism
that decreases sexual attraction as a function of exposure during
(approximately) the first 6 years of life."--


As to polygamy, if the wives are ammenable and the husband can take care of the family, I really don't have a major problem with it, beyond finding it a bit arrogant.

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Don't leave out the perverts who think oral sex should be legalized!
I assume you're joking. :) Otherwise, that's my wife you're calling a pervert.

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