Hi All,   What are some objections to incest?     Tags: incest,
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Discussion  Dos anyone know any facts regarding incest and
mormons?  The old schoolers had to have committed incest even if
unknowingly.    It's very unhealthy psychologically.   I can't
wait to get my sister's knickers off. They really are just to
tight for me.  I have no problem with incest, it's the brother
on brother part that grosses me out.  ;)  Incest is a universal
taboo, rooted in natural behavior even in animals. We evolved in
bands or tribes no larger than 50 people or so, where incest
would be a lot more damaging to the gene pool. So in that sense,
the danger and even the taboo itself are vestigial and mostly
irrelevant today. (But not totally irrelevant, considering some
risks to offspring that still exist.)  I don't know enough about
the psychological risks, but they obviously vary, too.  The ick
factor and the taboo are enough to discourage the vast majority
of people. But if a