https://twitter.com/TheEconomist/status/1758425498101707002

  • Dolores [love/loves]
    hexbear
    14
    4 months ago

    mao-clap get their asses mao-clap

    a social critique of cousin marriage

    i think this is something that cannot be placed within the auspices of consanguinity, the relationships people have with their cousins is wildly, wildly divergent even in the same culture and class. i'd rather have the rule be more like 'don't fuck someone that grew up in the same house as you' or similar

    • Frank [he/him, he/him]
      hexbear
      11
      4 months ago

      There's some evidence out there that there's a built in "don't fuck someone that grew up in the same house as you" mechanism in humans, that doesn't have anything to do with consanguinity or shared genetics.