tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956903854032043117.post2642512687169513006..comments2023-03-26T00:59:09.815-07:00Comments on Eyebrow Ascendant: Cat And Dogs Living TogetherGWDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13024344622124500206noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956903854032043117.post-12552493133870811662008-08-19T08:29:00.000-07:002008-08-19T08:29:00.000-07:00I suspect the reason that most polygamous marriage...I suspect the reason that most polygamous marriages are one many to many women is more of a biological imperative/instinct than a sexism or political one.<BR/><BR/>It's easy for one man to impregnate three women and generate many offspring, it's quite a bit more difficult for one woman to generate offspring for three men, much less guarantee that each of the three has the opportunity to be a father (without modern science, since I'm considering the evolution of the principle).<BR/><BR/>That being said, I have no objection to either scenario, just suspicions as to how they developed.<BR/><BR/>The interesting thing about incest, is that the justification for it being illegal is to avoid birth defects, but we don't prevent people with mental retardation from breeding, or hemophilia, etc. Thusly, I would submit, that it is simply our puritanism and 'yuck' factor standing in the way of incest rather than any eugenicism plans.Qhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01118305279009143207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956903854032043117.post-22945940667724556412008-08-18T04:28:00.000-07:002008-08-18T04:28:00.000-07:00An interesting and insightful post. I would like t...An interesting and insightful post. I would like to point out though that an incestuous couple is 92% likely to have a normal child - a non-incestuous couple is 96% likely to have a normal child. There's really not a lot in it. And of course, in gay incest cases, that's not even a consideration.<BR/><BR/>I myself have the same ick factor that you describe in your post, and I won't ever be getting it on with any of my family, but logically, I cannot see how it should be illegal. It should be a matter for the individuals to live as they will and in the case of Genetic Sexual Attraction (a condition where close relatives meet for the first time as adults and immediately fall in love) a health issue which should not result in imprisonment. <BR/><BR/>What I would ban is relationships between anyone where there is an abuse of power - it's unlikely, for example, that any relationship between a father and his daughter is going to be between equals. But the incestuousness of itself, regardless of my own personal reactions, should not be punishable. That's between them and God.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com