Poll: Cousin Lovin'
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I wouldn't think it wrong to date one's cousin, since they haven't been raised together, and there's still quite a bit of genetic variety (only a 25 % shared gene pool for first cousins).
There could be some taboo to it in most cultures, but relationships should ultimately be a strictly personal choice, and it's still legal in several advanced societies. It's probably not a practise which should be kept up for several generations though, due to effects of inbreeding starting to show then.
There could be some taboo to it in most cultures, but relationships should ultimately be a strictly personal choice, and it's still legal in several advanced societies. It's probably not a practise which should be kept up for several generations though, due to effects of inbreeding starting to show then.
No, this is merely an issue on which it is very easy to troll, and inbreeding isn't just creepy, it's outright destructive.capin Rob said:
The Question in the Poll isn't "Would you have a Child with your close relative?"Dancingman said:
It is "Would you date your close relative?"
And Yes, Inbreeding does have bad affects, I agree with you there.
But there is NOTHING wrong with having a relationship with a close relative , except what the people arouund them do based on narrow views and stupidty
(EDIT: Except relationships between Brother and Sister. Then it's Pretty bad for a relationship)
This is rather a dicey topic, because the problem isn't really cousins marrying and reproducing... in one or two instances. Yes, you're reducing genetic variety, but you're not going to see the ill-effects of inbreeding until/unless you have wide-spread intermarriage within the family: ie. every cousin paired off with another cousin, and then, in subsequent generations, this behavior repeats. Bottom line: each instance narrows the field of genetic diversity, but not so drastically that the genetic pool can't survive one or two instances.
Where it gets really weird is the sociological aspect of it: it has been discovered, particularly in the hill clans of Appalacia, that cousin-marriage is a 'gateway more' (that's mor-RAY, just FYI), as fucked up as that sounds- basically, what happens, is that once cousins start marrying, the clan has a tendency to start turning even further inward, and rapidly hook a ride on the Fucked Up Family boat.
The Jerry Springer anectdote above is a good example of this.
But in a much more diverse social setting (unlike the isolation of the people living in the mountains of the SE United States), this probably wouldn't be an issue. Too many fish in the pond, and much more interaction with 'outsiders'.
But of course, odds are, your cousin coming on to you doesn't mean that she wants a relationship, it probably just means she wanted to get a little wicked with you. After all, you're kinda safe, being in the same family and all.
Where it gets really weird is the sociological aspect of it: it has been discovered, particularly in the hill clans of Appalacia, that cousin-marriage is a 'gateway more' (that's mor-RAY, just FYI), as fucked up as that sounds- basically, what happens, is that once cousins start marrying, the clan has a tendency to start turning even further inward, and rapidly hook a ride on the Fucked Up Family boat.
The Jerry Springer anectdote above is a good example of this.
But in a much more diverse social setting (unlike the isolation of the people living in the mountains of the SE United States), this probably wouldn't be an issue. Too many fish in the pond, and much more interaction with 'outsiders'.
But of course, odds are, your cousin coming on to you doesn't mean that she wants a relationship, it probably just means she wanted to get a little wicked with you. After all, you're kinda safe, being in the same family and all.
I agree with some of the other post in saying why is it wrong. I have never done it myself (Although given the chance I would), but other than the possibility of deformed children, what is truly wrong about it?
We've been talking and doing some things together and she has made it clear that she wants a relationship, but I'm reluctant to act because of how close are families are... when someone marries into my family they don't get out even if they get divorced...solidstatemind said:
I wanted this to be a poll option. I definitely wouldn't date/marry/father a child with any of my cousins, at all... but, uh, if our genitals were to accidentally touch once or twice, I wouldn't be offended.AverageJoe said:
