Author Question: Although all societies have some kind of incest taboo, the relationship which is considered ... (Read 210 times)

sarasara · **on:** Jul 10, 2018

Although all societies have some kind of incest taboo, the relationship which is considered incestuous may vary. Concepts of incest seem to be related to a groups definitions of endogamy and exogamy, thus suggesting that incest taboos may help to promote:

a. stability of the family.
b. inbreeding genetic errors.
c. brother-sister marriages.
d. parallel cousin marriages.
e. cross-cousin marriages.

Question 2

Detailed census records made in Roman Egypt show that brother-sister marriages among members of the non-royal farming class were common. What light does this shed on the incest taboo?

a. It proves that there is a biological basis for avoidance of inbreeding among humans.
b. It proves that incest is committed only among royalty and is done in order to preserve the bloodlines.
c. It demonstrates that despite the human tendency to avoid inbreeding, it occasionally occurs and may even be preferred.
d. It supports Freuds psychoanalytic theory of the universality of the Oedipus complex.
e. It shows that humans are no different from chimpanzees.