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
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.
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
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.