Title: Freud was right – we are attracted to our relatives
Post by: Tank on November 02, 2010, 06:37:34 PM
Post by: Tank on November 02, 2010, 06:37:34 PM
Freud was right â€" we are attracted to our relatives (http://www.thepsychologist.org.uk/archive/archive_home.cfm/volumeID_23-editionID_194-ArticleID_1744-getfile_getPDF/thepsychologist%5C1110news.pdf)
Starts on the right column of page 875.
Make very interesting reading, particularly with regard to sperm and egg donation where the offspring would appear to be destined to find each other particularly sexually attractive if they are not aware of their own genetic linkage.
Starts on the right column of page 875.
QuoteFreud said there’d be no need
for incest to be such a powerful
cultural taboo if people weren’t
sexually attracted to their
relatives in the first place. Given
that in-breeding is associated
with increased mortality, he
argued that the incest taboo
had emerged as way to keep
our dangerous incestuous
desires in check. Evolutionary
psychologists take a strikingly
different view. Inspired by
Edward Westermarck, the
Finnish sociologist and
anthropologist, they argue that
we’ve evolved automatic
psychological processes that
lead us to find our relatives
sexually aversive, not attractive,
thus decreasing the likelihood
of in-breeding occurring. Who’s
right â€" Freud or Westermarck?..
Make very interesting reading, particularly with regard to sperm and egg donation where the offspring would appear to be destined to find each other particularly sexually attractive if they are not aware of their own genetic linkage.
Title: Re: Freud was right – we are attracted to our relatives
Post by: DropLogic on November 02, 2010, 06:46:27 PM
Post by: DropLogic on November 02, 2010, 06:46:27 PM
Twins marry unwittingly (http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2008/01/11/2008-01-11_twin_brother_sister_marry_one_another.html)
Title: Re: Freud was right – we are attracted to our relatives
Post by: KDbeads on November 04, 2010, 05:55:28 PM
Post by: KDbeads on November 04, 2010, 05:55:28 PM
Apparently Freud didn't meet my family..... Ewwwww and hell no on all accounts. Out of 30 cousins...... yeah, no, wouldn't even consider it. And the brother? Not even if he were the last male on earth and the species depended on it.
However, I do believe my dad's parents were first or second cousins................... which explains a lot on that side of the family.
However, I do believe my dad's parents were first or second cousins................... which explains a lot on that side of the family.
Title: Re: Freud was right – we are attracted to our relatives
Post by: Sophus on November 04, 2010, 06:50:05 PM
Post by: Sophus on November 04, 2010, 06:50:05 PM
I vote Westermarck. From my understanding, it's normal for say a daughter to be attracted to a man like her father, but not her actual father.
Also I don't know how Freud would account for certain fetishes.
Also I don't know how Freud would account for certain fetishes.
Title: Re: Freud was right – we are attracted to our relatives
Post by: The Magic Pudding on November 05, 2010, 12:22:52 AM
Post by: The Magic Pudding on November 05, 2010, 12:22:52 AM
I remember hearing daughters start finding their fathers smell repellent around puberty.
A quick search hasn't found anything to support this, maybe fathers just get smellier.
A quick search hasn't found anything to support this, maybe fathers just get smellier.