Why do most people never have sex with close relatives? And why do they disapprove of other people doing so? Incest Avoidance and Incest Taboos investigates our human inclination to avoid incest and the powerful taboo against incest found in all societies. Both subjects stir str…
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Purity and danger now: new perspectives
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This proposed counseling research intervention presents tools mental health clinicians can use to improve psychotherapeutic treatment by understanding shame, guilt, and silence when addressing sexual trauma in female incest survivors. Research often focuses on survivor populatio…
Taboos are a burden on society. By protecting irrational views they hinder progress towards greater happiness.
Argues that taboos are not the remnants of primitive societies, revealing the history and misconceptions behind contemporary beliefs about bodily functions, sex, drugs, and death.
