ATS2469 Chapter Notes -Incest Taboo, Sexual Intercourse, Exogamy
11 Sep 2013
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Blurring the distinction between the offender and the victim: incest. Loosely understood as sexual activity which may be consensual or not between kin. Definitions come from a multiplicity of sources: medical, dictionary, legal/civil, legal/criminal, social. Components of definition: sexual activity, kin, age, consent, marriage. Natural aversion there is a natural aversion to sexual intercourse among those who have grown up together. Family disruption mating between family members would create intense jealousies. Expanding social alliances marrying outside the family creates a wider network of interfamily alliances. Preventing psychological gratification oedipus, need to look for an exogamous partner. Inbreeding mating between close kin produces a higher incidence of genetic defects. Sexual intercourse means any penetration, however slight, of the female sex organ by the male sex organ. Deviate sexual intercourse any act of sexual gratification between persons not lawfully married to one another, involving the genitals of one person and the mouth, tongue or anus of another.
