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Westermarck effect

The Westermarck effect, or reverse sexual imprinting, is a hypothetical psychological effect through which people who live in close domestic proximity during the first few years of their lives become desensitized to sexual attraction.
The professor says the Westermarck effect is why incest is taboo.
by Ravenalien October 8, 2015
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