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Western social norms are the product of a very peculiar historical pattern. Much of the world still views homosexuality as something along the lines of incest.
by aerodog 5y ago
Western social norms are the product of a very peculiar historical pattern. Much of the world still views homosexuality as something along the lines of incest.
- throw0101a 5y ago> Much of the world still views homosexuality as something along the lines of incest. Interesting that you should use the notion of "incest" as an example, as in Western Europe sex between first (and second) cousins is generally considered incest, but marriage between cousins is fairly common in the rest of the world. For an history/overview on the topic: * https://www.science.org/content/article/how-early-christian-church-gave-birth-today-s-weird-europeans https://www.science.org/content/article/how-early-christian-... * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_WEIRDest_People_in_the_World https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_WEIRDest_People_in_the_Wor...