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Was Westermarck right all along?

Posted by Manstuprator on 2026-February-25 15:29:19, Wednesday
In reply to Gender segregation in practice... posted by Sick Rose on 2026-February-25 12:47:31, Wednesday
There's evidence supporting the theory:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westermarck_effect

AND:
Kinship on the Kibbutz: coresidence duration predicts altruism, personal sexual aversions and moral attitudes among communally reared peers
Debra Lieberman, Thalma Lobel

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1090513811000456

pismin.com/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2011.05.002

But, then again, maybe he was wrong to generalize to all individuals:

Effects of Kibbutz communal upbringing in adulthood: trait emotional intelligence and attachment patterns
Ronen Sidi 1,∗, Daniela Aisenberg Shafran 1
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7753919/

Science is inexact, but especially when it comes to childhood studies, isn't it?

M.
Who to believe, who to believe? ...


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