GolfHos

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We needed a study for this?
http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/02/14/kinship.reut/index.html

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Study finds out why it's gross to kiss your sister

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Researchers who wanted to find out why it is not only taboo to kiss your sister, but also disgusting, said Wednesday that they have discovered why in a discovery that challenges some basic tenets of Freudian theory.

The instinct evolved naturally and cannot be taught, John Tooby and Leda Cosmides of the University of California Santa Barbara wrote in their report in the journal Nature.

Spending time in the same household and watching your mother care for your brother or sister is all it takes. This is all subconscious, of course, reported the researchers, who worked with Debra Lieberman of the University of Hawaii.

"We went in search of a kin-detection system because some of the most important theories in evolutionary biology said such a thing should exist," Cosmides said in a telephone interview.

"It should regulate both altruism and incest disgust."

Humans have an inbuilt system that does both, they found.

"This data shows that the degree to which we feel those things is governed by these cues that, for hunter-gatherers, predict whether somebody is a sibling. And it works regardless of your beliefs -- who you are told who your siblings are," she said.

Cosmides and her colleagues tested 600 volunteers, asking them all sorts of questions jumbled together so they would not know what was being studied. "We asked them how many favors did you do for this particular sibling in a month. We asked if this sibling needed a kidney, how likely would you be to donate this sibling a kidney."

Forbidden fruit
And they asked about all sorts of ethical dilemmas, including questions about ****ual relationships with siblings. Among the volunteers were people who had never shared a home with their siblings -- for instance, full- or half-siblings born 10 or even 20 years apart.

What determined incest disgust and altruism was the same -- how much time an older sibling spent watching his or her mother care for a younger one, or how much time the two spent together in the same household.

"If you co-resided with them for a long time as a child, you'd treat them as you'd treat any full sibling. This seems to operate non-consciously," Cosmides said.

Especially strong was the effect of watching one's mother care for a younger child. "They would be very altrustic towards that baby and they'd be grossed out at the idea of **** with that baby as an adult," Cosmides said.

Women are especially sensitive to this, added Cosmides, a cognitive psychologist. "One whiff of possible siblinghood and that's it for you if you are a woman," she said.

The study contradicts the teachings of Sigmund Freud, who described Oedipal urges and conflicts, Cosmides said.

"He thought you are attracted to your relatives and your siblings and parents and it takes the force of culture and society to keep you from committing the incest that is in your heart," she said.

Cosmides said Freud had a possible reason for his own feelings -- he had a wet nurse who cuddled and breastfed him: "Who their brain thinks is mom is different from who they consciously believe is mom. For them it is quite reasonable that they have an attraction to their mothers."

It's gross because it's gross. That'll be $150,000 please.

The follow-up study is to find out what about Arkansas nullifies this effect.

That one is easy, it's because a Arkansas guys sister won't say no the first time.

Sheep talk in Arkansas?

Me, I'd love to be Ryan Phillipe's character in the movie Cruel Intentions.

my ma and pa met at a family reunion and I turnt out just dandy
here is my yearbook piktur
It doesent say but I was in the glee club



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Simply amazing that someone actually had to study that.

Breaking News!

Researchers find that hitting your testicles with a hammer hurts!  The story at 11!

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 ;D   [sm_laughing] :punchballs:

What if she's your step sister?  I"m just askin'.

How do you git yerself one of dem there wet nurses?

I see that the researchers still don't want to tackle the age old question of why it seems so gross when you give your sister a dirty sanchez.

Are you taking the position that a dirty sanchez is not gross when applied to a non-relative?

Clearly these jokers have never seen MY sister.   [sm_hump]

Giving a Dirty Sanchez is not gross.  Receiving one on the other end, that's gross.

No, it really is gross when you give it to your sister, but I'm not sure why.

Pics please.

Well I don't have a sister.  But I'm more concerned with why your sister has dingleberries up her ass.

You and me both.

Exactly.  Under Title 6, Section 9 of the Regulations And Message Board Uniform Treatment Treaty of 2002 (R.A.M.B.U.T.T.), unless substantiating photographs are provided along with comments of a suggestive nature regarding sisters, wives, girlfriends, or mothers, said statements are to be summarily disregarded and the offending poster is to be appropriately smited.

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Excellent!!!

Sorry fellas, no sister.  I wuz just funnin'.

Don't forget to list grandmothers. There are some nice GILFs out there.

There was always something creepy about Jeffrey Jones (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Jones).

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The "Official Comments" to 6.9. of RAMBUTT indicate that the inclusive of grandmothers in the "manadatory photograph" list was discussed, but ultimately rejected because of the belief that most photographs in the 'grandmother' category would not be of the GILF nature.  The RAMBUTT committee did indicate that the attachment of grandmother photos, although optional, is encouraged when said photos depict a "GILF".

Come on guys. Please answer the step sister question. I have to pick her up at the airp........uh.... I'm just very curious.

Well, if you live by Hollywood movie morality standards (duh, who doesn't?) then according to the holy book of "Clueless", then yes, stepsister is ok.

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No, Steg.  You just don't get it, do you?

Unfortunately, the picture is firewalled or at least it looks like a red x to me.

(Dr. Evil)

Is that like a moist grotto?

Do they make tuna ones?