Westermarck effect
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The Westermarck effect, also known as reverse sexual imprinting, is a psychological hypothesis that states that people tend not to be attracted to peers with whom they lived like siblings before the a
The child-rearing practices of the kibbutz system are sometimes cited as an example of the Westermarck effect. Seen here are a group of children in Kibbutz Gan Shmuel, c. 1935–40.
Kibbutz
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A kibbutz is a type of intentional community in Israel. The first kibbutz, established in 1910, was Degania. Although kibbutzim were traditionally based on agriculture, today farming has been partly s
Westermarck effect
…Marriage, as one explanation for the incest taboo. The Westermarck effect has gained some empirical support. Proponents point to evidence from the Israeli kibbutz system, from Chinese Shim-pua marriage customs, and from closely related families. In the case of the Israeli kibbutzim (collective farms), children…
Kibbutz Kfar Masaryk
Second Aliyah workers eating lunch in the fields of Kibbutz Migdal, 1912
Degania (later Degania Alef), sometimes considered the first kibbutz, in 1910
Kibbutz Lotan