Re:Why Saudi Arabia Is Pushing Premarital Genetic Screening
by nkrisc on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @10:22AM
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Over a long time? Maybe. But it won't happen overnight. In most cultures that taboo is cemented. Ask any random person who think it's taboo why it's taboo and I would wager they don't really know why, just that it is. As such, I don't think this is going to change minds, at least not for a while.
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Re:Why Saudi Arabia Is Pushing Premarital Genetic Screening
by ars on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @10:37AM
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> they don't really know why, just that it is
This taboo does not come from the Bible, since the Bible does not prohibit cousin marriage. I assume the taboo comes from seeing problems in offspring.
Scientifically, occasional cousin marriage is not usually a problem. It's only when it's repeated more than once that it starts to be a problem.
Re:Why Saudi Arabia Is Pushing Premarital Genetic Screening
by nkrisc on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @03:01PM
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I made no mention of the Bible nor where the taboo comes from, but merely mentioned that is is a taboo that is cemented in some cultures and I posited that most people from those cultures aren't aware of why they think it's taboo beyond the fact their culture makes it taboo.