The French Anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss Says That the Incest Taboo

question 22

Multiple Choice

The French anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss says that the incest taboo is universal because _______________.

• A)humans are instinctively opposed to inbreeding
• B)humans repress their sexual desire for the parent of the opposite sex
• C)humans have learned to establish alliances with strangers and thereby share and develop culture
• D)humans prefer to marry their brothers and sisters
• E)humans do not like sex

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