Many older people still think consider incest and masturbation
to be taboo subjects.
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Incest is what is taboo about "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).
Specifically, taboo refers to what is forbidden, not to be emulated or imitated. The description fits incest. In ancient Greece, mother-son incest falls into the category of blasphemous offenses against the gods. It can only be done by the gods since the mother-son incest of Gaia and Uranus is the way in which the universe starts.
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Many things in life is considered Taboo from one culture to
another but in general Incest is Taboo, this goes back to even the
Bible and before then.
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If something is taboo, it means that there are groups or
cultures that frown upon doing that action. For example, in some
areas, adultery and smoking are prohibited.
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Blood relation equals incest, law relation equals strange.
Either way it's taboo and your gonna have to accept that if you
"love" your uncle.