caa a22 4500 606232036 CHVBK 20210128101224.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20151101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10508-015-0558-5 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10508-015-0558-5 Shor Eran Department of Sociology, McGill University, 855 Sherbrooke St. West, H3A 2T7, Montreal, QC, Canada aut The Westermarck Hypothesis and the Israeli Kibbutzim: Reconciling Contrasting Evidence [Elektronische Daten] [Eran Shor] The case of the communal education system in the Israeli kibbutzim is often considered to provide conclusive support for Westermarck's (1891) assertion regarding the existence of evolutionary inbreeding avoidance mechanisms in humans. However, recent studies that have gone back to the kibbutzim seem to provide contrasting evidence and reopen the discussion regarding the case of the kibbutzim and inbreeding avoidance more generally (Lieberman & Lobel, 2012; Shor & Simchai, 2009). In this article, I reassess the case of the kibbutzim, reevaluating the findings and conclusions of these recent research endeavors. I argue that the differences between recent research reports largely result from conceptual and methodological differences and that, in fact, these studies provide insights that are more similar than first meets the eye. I also suggest that we must reexamine the common assumption that the kibbutzim serve as an ideal natural experiment for examining the sources of incest avoidance and the incest taboo. Finally, I discuss the implications of these studies to the longstanding debate over the Westermarck hypothesis and call for a synthetic theoretical framework that produces more precise predictions and more rigorous empirical research designs. Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2015 Incest taboo nationallicence Sexuality nationallicence Inbreeding avoidance nationallicence Westermarck nationallicence Kibbutzim nationallicence Israel nationallicence Archives of Sexual Behavior Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 44/8(2015-11-01), 2139-2150 0004-0002 44:8<2139 2015 44 10508 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-015-0558-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-015-0558-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Shor Eran Department of Sociology, McGill University, 855 Sherbrooke St. West, H3A 2T7, Montreal, QC, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Archives of Sexual Behavior Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 44/8(2015-11-01), 2139-2150 0004-0002 44:8<2139 2015 44 10508