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Inbreeding is only detrimental to a population if the resulting offspring have poor genetic resilience to environmental factors. Some detrimental phenotypes can result from inbreeding due to the combination of recessive alleles, but that depends on the parents carrying said alleles.
Inbreeding is extremely common among most animal species and frequently results in increased offspring fitness.
Incest is shunned within societies as a means of male intrasexual competition (and is inherently gynocentric because it allows some degree of sexual mobility for females) rather than because it's inherently problematic, genetically.
Without punishments for incest among the common folk, powerful men would have more difficulty assembling virginal harems due to most females losing their virginities to a close male family member (fathers, brothers, etc) who have the easiest, immediate access. With incestuous punishments in place, common folk fathers are forced to give their daughters to another man (or else the daughters will choose for themselves) which ultimately leads a disproportionate amount of women to the most powerful or genetically optimal males within the society.
Note that laws against incest are rarely applied to the elites; many kings and princes reproduced with their female family members in addition to having harems of other men's daughters.
Currently, certain countries (most in Western Europe) have restrictions on the number of times a sperm bank can use a singular sperm sample. The argument is that, without a limit, inbreeding will become too prominent, which is detrimental to society. However, as explained before, that argument is bogus, especially considering that women are naturally inclined to reproduce with a minority of the male population.
Inbreeding is extremely common among most animal species and frequently results in increased offspring fitness.
Incest is shunned within societies as a means of male intrasexual competition (and is inherently gynocentric because it allows some degree of sexual mobility for females) rather than because it's inherently problematic, genetically.
Without punishments for incest among the common folk, powerful men would have more difficulty assembling virginal harems due to most females losing their virginities to a close male family member (fathers, brothers, etc) who have the easiest, immediate access. With incestuous punishments in place, common folk fathers are forced to give their daughters to another man (or else the daughters will choose for themselves) which ultimately leads a disproportionate amount of women to the most powerful or genetically optimal males within the society.
Note that laws against incest are rarely applied to the elites; many kings and princes reproduced with their female family members in addition to having harems of other men's daughters.
Currently, certain countries (most in Western Europe) have restrictions on the number of times a sperm bank can use a singular sperm sample. The argument is that, without a limit, inbreeding will become too prominent, which is detrimental to society. However, as explained before, that argument is bogus, especially considering that women are naturally inclined to reproduce with a minority of the male population.
