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Postmodern thought argues that all boundaries are arbitrary social constructs. If the incest taboo is "just" a rule to prevent genetic defects, then what about cousin marriage (legal in many countries)? If cannibalism is "just" a protein source, is it immoral on a desert island?

The cavern grew very still. The Primal made no motion but the air around it folded inward like a tide. "You know the cost," it said. "Songs are memory. Once you unstring them, you will not find them in your mouth again. You will taste only silence where they were." primal taboo

: Readers often seek out "toe-curling" or "depraved" stories to experience intense emotions that are "off-limits" in daily life. Postmodern thought argues that all boundaries are arbitrary

In contemporary discourse, the idea of the "primal taboo" has expanded to include behaviors that provoke an intense, gut-level "wrongness" or "pollution" in the collective consciousness: The cavern grew very still

Civilization is, in essence, a contract. We agree to suppress certain immediate instincts—violence, unrestricted sexuality, the hoarding of resources—in exchange for security and order. At the very foundation of this social contract lies the concept of the .