From: fuerzo@earthlink.net   
      
   On 08 Nov 2004 14:50:47 GMT, xmarx467@aol.compost (Chris Mark) wrote:   
      
   >> it is also my understanding that incest was also a fact of life   
   >>that was kept secret by families of the abused woman as just another   
   >>necessity.   
   >   
   >If it was kept secret, how is it known that it was widespread?   
      
   I can't cite an exact example at this point, but one way this notion   
   apparently propagated was from some novels of the day.   
      
   Societies promote standard procreative models for sexual behavior, but   
   endless variations are possible if not likely under certain   
   circumstances.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)