Modeling the logic of cultural order
(adapted from Algirdas Greimas)

Sexual Relations: social model, gender-neutral

____________________________Stable and defined______________________________
Prescribed                                                                     Forbidden
Marriage/life partnership                                                                                 Incest
 
 
 

                                                                   X
 
 
 
 

Not incest                                                                                             Not Marriage
Not forbidden_________Unstable, ill-defined______ Not prescribed
 
 

Sexual relations: individual "romantic" model


____________________________Stable and defined________________________
Prescribed                                                                 Forbidden
Love, attraction                                                                                            Fear, revulsion
 
 

                                                                        X
 
 

Not forbidden                                                   Not prescribed
Absence of fear or revulsion____Unstable, ill-defined__  Absence of love or attraction