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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]The idea that different sex siblings can't share a room or that kids need their own rooms is definitely an affluent, modern idea.[/quote]

I think this is true, and I find it really creepy that people are so worried about incest.  My brother and I never shared rooms because we had a privileged upbringing, but we definitely shared rooms and even beds in hotel rooms on vacations.  I would say beds up until I was about 12 and he was 9, and rooms through adulthood until I got married.  He's my brother for crying out loud--I would never ever have directed my adolescent curiosity towards him.

My husband grew up in an 800 square foot mobile home with two sisters until they moved to a larger house in middle school (he grew up in the rural south). There were not enough bedrooms for all three of them to have their own room, and he shared rooms and beds with both of his sisters at various points.  His older sister is seven years older, so we're talking about something like a 5 year old and a 12 year old sharing a room.  He and his sisters are very close.

Then of course, historically there is the one room log cabin, or if you visit central america you'll see a family of eight in a one room shack.[/quote]

Not so concerned about incest, but where/when is a teenage boy supposed to beat off if his little sister is in the same room?  Ewwww[/quote]

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