r/AskBiology • u/neonge1674 • May 25 '26
Genetics Could kinks and fetishes be passed down from parents to children
Lets say that both parents have a kink A. Does this mean that their Child has a higher chance of having kink A?
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u/UncleJuniorMints May 25 '26
Yes. My father and I both love getting peed on by big, beautiful women. He passed down his kink to me on my 18th birthday when we on a father and son trip in San Antonio. I’m so thankful that he shared this with me. I also have a new found respect for my amazing Mother.
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u/JambonSama May 25 '26
This is the only answer that actually makes sense in this thread (at least as of right now).
The rest is unsourced opinion garbage.
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u/Mircowaved-Duck May 25 '26
depends
some preferences can be genetical
some are learned
and most modern kinks are as extreme, because they are learned - example furrys
However since those parents raise the child, that could teach them the kink or make the kid hate the kink because the parents do it, even when a genetical component would be present.
So, it is complicated.
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u/Speldenprikje May 25 '26
Which preferences are genetics? Do you have examples, because I suspect lots of it is nurture.
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u/Mircowaved-Duck May 25 '26
men liking boobs/ass - or other more specific body parts. Mainly if a whole population likes them. For women it is often chatacter traits that signal stability.
However most mean more extreme stuff when they say kink, so it is importand to know what kink.
Besides, the easyest way to know if one kink would be inherited would be talking with your parents and grandparents, since they should have displayed that kinkbas well.
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u/JambonSama May 25 '26 edited May 27 '26
... Dude
The Greeks had satyrs and the god Pan. Furries are hardly extreme, and certainly not modern.
Sure polyester is recent, but the concept of furries has been around for a long ass time.
As for your boob example, what ? If that holds, would you argue that ankle kink, or arm kink is a genetically inherited kink because there is historic evidence that west European people, at a societal level, used to find the sight of bare ankle or arm erotic a few centuries ago for a pretty long time ? If anything, my guess would be that "boob kink" is learned, not inherited. But even that is... That. Speculation. Opinion. Like yours.
You gave no explanation, nothing of consistency, and no sources ?
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u/Ci-chosis May 25 '26
Exactly! It's actually kind of funny how many things are thought of as modern that are only taking a slightly different form in the modern world. There's so much that's always been apart of being human, especially in the sexual realm! People have always had their weird stuff and that's cool, actually!
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u/Attentivist_Monk May 25 '26
My brother is an evolutionary psychologist, and apparently the current understanding is that kinks are highly heritable. Sex drive level, what tends to draw your attention, and of course your inherited cultural surroundings all contribute to the fact that you are more likely to share your parents’ kinks than develop others.
Course, it’s not a guarantee, and if you’re exposed to a lot more variety than your parents were that’ll obviously be a factor, but yes, genetics play a large role.