A key function of 'traditions' is to manage the complex social, sexual, & economic trade-offs that people can't discuss rationally.
Traditions are almost entirely about managing biological functions and conflicts of interest.
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The golden bough famously argues otherwise. Many traditions just seem to be relics of agricultural life etiological misunderstandings
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