The latter can and does come across not as a mere Values Dissonance, but as outright Hypocrisy, resulting in a Broken Aesop. When defied, this is presented as Even Evil Has Standards. This exploits a specific primal instinct-based sex taboo and is specifically based on the equating of breaking taboos with evil. Sure, Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas, but some bad men love their mamas a little too much, and this can be meant to add to the audience's view of the villain as depraved and committing evil and "unnatural" acts daily. You have him break sexual taboos and engage in certain "taboo" or borderline activities which are frowned upon by many cultures. What else can you do to show the audience that he is evil in every way? He's kicked puppies, tortured defenseless kittens, and done a bunch of other stuff to demonstrate his villainy. So you have a character who is a villain.
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