Excellent link I'd love to read the whole thing (as dry as it may be). Early Google are lousy with specifically child sexual abuse cases (which we already condemn for completely different reasons). Are there any indications that specific incest relationships (or genetic ties) aggravate the trauma caused by child sexual abuse? Is there any information regarding the traumatic effects of incestuous relationships that begin during adulthood of all parties. (I suspect that most such cases would involve prior trauma).itsthesheppy said:
[This very much reminds me of most arguments against polygamy, which point fingers at the oppressive polygynistic regimes of Fundamentalist Mormans and Islamic nations.[footnote]Disclosure: I know Abrahamism is polygynistic, but I don't know if it was retained in Islam due to specific Islamic teachings, or because it was a product of Arabic culture. Jews became monogamous in the European middle ages, under the influence of European culture, as also influenced Christianity.[/footnote]. We've also seen (and mostly ignored) polygamy done right (sometimes called polyfidelity to differentiate) in families that have multiple spouses of either sex, all who gave informed consent as adults.]
There is often a correlation between child sexual abuse and incest. Usually when children are sexually assaulted, it is by someone they know, and often someone in their household. And while that may indicate a reason to condemn incest, that isn't a case for all incestuous pairings, and thus it may not apply to a specific instance of such a relationship.
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