Poll: I know I'm probably going to hell for this, but...

[Mister Benoit]

It's not incest but on "So you think you can dance" season 5 there was a Brother and Sister couple in the try outs. It was extremely painful to watch them, not just because they were awful dancers but because it was very strange how they acted towards each other. It was painful to watch them at all and I ended up going in the kitchen to grab something.

 

[The Funslinger]

Look, I'm all for a sexually open society, but I hate it when people compare any kind of sexual discrimination to the persecution of the gays. Just because you are capable of doing something doesn't always mean you should do it. I'm happy for people to have sex with either gender, or transgender if they like, I'm happy with people having (almost) any fetish, but off the top of my head, the two things you shouldn't be able to fuck are animals and blood relatives.

In any case, I have what I would call a healthy relationship with my two sisters, and, from what I can tell, they're both quite beautiful. However, if I saw one of them naked, my only instinct would be to claw my eyes out.

 

[karloss01]

I think there should be an undecided option to this poll as many people seem to feel that way. I can't actually form an opinion on this and i can't explain why, must be too conflicting for my mind.

but as the internet saying goes;

"Incest is Wincest."

 

[FolkLikePanda]

Incest should be illegal, you gotta think, if they have a kid will it be fair on the kid if its deformed in some way?
Polygamy should only be legal if both partners in the current marriage agree on it.

 

[numbersix1979]

What kind of incest are we talking here? Because I think we can all agree there's different kinds.

 

[l3o2828]

Very difficult Topic indeed....
Erm...I guess it shouldn't be ilegal with consent...but the issue is that the biology of humans prevents from having children with with close relatives becasue problems WILL arise.

 

[Frozen Donkey Wheel2]

Incest should be illegal all around. I'm not liberal on this at all.

Few reasons:

1.Abusive parents/older siblings could manipulate their family members into sex. If you raise your daughter up drumming the concept into her, by the time she turns 16(or whatever the age of consent is in your country) it wouldn't be too hard to forge an abusive relationship. It would technically be "consensual" and it would be hard to prove otherwise. I think it would lead to some pretty bad stuff. You could argue that it happens anyway, but at least with incest being illegal there is no place for them to hide and justify what they are doing. How would you prove it is consensual sex? Merely making some guy's 18 year old daughter say "yeah, it's consensual" isn't enough. I'd be wanting thorough psychological profiling on all of the family. Why? See point number 3. Having the power of familial influence in a sexual relationship is dangerous. Whether someone thinks it is consensual or not.

2.I personally think it is wrong to be sexually attracted to a close family member. Incredibly sick.

3.It isn't a healthy mindset. I'd encourage anyone to find someone who wants to fuck their sister or their mum that isn't a total crackpot. I think those that do seem to invariably suffer from a mental illness or a personality disorder to begin with.

4.The obvious health risks of reproduction. How would you police this? Make only same-sex incest legal? What about heterosexual couples who are infertile - are they allowed to have intercourse then? Whatever the decision it - it's going to be lots of fun trying to police it.

I have no problem with taking the conservative side here, even if it is technically the minority. I think many members of this forum are way too socially left-wing anyway - the forum is filled with idealists. I think we can all agree on that.

Feel free to go mental and passive aggressively try to imply I'm an idiot. I don't really care. I don't expect more than 50% agreement on anything, nor do I seek it.

No, that's not sarcastic. This is the best argument I've heard on this thread.

 

[Jeremy Skitz]

I once met someone who was inbred, he had a bad life thoug I had pity I still hated him. he was a violent alcoholic on top of all that. I believe incest is wrong.

 

[Klepa]

I don't care. I don't know how big the problems with inbreeding are, but if they are substantial, they should adopt.

I don't see what sort of trauma can siblings inflict on society, if they decide to have sex with eachother.

 

[orangeban]

I really don't have enough knowledge about this to answer, I've no idea how likely the child is to have disabilities (for a long while I thought it was just that they always had disabilities) so I don't feel I can answer.

 

[jowo96]

Incest leads to all sorts of genetic diseases, so yes it should definately be illegal.

 

[Jonluw]

Nope. Shouldn't be illegal. Perhaps except for parent-child relations. It's way too easy for a parent to manipulate their child.
I'm sort of divided when it comes to siblings, but cousins should definitely be allowed.

The genetic issue is way exaggerated and only really relevant if inbreeding goes on over several generations.

 

[messy]

If you create inbred offspring I think that's wrong, massive chance of horrible double mutations and they can't give consent.

 

[zehydra]

Wow, split right down the line 50-50. I just said yes because of the ramifications of sex leading to birth and so on. Some people tend to forget that birth is THE natural consequence of sex, and no matter how much we spend on contraception and the like, birth will still take place among some.

 

[deshorty]

Yes. Simply because it leads to inbreeding which leads to disease and death. I know this would only happen to a portion of the population (a very very small portion), but none the less, whole families lines could be destroyed.

 

[gamefreakbsp]

Creepy, yes. Illegal, no. I feel like it should be on the Discovery show, Taboo.

 

[Bara_no_Hime]

What does The Escapist think?

Incest between consenting, similarly aged siblings? No problem at all.

Incest between parent and child (which I believe is the most common form) is almost always rape - statutory if nothing else. And I always have a problem with rape - as should any civilized society.

 

[Dale Cooper]

Do you think incest should be illegal, no matter the circumstances? Personally, along with polygamy, I don't think there's a problem if everyone involved gives consent to the situation. Of course, there's the heightened risk of disabilities with inbred children, but we don't hate women over 35 having children despite the huge increase in the chance of the children having Down Syndrome, and we don't force people with Huntington's Chorea to take up a vow of chastity, despite the fact that there is a 50/50 chance of a child of the sufferer to inherit this incurable disease. And, many people could argue people who want to have sex with their close relatives are insane, they aren't hurting anyone else, so why do we hate it so much? Is it simply prejudice? What does The Escapist think?

Does this mean you want to fuck your sister and not feel bad about it?

 

[Daveman]

People who say incest is wrong from an evolutionary perspective obviously don't know that Darwin married his cousin.

Personally I don't think it should be illegal but it is one of those things that I'm quite happy with being incredibly frowned upon. I had a physics teacher whose parents had conceived him and later found out that they had the same dad and he has some weird kidney disease but then they've already got a kid and they met and fell in love and now I'd feel kind of harsh breaking them up due to legal reasons.

I dunno exactly what my opinions are on the matter, I guess I need to sit down and think about it a bit more.

 

[ZeroDotZero]

No, it might be disgusting, but if both people agree to it, then they can be disgusting together.

If it was made legal, in a few generations it might end up being seen as normal. Siblings with benefits, eurgh.