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

[Mitsozuka]

Eh, hell with it. I say if they want to have sex, go nuts. Just... don't inbreed. Things never go well if you do. x.x

 

[DefinitelyPsychotic]

I wouldn't personally do it, but I don't see a problem with other people doing it.

 

[TiefBlau]

Is there a "No, but ew" option available?

 

[Smertnik]

I don't really see an issue with incest as long as you don't plan to have children. That's really the only viable reason against it.

 

[Sparrow]

I think it's icky and should be killed with fire, but that's just me.

 

[Zeema]

i dont think people related by blood shouldn't have a Sexual relationship with each other. I just don't think it should happen, seems disgusting to me.

 

[Shuswah_Noir]

I don't like the idea of incest, and it's for a reason that I guarantee you've never heard before.

Siblings are nice and all but I see enough of them as it is. I kind of got over the whole "sharing my life" thing with them when I was growing up, I wouldn't want to be emotionally tied to them in adulthood as well. Seems to defeat the entire purpose of becoming an adult, which is to break away from the family unit and forge your own path. That, to me, is the real damage that incest does - it keeps people emotionally stunted. It's against growth and change, but in an ever-growing, ever-changing world it's good to learn to adapt to those things and not live in a bubble.

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When it comes to incest, as long as you don't reproduce and create some retarded offspring, only do it recreationally, go right ahead. Absolutely no problems with that.

Polygamy I also have no problems with, but only if it works both ways.

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If you're of consenting age, and are not going to breed (this includes getting an abortion if you do fall pregnant), then I don't see why not. But if you choose to, you are limiting your own emotional growth.

 

[Gigano]

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The simple fact is that incest laws are based on social taboos, not rationality.
That said, society in general is constructed the same way. A purely rational society would be some sort of Ayn Rand bullshit (like, well, Rapture from Bioshock).
Malinowski called society a kind of "tapestry". If you pull out one thread, you never know how much you'll unravel.

That same argument could be put forth in regard to interracial marriage and homosexuality back when they were social taboos as well. Don't think anybody miss those times, the vast majority are happy that society evolved by "taking the plunge" away from such irrational discriminatory bullshit. It's utterly conservative and ethically stagnant at heart.

This taboo is based largely in religious notions which were constructed in backwards societies where there was no feasible way of separating sex from pregnancy, marriage was the only accepted form of having sex anyway, and personal liberty didn't really count for anything.

All those societal factors have certainly changed; why shouldn't the norms change with them?

 

[Findlebob]

Providing it isnt for the intention of having children then go for it if you must.

 

[EddySpaghetti]

I think the number of posts the acc that created this thread has, answers all the questions.

 

[rockyoumonkeys]

If both people are past the age of consent, it should be perfectly legal, though reproduction should be heavily discouraged or outright banned.

Now, the dangers of flipper babies (as a symbol for all defects) appearing are initially fairly small, so if this is first-generation incest we're talking about, then it's no big deal if they have kids. Those dangers increase dramatically with each new generation though.

 

[SpaceSpork]

As long as there is some consent in the relationship, then yes, an incestual relationship should be legal. However, the should not be allowed to bear children on their own, because SCIENCE has shown that incestual children are very very very often deformed. They can still adopt if they want to.

 

[Thaluikhain]

I forget what it's called, but there's a psychological phenomenon where the male brain doesn't see females raised with him in a family unit in a sexual way. So basically, your family, mother, sisters, etc, aren't recognised by you as a means to propagate the species. There's more to anti-incest than social stigma; people also are naturally averse to the concept of two siblings boning. I can't be bothered to look up the biological reason behind this evolutionary trait, but these things are usually a good idea to follow.

Reverse imprinting?

I had thought it applied to both genders equally, however, I hadn't heard it only happened to the males.

 

[Jodah]

As a rule of thumb I go by "Do whatever the fuck you want until it influences someone else." Therefore, I say incest is okay but the second they try to reproduce it should be stopped. That being said its not possible to ban reproduction except in extreme circumstances so until our society changes its gotta be all or nothing and I choose nothing to protect the children! (OMG WON'T SOMEONE THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!!)

Long story short: If reproduction could be banned, go for it. If not, its gotta be illegal.

 

[spartandude]

Im in favour of what two or more consenting adults do in private is their business is ok so ive opted for it being leagle

 

[DalekJaas]

Not going to lie, the surprisingly high number of people who want to get it on with their sister/mum (or dad) on this site is pretty disturbing.

 

[deathandtaxes]

While I don't think it should be illegal between consenting adults I think it should remain a touchy subject for a very simple psychological reason.

That reason is that even with consenting adults how can we know that consent was mutual? What I mean is how can we be sure one party was not pressed into it and simply went along with it because they love their family member and want to make them happy.

This is a common occurrence, with rape and incest an older family member will rape a younger one and the younger member will keep quiet because although they don't want to have sex they would rather be forced into it than put their family member in jail or in some countries get them killed.

Think about how easy it was for your parents to get you to do things when you were young as you trusted them implicitly. Incest is a basic violation of this trust. While this is lessened when someone is older it is still a present factor thus incest should be thought of not through the lens of handicapped children (although this is a risk) but with the recognition that parental and indeed sibling trust is an easy thing to abuse.

 

[spartandude]

Not going to lie, the surprisingly high number of people who want to get it on with their sister/mum (or dad) is pretty disturbing.

unless if your a Freudian then its normal

but just because you think it should leagle doesnt mean you do it or want to, i dont want to take it up the ass but that doesnt mean i think it should be ileagle

 

[ShakyFiend]

This is one of those things that probably should be legal but every one gets a bit iffy about, like marijuana having the stigma 'drug' attached to it. I hear theres quite a lot of psychological crap involved (breach of trust, confused familial feeling etc.) but as usual with things like this, any argument you use against it can also be used against a million other socially acceptable things.

 

[Woodsey]

I don't like the idea of incest, and it's for a reason that I guarantee you've never heard before.

Because you don't like Batman?

i dont think people related by blood shouldn't have a Sexual relationship with each other. I just don't think it should happen, seems disgusting to me.

How can you not capitalise the start of your own sentence, but then capitalise 'sexual' for no reason?

OT: Incest is not the problem, like you said, its the issue with them then having children. But honestly, whether or not its worse than a woman having kids over a certain age or whatever else, I don't know. Can't say I've given it much thought or looked into it too much.