Incest is one of the few consensual sexual things that sends shivers right down my spine, but I agree with you. The usual caveat is that it's much more likely that there's some kind of abuse involved, especially if it's cross-generational. But then... that isn't a reason to make incestuous relationships illegal since abuse is illegal already.
While I think two people can do pretty much what they like, I'm torn on whether they should be allowed to have children since there's apparently a heightened risk of deformity. But banning that opens all sorts of cans of worms:
What if the pregnancy occurs accidentally?
Can the government mandate a paternity test to prove the child was a result of incest?
Would the kid be removed from the parents?
If the child isn't deformed, is there anything *really* wrong with what happened?
There's a much higher chance of a ill child if one of the parents has an inherited illness, but we don't prevent people with a heritable illness from having children. Is that a double standard? (yes)
So unless I can be convinced otherwise, I'll reserve judgement on that front too.
IIN I believe incest isn't wrong
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Incest is one of the few consensual sexual things that sends shivers right down my spine, but I agree with you. The usual caveat is that it's much more likely that there's some kind of abuse involved, especially if it's cross-generational. But then... that isn't a reason to make incestuous relationships illegal since abuse is illegal already.
While I think two people can do pretty much what they like, I'm torn on whether they should be allowed to have children since there's apparently a heightened risk of deformity. But banning that opens all sorts of cans of worms:
What if the pregnancy occurs accidentally?
Can the government mandate a paternity test to prove the child was a result of incest?
Would the kid be removed from the parents?
If the child isn't deformed, is there anything *really* wrong with what happened?
There's a much higher chance of a ill child if one of the parents has an inherited illness, but we don't prevent people with a heritable illness from having children. Is that a double standard? (yes)
So unless I can be convinced otherwise, I'll reserve judgement on that front too.