Why exactly is incest still illegal??

[QUOTE="th3warr1or"][QUOTE="wslacker2"] Tell that to millions of kids who have been raped by a relative, dude.wslacker2

Inbreeding only creates defects after 4+ generations.KHAndAnime

The story I heard about a couple in Germany who were siblings didnt have any inbreeding record in their family iirc but both of their babies had some sort of defect.

Do the people saying it should be legal have siblings?Strider_91

Next, they're going to want murder to be legal since everyone has the "people should be able to do what they want" attitude.

If you're into it, then you're only obstacle is the law. If all goes well, send me a postcard of your cyclops newborn.

I didn't even know that it is illegal. If it is, I think it should be legal, since we allow people with mental illness to **** we should allow incest as well.Lonelynight

Next, they're going to want murder to be legal since everyone has the "people should be able to do what they want" attitude.

shoot-first

If you're into it, then you're only obstacle is the law. If all goes well, send me a postcard of your cyclops newborn.

ThePerro

Freud was right about you OP.

[QUOTE="wslacker2"][QUOTE="th3warr1or"] Dude, the problem with that is the RAPE then. Rape is rape. Teenaged

Because it's gross.fidosim

its illegal for reasons regarding genetic stagnation.

Thessassin

ITT: TC has a raging hard on for a smokin' hot cousin or something or other.

I don't see legalizing incest as something that would end well..

If some people are doing it with contraceptives then what exactly is the problem??

Take a look at some porn site, the highest viewed and rated videos almost always seem to have incest. That makes it rather obvious that people want to do it so why not allow them? Who cares if that's not the way society works? The same case is with homosexuals as well...

And again "despising" incest is your right but I dont think the rationality behind despising it can be any different than despising "homosexuality"....

Gambler_3

▲ I did'nt know it was.:? ▲

Cause it's ****ing disgusting.

It's illegal because society and social conditioning tells us it is. Get over it. There are4 billion females in the world that are not related to you. Go find one of those.

Because it's gross.fidosim

Contraceptives aren't 100%. Not to mention the emotional issues it raises.

It's incest. It shouldn't be legal. Anyway studies have shown that emotional issues arise in incestous relationships.....they aren't healthy.

because its wrong?, i mean if you want to go out with your sister no one is stopping you but be prepared to have everyone always tell you that you and your girlfriend look so alike

Higher risk of genetic aberrations for one thing.

More urgently, why is dwarf tossing illegal?jimmyjammer69

Seriously its a free country last time I checked. If someone wants to have some kind of sexual relationship with a family member its their business, not yours and certainly not the government's business so butt out.

Hell there are times when I fantasize about my cousins

TC is from the south

It makes a higher chance of recessive genetic gene coming through. What that means is that is you and your sister (just an example) made a child and you both had recessive traits of lets say, Cystic Fibrosis, then that child has a significantly greater chance of having developing it. It is more complicated than that but just to generalize it.

Higher phenotypical expression of recessive genes is not a good thing.If genes don't vary that will equate to extinction. Offspring have a chance of being incapable of reproducing as well and it WILL happen if incest happens regularly. This is a major problem to overcome when trying to save species from extinction when they have a really low population.

Now whether or not the 2 parties involved in it are emotionally stable is an entirely different matter. People can't really assume anything about the relationship just because they view it as wrong. There are many cultures that don't view incest as taboo as western.

its illegal for reasons regarding genetic stagnation.

but it should be legal i agree

Thessassin

(In the countries where it is illegal,that is)

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[QUOTE="Strider_91"] I'm just wondering, if you're alright with legalising it and striking out incest.. Would you be able to do it with your sibling, if they were a female?Strider_91

probably the biggest reasoning is that older relatives have a huge influence on younger generations.....one could use that influence to completely manipulate the younger individual and shape them into their own personal plaything......and there are significant increases in defects....Omni-Slash

That argument is very similar to the argument people make against homosexual couples raising children. Should it be illegal for homosexual couples to raise children also? Franklinstein

why is it illegal?....because it's incest?...:?Omni-Slash

probably the biggest reasoning is that older relatives have a huge influence on younger generations.....one could use that influence to completely manipulate the younger individual and shape them into their own personal plaything......and there are significant increases in defects....Omni-Slash

It's incest. It shouldn't be legal. Anyway studies have shown that emotional issues arise in incestous relationships.....they aren't healthy.

LJS9502_basic

A lot of things aren't healthy, yet they're legal. ;)

Plus studies can be wrong.;)

Yet 18 year olds are allowed to date older people...SkyWard20

[QUOTE="SkyWard20"] Yet 18 year olds are allowed to date older people...Omni-Slash

[QUOTE="Franklinstein"]That argument is very similar to the argument people make against homosexual couples raising children. Should it be illegal for homosexual couples to raise children also? Omni-Slash

[QUOTE="Strider_91"][QUOTE="Thessassin"] No i wouldn't ever do it with a family member. But i still think it should be legal.

Franklinstein

i might have agreed. but then this is about incest.

[QUOTE="Omni-Slash"][QUOTE="Franklinstein"]That argument is very similar to the argument people make against homosexual couples raising children. Should it be illegal for homosexual couples to raise children also? Franklinstein