Taboos like that really annoy me, because it makes it hard to have a sensible discussion on that topic with some people. They either freak out, or assume there is something wrong with me for daring to talk about it. So mostly, I don't even bother trying unless I'm pretty sure the person is open minded enough.

I think even if it's a consenting adult having sex with their parents, it's still a grey area on whether it's abuse or not. It's about power dynamics, your parents are still your parents even when you are an adult. Same can also be said about someone having sex with a much older sibling.

As much as, personally, the thought of incest with my family disgusts me, I'm not that against it on "moral" grounds, there's no victim if everyone involved is a consenting adult. I do think it should still be strongly discouraged though, especially due to the risk of birth defects if the female party becomes pregnant.

(June 10, 2015 at 10:46 am)Yeauxleaux Wrote: I think even if it's a consenting adult having sex with their parents, it's still a grey area on whether it's abuse or not. It's about power dynamics, your parents are still your parents even when you are an adult. Same can also be said about someone having sex with a much older sibling.

As much as, personally, the thought of incest with my family disgusts me, I'm not that against it on "moral" grounds, there's no victim if everyone involved is a consenting adult. I do think it should still be strongly discouraged though, especially due to the risk of birth defects if the female party becomes pregnant.

If birth defects are reason to discourage certain relations, should we discourage sex between unrelated people whose genes predispose their offspring to certain disorders? (Down syndrome, sickle cell anemia, etc)

Additionally, I'm not quite sure how these two views comport.

Quote:I think even if it's a consenting adult having sex with their parents, it's still a grey area on whether it's abuse or not.

and

Quote:there's no victim if everyone involved is a consenting adult.

(June 7, 2015 at 10:43 am)Cato Wrote: The welfare therefore increasing births to unwed mothers is a canard.
http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers...es-akerlof

The facts suggest the lowered social stigma associated led to far fewer shotgun weddings. The article also points out that if welfare was the cause unwed births would have risen sharply in the early 60s and then tapered off in the 70s and 80s commensurate with welfare variations. I can't help but wonder how the anti-abortion fervor has contributed.

This article was very interesting. I looked up a few others and most seem to agree that no fault divorce has increased the rate of marriage (as the institution is viewed as less permanent) while decreasing the duration of marriage (divorce is used more often as a means to resolve marital disputes). As, such less children are born out of wedlock, but more children are raised in a broken home.
http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/alesina...e-0407.pdf

As stated by Respondents, the government's interest in bonding children to their biological parents when possible is not solely limited to the establishment and improvement of that bond, but also to the maintenance of that bond as held in Ngyuen V INS.

(June 7, 2015 at 10:43 am)Cato Wrote: Biological parents are held liable for child care regardless of marital status. This line of reasoning is a non-starter.

Actually parents listed on the birth certificate are liable for the child until such time as either biological parentage may be determined (in which case liability may be transferred) or parental rights are waved (explicitly by affirmative statement or implicitly by inability). Then the parental liability falls upon a single parent or if both parents forego their rights the liability falls upon the State. Thus, the state has an interest in the offspring produced by opposite gender copulation.

(Interesting article on the philosophy of Parental rights should you have time to read it. http://www.iep.utm.edu/parentri/#SH2d)

(June 7, 2015 at 10:43 am)Cato Wrote: I have no problem accepting that no fault divorces may have led to a change in attitude towards the institution; however, I fail to see how allowing same sex marriages does anything to change this.

Respondents argument that is reasonable to believe that just as no fault had an impact changing the understanding of marriage from one of permanency, by means of shifting the focus of marriage from permanent for the raising of children to temporary depending on the adult whims (rather than child needs), resulting in more children being raised in broken homes. So will the further shifting of marriage from a procreation centric (bonding of parents together with their children and one another) to a recognition centric (public recognition of a private relationship) of the adult relationships (of all marriages) further result in marriage being more about the adults whims than the children's needs increasing the likelihood of divorce and children raised in broken homes.

(June 7, 2015 at 10:43 am)Cato Wrote: There is also no evidence to support the claim that same sex marriages will impact traditional marriage rates:
http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers...es-akerlof

As argued by Justice Kennedy, Chief Justice Roberts, Justice Breyer, and Respondents: it is not invidious discrimination in and of itself for the respondents to wait and see what the full impact of same sex marriage is. Now if the petitioners wish to argue that respondents may not wait and see than petitioners may not base there argument upon studies which have not had sufficient time to account for the impacts of the institutional change.

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(June 10, 2015 at 9:12 am)Neimenovic Wrote: We knew that, but it isn't only incest, it's child abuse. What about consenting adults in an incestuous relationship?

(June 10, 2015 at 9:15 am)FatAndFaithless Wrote: Yeah, why does incest automatically equal abuse of minors in your mind, Anima?

I provided the link. It also discuss the impacts between incestuous relationships between siblings and consenting adults. Generally it states they are the same as those between children. Feel free to follow the link and read up on it. As I said I have no desire to become well versed on the subject of incest. I blame Marquis De Sade for that. I heard so much about him from people that I finally read several of his books. That guy was one sick puppy!!

Can you link it again? I get enough of your bullshit the first time around and I'll be damned if I go slopping through your old posts to find a link that you easily could've copy pasted.

(June 10, 2015 at 11:31 am)FatAndFaithless Wrote: Can you link it again?  I get enough of your bullshit the first time around and I'll be damned if I go slopping through your old posts to find a link that you easily could've copy pasted.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incest

(June 10, 2015 at 11:39 am)Anima Wrote:

(June 10, 2015 at 11:31 am)FatAndFaithless Wrote: Can you link it again?  I get enough of your bullshit the first time around and I'll be damned if I go slopping through your old posts to find a link that you easily could've copy pasted.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incest

I read the sections on consenting adults. Where in there does it assert anything damaging about it?

(June 10, 2015 at 11:39 am)Anima Wrote:

(June 10, 2015 at 11:31 am)FatAndFaithless Wrote: Can you link it again?  I get enough of your bullshit the first time around and I'll be damned if I go slopping through your old posts to find a link that you easily could've copy pasted.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incest

Where exactly in that article does it say that sex between consenting adults can cause harm? Can you perhaps quote that section of the article on this thread. I can't find it but maybe I overlooked it 

(June 10, 2015 at 11:42 am)FatAndFaithless Wrote:

(June 10, 2015 at 11:39 am)Anima Wrote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incest

I read the sections on consenting adults.  Where in there does it assert anything damaging about it?

Perhaps he means this quote under siblings. The article is referring to non consensual activity among children

Quote:Between childhood siblings[edit]


Childhood sibling–sibling incest is considered to be widespread but rarely reported.[59] Sibling-sibling incest becomes child-on-child sexual abuse when it occurs without consent, without equality, or as a result of coercion. In this form, it is believed to be the most common form of intrafamilial abuse.[82] The most commonly reported form of abusive sibling incest is abuse of a younger sibling by an older sibling.[59] A 2006 study showed a large portion of adults who experienced sibling incest abuse have distorted or disturbed beliefs (such as that the act was "normal") both about their own experience and the subject of sexual abuse in general.[83]
Sibling abusive incest is most prevalent in families where one or both parents are often absent or emotionally unavailable, with the abusive siblings using incest as a way to assert their power over a weaker sibling.[84] Absence of the father in particular has been found to be a significant element of most cases of sexual abuse of female children by a brother.[85] The damaging effects on both childhood development and adult symptoms resulting from brother–sister sexual abuse are similar to the effects of father–daughter, including substance abuse, depression, suicidality, and eating disorders.[85][86]

[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incest#cite_note-cyr-86][/url]

(June 10, 2015 at 11:49 am)Nope Wrote:

(June 10, 2015 at 11:42 am)FatAndFaithless Wrote: I read the sections on consenting adults.  Where in there does it assert anything damaging about it?

Perhaps he means this quote under siblings. The article is referring to non consensual activity among children

Quote:Between childhood siblings[edit]


Childhood sibling–sibling incest is considered to be widespread but rarely reported.[59] Sibling-sibling incest becomes child-on-child sexual abuse when it occurs without consent, without equality, or as a result of coercion. In this form, it is believed to be the most common form of intrafamilial abuse.[82] The most commonly reported form of abusive sibling incest is abuse of a younger sibling by an older sibling.[59] A 2006 study showed a large portion of adults who experienced sibling incest abuse have distorted or disturbed beliefs (such as that the act was "normal") both about their own experience and the subject of sexual abuse in general.[83]
Sibling abusive incest is most prevalent in families where one or both parents are often absent or emotionally unavailable, with the abusive siblings using incest as a way to assert their power over a weaker sibling.[84] Absence of the father in particular has been found to be a significant element of most cases of sexual abuse of female children by a brother.[85] The damaging effects on both childhood development and adult symptoms resulting from brother–sister sexual abuse are similar to the effects of father–daughter, including substance abuse, depression, suicidality, and eating disorders.[85][86]

[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incest#cite_note-cyr-86][/url]

So...irrelevant to the point of consenting adults? Wouldn't be surprised if that's what he's referring to, but it's not consenting adults.