1: There are some situations in which closely related people fall in love. If they both consent, why not? They should receive extra checkups when reproducing though, but not every child out of a blood-related couple will be deformed. However, I would feel very odd about siblings who have grown up together to start something like this, and would advice counceling for them, as the behavior is not completely healthy, and there might be other patterns which will lead to hurt and pain of themselves and others.
2: Sex with animals is not ok, because animals have been known to suffer in such acts. In some cases it is unknown, and is difficult to determine. So we'd better be on the safe side here.
3: sex with dead people: This is a bit more difficult because it's not just about what the dead person wanted, but there is also family to account for. If they know that the body is used in that way it would likely really disrupt their griefing process. I think that immediate family has a greater right to the body for a proper farewell service then any other person to have sex with. Also, there is another issue with hygience and diseases - I don't really know if sex with dead persons is very much more dangerous then normal sex.
4: sex with minors: no. Minors are still developing mentally, and can therefor not truly give consent. On top of that is the fact that any adult has a position of power over a child, just for the fact that he/she is an adult. Power inbalances are very unhealthy in sexual relationships.
5 & 6: I'm fine with both. They can give full consent and there is no extra risk attached, as long as sex is done safely. I do want to add that personally, I do not condone married people experimenting with the other gender while still being married. I think it counts as lying. However, that is something between people and not something a law should get inbetween.
7: Prostitution is a difficult matter. If that is really what the prostitute wants, go ahead. The problem is that the majority of the people in that field does not really seem to work there because they wanted to. It has too much modern slavery too. However, outlawing it does not seem to help much. An open system with lots and loads of support and lots of health workers doing checkups (physical and just some talk sessions, seeing how it goes) might help.
2: Sex with animals is not ok, because animals have been known to suffer in such acts. In some cases it is unknown, and is difficult to determine. So we'd better be on the safe side here.
3: sex with dead people: This is a bit more difficult because it's not just about what the dead person wanted, but there is also family to account for. If they know that the body is used in that way it would likely really disrupt their griefing process. I think that immediate family has a greater right to the body for a proper farewell service then any other person to have sex with. Also, there is another issue with hygience and diseases - I don't really know if sex with dead persons is very much more dangerous then normal sex.
4: sex with minors: no. Minors are still developing mentally, and can therefor not truly give consent. On top of that is the fact that any adult has a position of power over a child, just for the fact that he/she is an adult. Power inbalances are very unhealthy in sexual relationships.
5 & 6: I'm fine with both. They can give full consent and there is no extra risk attached, as long as sex is done safely. I do want to add that personally, I do not condone married people experimenting with the other gender while still being married. I think it counts as lying. However, that is something between people and not something a law should get inbetween.
7: Prostitution is a difficult matter. If that is really what the prostitute wants, go ahead. The problem is that the majority of the people in that field does not really seem to work there because they wanted to. It has too much modern slavery too. However, outlawing it does not seem to help much. An open system with lots and loads of support and lots of health workers doing checkups (physical and just some talk sessions, seeing how it goes) might help.
When I was a Christian, I was annoyed with dogmatic condescending Christians. Now that I'm an atheist, I'm annoyed with dogmatic condescending atheists. Just goes to prove that people are the same, regardless of what they do or don't believe.
