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