Should incest between consenting adults be a crime?

[Minimalist]

If it were how would we ever have populated the Deep South?

[Shell B]

Inbreeding, probably. Incest? No.

[ignoramus]

[AFTT47]

I know this was meant to be funny but Luke didn't know.

The evolutionary "EWE factor" comes about when you have grown up with somebody of the opposite sex. The familiarity is a turn-off. That potential partner we have never met has a certain exotic appeal. A married southern redneck I once knew used to talk about, "getting some strange."

At least amongst guys (since we're pigs), there is definitely something appealing about that fruit you haven't had yet. This is part of the evolutionary strategy against poor genetic pairings.

[Mr.Obvious]

Though i find it a revolting idea, i too don't feel permitted to tell consenting adults what to do or not do in The privacy of their bedroom or a low-budget porn-set.

However, i would immeadiately worry for any kind of grooming having taken place, be it between parents and children, siblings or whatever else. At that point even consent as a full grown adult would become a debateable subject.

[Shell B]

Though i find it a revolting idea, i too don't feel permitted to tell consenting adults what to do or not do in The privacy of their bedroom or a low-budget porn-set.

However, i would immeadiately worry for any kind of grooming having taken place, be it between parents and children, siblings or whatever else. At that point even consent as a full grown adult would become a debateable subject.

Exactly.

[Fireball]

Not exactly incest, but I do know of a "couple" where the male partner is the step-dad and the female partner is the step-daughter, and no, it ain't Woody Allen. That age difference alone isn't a line I would cross, nubile female or no. A large enough age disparity isn't appealing to me except in the sense of a little bit of a titillationary response. Too large a disparity, I only see a child. Example- I saw a surgeon last week for a procedure. She's about 30. Pretty, but I'd put one of my sons in front of me if I were approached (I wasn't- she probably just saw some old man like her dad).

[Amarok]

Though i find it a revolting idea, i too don't feel permitted to tell consenting adults what to do or not do in The privacy of their bedroom or a low-budget porn-set.

However, i would immeadiately worry for any kind of grooming having taken place, be it between parents and children, siblings or whatever else. At that point even consent as a full grown adult would become a debateable subject.

This sounds like a slippery slope fallacy

[Shell B]

How does that sound like a slippery slope?

[Aliza]

Should incest between consenting adults be a crime?

I think it depends on the circumstances that led them to consent. If they were raised in a well-adjusted environment, then I suppose consenting adults can do what they like.

If they were raised in some nutty religious cult that marries brothers to sisters to please Xenu, then it can be argued that the 18 year olds engaging in insest are only consenting because they'd been brainwashed since birth.