Incest...moral or legal taboo?

It is legal taboo more than anything else. We all came from incest anyway. Think about it. Are actual families legal things or natural things? They're legal. Somebody decided that they would mate, produce offspring, keep the offspring, name the offspring in order to keep track of them, and eventually colonize to the point where last names were necessary. Otherwise, there is really nothing wrong with it, even if you are of a Christian denomination, which I am not.

The taboos on incest are relatively recent in the civilized world. It wasn't thought of as a problem just a few hundred years ago. Eleanor was a close relative of FDR, a cousin or second cousin, I believe. Many of the signers of the Declaration of Independence married their cousins.

The purpose of the taboo is, as pointed out earlier, because of the tendency to birth defects.

The Rape aspect of it is another issue as well. Having never been raped, I can't really figure out whether it is worse to have no idea who the perpetrator was, or if it was someone within the family, perhaps someone who is otherwise kind and caring. Perhaps they are equally damaging, but just different. I don't know.

As far as personal experience, I wasn't raised with family of the opposite sex and have no children of my own, and my siblings' children have always lived in other states. I have no experience with even the opportunity for such feelings. I can't imagine having them, though.

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Your secondary question is asking us men (as fathers) if we have ever committed rape/incest?

How many people do you think are going to answer in the affirmative?

As far as my social thoughts on it go...I think in such cases, the perp should be castrated and have his cheek branded for all to see!

EVEN in the case of mental illness! After one or two brandings (and national news coverage) this type of B/S would suddenly become unappealing to those committing it.

For those kids that would lie to the police and courts, there should be some time of physical pain also, such as being publically whipped.

I believe incest is morally wrong and in many places, socially unacceptable.

However, if for no other reason, incest can lead to pregnancy (simply stated 'inbreeding'), which can lead to deformities. This is why there are laws against it in many, many places.

It's gross!

not just legally and morally, but biologically UNACCEPTABLE!!! There are rules because the product is often a child with severe DNA errors!

Ew. No. This thought never, ever, ever, ever crossed my mind, or my fathers. Yuck. Just thinking about it makes me want to vomit. People that do this need to be shot and taken out of the gene pool.

Those thoughts never entered my head. This is my daughter and my offspring. The whole concept is nauseating.

To me, it's morally wrong and disgusts me. I dated a guy once, who admitted to me that he had sexual feelings for his step-daughter...

I find it disturbing and needless to say, that was the end of that!

The thought sickens me to no end.

With my eyes it´s the worst thing a father can do. Death penalty!