Current Events > People who have incest, are they just mentally ill?

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TodorokiHayato
07/31/23 5:14:01 PM
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Or is not having incest a learned trait developed from a growing civilization? If so, did our ancestors all have sex with each other?

I just can't follow the logic. Even if I had a hot sister, I would probably throw up if I saw her naked.

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Silver_Patron
07/31/23 5:14:28 PM
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very likely yes because thats not normal

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Quezovercoatl
07/31/23 5:14:41 PM
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Throwing up seems in its own way to be a bit of an overreaction.
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AloneIBreak
07/31/23 5:15:02 PM
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Have incest lol

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ironman2009
07/31/23 5:15:04 PM
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Might be their only option in some West Virginia like cases

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ellis123
07/31/23 5:15:05 PM
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All of the above + dozens of other things.

It's complicated.

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PoopPotato
07/31/23 5:16:00 PM
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They have hot cousins

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radical_rhino
07/31/23 5:17:35 PM
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I think theyre just from Shelbyville.

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Ratchetrockon
07/31/23 5:17:41 PM
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I thought it was normal to have like a mild crush on a cousin or two.

Siblings are different tho ofc.

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AldousIsDead
07/31/23 5:18:38 PM
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The answer is we don't know. Basically no research has been done about it, and what has is pretty iffy.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westermarck_effect

That can get you started if you care, take it with a big ol grain of salt though.

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uwnim
07/31/23 5:19:25 PM
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If you grew up together, then it would be mental illness. If you didnt, then you wouldnt have developed the mental states that exist to prevent incest.

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TodorokiHayato
07/31/23 5:19:32 PM
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ellis123 posted...
All of the above + dozens of other things.

It's complicated.
If I lived in a cave with 4 family members and knew nothing of the outside world, would I eventually end up thinking that it's acceptable to have sex with them? I always thought the idea of feeling disgusted seeing your family members naked was more of a nature thing.

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ellis123
07/31/23 5:21:31 PM
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TodorokiHayato posted...
If I lived in a cave with 4 family members and knew nothing of the outside world, would I eventually end up thinking that it's acceptable to have sex with them? I always thought the idea of feeling disgusted seeing your family members naked was more of a nature thing.
Maybe? It's a combination of society and nature, but there is definitely a greater emphasis on the former. Heck, in this scenario "nature" is just "applied society."

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NoxObscuras
07/31/23 5:23:15 PM
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Don't know if I'd go that far. I'd say they're just down bad horndogs.

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brestugo
07/31/23 5:25:46 PM
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This will go well...

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Aressar
07/31/23 5:27:30 PM
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Tbh I think the deciding factor in deciding if it's weird is whether or not the two people involved grew up together, like they consistently knew each other ever since at least one of them was a child.

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Solid_Sonic
07/31/23 5:28:37 PM
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I can't really commit incest with anyone because I'm adopted and nowhere near where I was adopted from. Even if it happened I'd be completely oblivious since I have no idea who my birth parents are (apparently it was some anonymous teen mother).

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TodorokiHayato
07/31/23 5:32:54 PM
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ellis123 posted...
Maybe? It's a combination of society and nature, but there is definitely a greater emphasis on the former. Heck, in this scenario "nature" is just "applied society."
Makes me wonder how those indigenous tribes that are far isolated from modern society are functioning. I mean in order to survive until this point, they have to be doing it with each other right? Thanks for making me see the world differently again.

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KookyCouture
07/31/23 5:35:51 PM
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well it's not normal sooo..

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Lairen
07/31/23 5:39:16 PM
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Marrying cousins is a thing in many places....

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TodorokiHayato
07/31/23 5:40:22 PM
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Lairen posted...
Marrying cousins is a thing in many places....
You're talking about 4th cousins right?

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Lairen
07/31/23 5:40:58 PM
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TodorokiHayato posted...
You're talking about 4th cousins right?

Youre playing coy.

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Kai_Laguna
07/31/23 5:42:54 PM
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TodorokiHayato posted...
Makes me wonder how those indigenous tribes that are far isolated from modern society are functioning. I mean in order to survive until this point, they have to be doing it with each other right? Thanks for making me see the world differently again.
Basically as long as it's not sibling/sibling or parent/child baby making, inbreeding isn't that big of a risk unless it goes on for multiple generations and as long as you, ehem, inject some new gene variety into the tribe once or twice every couple thousand years or so from neighboring tribes, it's barely a problem.
Sure your tribe might eventually develop some common issues, like that one cannibal disorder that I forget the name of is more do to inbreeding then it is eating other people.
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Lairen
07/31/23 5:43:29 PM
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In 19 states, first cousins are permitted to wed.

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Bad_Mojo
07/31/23 5:44:09 PM
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Crusader Kings has taught me that incest is OP. A Song of Ice and Fire and taught me that incest can be OP. I think even in real life incest could be viewed as OP. You just have to know the limits

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NoxObscuras
07/31/23 5:59:55 PM
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TodorokiHayato posted...
If I lived in a cave with 4 family members and knew nothing of the outside world, would I eventually end up thinking that it's acceptable to have sex with them? I always thought the idea of feeling disgusted seeing your family members naked was more of a nature thing.
Nope. It's 100% a society thing. We are taught that disgust. Nudist families function just fine around each other while naked (and it's not a sexual thing).

So while I find incest gross, I can't, in good faith call it a mental illness.

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luigi33
07/31/23 6:02:37 PM
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Hentai says it's okay as long as your mom is hot with massive boobs.

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Lairen
07/31/23 6:03:49 PM
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luigi33 posted...
Hentai says it's okay as long as your mom is hot with massive boobs.

Well then......

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RuneterranSnap
07/31/23 6:05:13 PM
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Silver_Patron posted...
very likely yes because thats not normal
Mental illness is not just "not normal", and no, having incest isn't a fucking mental illness.

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Unsuprised_Pika
07/31/23 6:07:14 PM
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Often I would guess. Certainly not exclusively and it varies by culture.

Sometimes its just people who were seperated at a young age(or one of their parents had kids with multiple different partners and wasn't very present and they happen to start dating...) who didn't even know they were brother/sister until their sexual relationship was well established...

Sometimes its because they are psychopaths.

Sometimes its elitist/racist royalty bullshit.

And there is some debate over what counts as incest and at what boundaries it becomes wrong. I think virtually every culture thinks Parent and child or siblings is wrong. And generally that is what people in the USA at least think of when they talk about incest I feel.

Etc.

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Pogo_Marimo
07/31/23 6:09:57 PM
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A lot of people itt don't seem to understand what "mental illness" is.

Incest is a social more that has some mild biological incentives. You do not need to be mentally ill to engage in incest, and social concerns about incest are largely dependent on upbringing and cultural perceptions.

People are not mentally ill because they don't adhere to social norms. That's literally the argument that was used regarding homosexuality fir decades.

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vycebrand2
07/31/23 6:10:53 PM
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TodorokiHayato posted...
Makes me wonder how those indigenous tribes that are far isolated from modern society are functioning. I mean in order to survive until this point, they have to be doing it with each other right? Thanks for making me see the world differently again.
Usually its neighboring tribes. Or accepting new members. Some might have not really thought about it. I would see a problem with remote pacific islands

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RuneterranSnap
07/31/23 6:10:57 PM
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Pogo_Marimo posted...
A lot of people itt don't aeem to understand what "mental illness" is.

Incest is a social more that has some mild biological incentives. You do not need to be mentally ill to engage in incest, and social concerns about incest are largely dependent on upbringing and cultural perceptions.

People are not mentally ill because they don't adhere to social norms. That's literally the argument that was used regarding homosexuality fir decades.
And it demeana actual mental illness to and serves to paint victims as "outsiders".

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Euripides
07/31/23 6:12:16 PM
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If you believe the bible, everyone of us is descended from generations of incest

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RuneterranSnap
07/31/23 6:13:25 PM
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Euripides posted...
If you believe the bible, everyone of us is descended from generations of incest
I mean technically, even if you don't believe the Bible this is almost certainly true

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thronedfire2
07/31/23 6:13:51 PM
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wasn't it generally accepted until just a few hundred years ago?

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Sandalorn
07/31/23 6:14:44 PM
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This thread will not end well.

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Unsuprised_Pika
07/31/23 6:16:19 PM
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Pogo_Marimo posted...
A lot of people itt don't aeem to understand what "mental illness" is.

Incest is a social more that has some mild biological incentives. You do not need to be mentally ill to engage in incest, and social concerns about incest are largely dependent on upbringing and cultural perceptions.

People are not mentally ill because they don't adhere to social norms. That's literally the argument that was used regarding homosexuality fir decades.

Very true. Still mental illness often leads to social norm breaking behavior but the two are absolutelty not one and the same and it is an important distinction to make.

For example someone with dementia mistaking their daughter for their wife and making sexual advances. Very tragic situation caused by mental illness/disease.

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NoxObscuras
07/31/23 6:24:22 PM
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thronedfire2 posted...
wasn't it generally accepted until just a few hundred years ago?
More recent than that. The late Queen Elizabeth and her husband, Prince Philip, had the same great great grandmother

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bfslick50
07/31/23 6:30:43 PM
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NoxObscuras posted...
More recent than that. The late Queen Elizabeth and her husband, Prince Philip, had the same great great grandmother

Thatd still be fine now. Most people dont know their 3rd cousins.

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DKBananaSlamma
07/31/23 6:31:15 PM
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PoopPotato posted...
They have hot cousins


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vycebrand2
07/31/23 6:35:21 PM
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RuneterranSnap posted...
I mean technically, even if you don't believe the Bible this is almost certainly true
Sapiens and other species of man mixed

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RuneterranSnap
07/31/23 6:36:28 PM
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vycebrand2 posted...
Sapiens and other species of man mixed
But at some point there had to be incest to build a population. It's extremely common when building up a species.

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Turbam
07/31/23 6:40:12 PM
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If you believe in creationism, then we all descend from Adam and Eve.
If you believe in evolution, then we (along with everything that has ever and will ever live on Earth) all descend from an ancient primordial single cell ancestor.

Either way, all sex is incest.

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Kai_Laguna
07/31/23 6:48:07 PM
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Euripides posted...
If you believe the bible, everyone of us is descended from generations of incest

RuneterranSnap posted...
I mean technically, even if you don't believe the Bible this is almost certainly true
Well all humans can trace their mitochondria to a single woman.
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