Brother and sister accused of incest in Effingham

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Its because the relationships are seen to be predatory. We are talking about siblings here, but what about a father sleeping with his 18 year old daughter?

Is it possible it might be consensual? Sure, but it might also be the case that folding the role of a father into that of a lover is an indication of an abusive relationship that started years before.

[Teddy B 17,252]

I suppose if everyone involved is of legal age, who cares? It's obviously twisted, but not sure why it's illegal.

The having children with birth defects part is ok with you?

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

I suppose if everyone involved is of legal age, who cares? It's obviously twisted, but not sure why it's illegal.

Right answer.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

It's illegal so pedophiles an abusers can't pressure someone into claiming the sex was consensual.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

It's illegal so pedophiles an abusers can't pressure someone into claiming the sex was consensual.

The man clearly said, "If everyone involved was of legal age" That would rule out pedophiles.

Comprehension my man comprehension

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Legal age of the participants isn't the issue. The nature of the relationship itself is.

[GandD 5,966]

That's Georgia, not Kentucky

I know. He's from Georgia, I was making fun of him.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

Legal age of the participants isn't the issue. The nature of the relationship itself is.

You used the word Pedophile

A Pedophile is a person sexually attacked to kids. That has nothing to do with what karee said, about people of legal age

[GandD 5,966]

I kinda feel like having sex in a tractor trailer at church should be illegal in all forms.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

You used the word Pedophile

A Pedophile is a person sexually attacked to kids. That has nothing to do with what karee said, about people of legal age

And I'm making a different point - one about how an incestuous relationship that starts when one of the participants is underage and continues into adulthood is stretching the definition of consent.

Hence, saying you have no problem with it if everyone is of legal age is a bit naiive.

[Teddy B 17,252]

I find it odd that the two who are in favor of this have just skated right by the whole birth defect issue. Guess they're ok with it.

[GandD 5,966]

Meh, you can always just abort the kid. AMIRITE?

[Teddy B 17,252]

Meh, you can always just abort the kid. AMIRITE?

Yes you could. But you know there would be some who insisted on having the baby, and there is no way to prevent them from doing so.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

America has an incest problem

Last year offered plenty of moments to have a sustained national conversation about child sexual abuse: the Jerry Sandusky verdict, the BBC's Jimmy Savile, Horace Mann's faculty members, and a slew of slightly less publicized incidents. President Obama missed the opportunity to put this issue on his second-term agenda in his inaugural speech.

Child sexual abuse impacts more Americans annually than cancer, AIDS, gun violence, LGBT inequality, and the mortgage crisis combined—subjects that Obama did cover.

Had he mentioned this issue, he would have been the first president to acknowledge the abuse that occurs in the institution that predates all others: the family. Incest was the first form of institutional abuse, and it remains by far the most widespread.

Here are some statistics that should be familiar to us all, but aren't, either because they're too mind-boggling to be absorbed easily, or because they're not publicized enough. One in three-to-four girls, and one in five-to-seven boys aresexually abused before they turn 18, an overwhelming incidence of which happens within the family. These statistics are well known among industry professionals, who are often quick to add, "and this is a notoriouslyunderreported crime."

How can the United States possibly realize its full potential when close to a thirdof the population has experienced psychic and/or physical trauma during the years they're developing neurologically and emotionally—forming their very identity, beliefs, and social patterns? Incest is a national nightmare, yet it doesn't have people outraged, horrified, and mobilized as they were following Katrina, Columbine, or 9/11.

So yes NB, incest and pedophilia are linked. Still OK with it?

Edited August 29, 2014 by Hail Ming!

[GandD 5,966]

Yes you could. But you know there would be some who insisted on having the baby, and there is no way to prevent them from doing so.

Well, realistically, every kid born to a brother/sister is going to be mentally or physically handicapped. Its prob still a very unlikely outcome. Not sure of the exact stats.