‘Consensual incest’ should be decriminalized, advocates say

[Hypatia_Alexandria]

And things like hip dysplasia, tendency to get cancers, kidney diseases, hypermania and other personality problems, and so on in many breeds. Inbreeding is not that great and in humans it can bring out recessive traits that can be pretty bad, including mental retardation, downs syndrome, cleft pallets, heart problems, physical deformities.

I agree. Some veterinary surgeons consider such deliberate inbreeding of unhealthy traits [particularly in breeds such as the bulldog] to be tantamount to animal cruelty.

Incest is one of those taboos that has a very good basis in real life. It wasn't just a superstition.

It is a few years old now [2013] but it is an interesting article. https://www.newscientist.com/article...man-evolution/

[Gondwanaland]

If you're keeping it one or two families in a fairly large community, but it seems you don't find the folks who live like that live there

Huh?

. And not off in "random deserts."

Yeah, they tend to be in Idaho and Utah deserts.

The husband will often be fairly well off and buy land adjacent to a small or mid-sized town, or even a farm. The same if it is a community of them (typically "unorthodox" Mormon followers). And while they usually have plenty of money it is also not uncommon for the younger wives to collect welfare, food stamps, Medicaid etc. by claiming to be single mothers.

I'm unsure what some extreme examples have to do with the countless normal people who practice polyamory. I'm almost willing to bet you yourself probably have at least one polyamorous person amongst your friend group (whether they tell you about it is another story).

[Cow Poke]

Look at the Hapsburgs with the inbreeding that resulted in mental illness and the unfortunate "Hapsburg Jaw."

I have attended Amish auctions raising money for their own victims of inbreeding.

Genetic Disorders Hit Amish Hard

[rogue06]

And things like hip dysplasia, tendency to get cancers, kidney diseases, hypermania and other personality problems, and so on in many breeds. Inbreeding is not that great and in humans it can bring out recessive traits that can be pretty bad, including mental retardation, downs syndrome, cleft pallets, heart problems, physical deformities.

Incest is one of those taboos that has a very good basis in real life. It wasn't just a superstition.

Look at the Hapsburgs with the inbreeding that resulted in mental illness and the unfortunate "Hapsburg Jaw."

[Sparko]

As I have previously noted with my reference to hairless cats and the British bulldog.

And things like hip dysplasia, tendency to get cancers, kidney diseases, hypermania and other personality problems, and so on in many breeds. Inbreeding is not that great and in humans it can bring out recessive traits that can be pretty bad, including mental retardation, downs syndrome, cleft pallets, heart problems, physical deformities.

Incest is one of those taboos that has a very good basis in real life. It wasn't just a superstition.

[Hypatia_Alexandria]

There is a legitimate concern for relationships between multiple consenting adults (polygamy).

Strictly that is many marriages. πολυγαμία/polygamy.

Polyandry is an interesting cultural phenomenon where the woman gets to have more than one man. How do some men here feel about that?

[rogue06]

You're talking a cult compound. The majority of polyamory is not in some randomdesert cult, it occurs all over the country with normal people who work every day 9-5 jobs and live in regular towns and cities. You're appealing to an extreme example and tarring everyone else with it.

If you're keeping it one or two families in a fairly large community, but it seems you don't find the folks who live like that live there. And not off in "random deserts." The husband will often be fairly well off and buy land adjacent to a small or mid-sized town, or even a farm. The same if it is a community of them (typically "unorthodox" Mormon followers). And while they usually have plenty of money it is also not uncommon for the younger wives to collect welfare, food stamps, Medicaid etc. by claiming to be single mothers.

[Gondwanaland]

Yeah, I just think it smells great, and I have often referred to my wife as "the cilantro on my taco". I guess, to some, that would be quite degrading.

Lol given my dislike of it a comment like that would have me on the couch for a week.

[Gondwanaland]

There is a legitimate concern for relationships between multiple consenting adults (polygamy). Typically the boys produced by such unions are abandoned in some city when they reach a certain age. It's what happens when there just aren't enough women for all the men because some have four or five wives.

You're talking a cult compound. The majority of polyamory is not in some randomdesert cult, it occurs all over the country with normal people who work every day 9-5 jobs and live in regular towns and cities. You're appealing to an extreme example and tarring everyone else with it.

[Gondwanaland]

And many inbred animal breeds end up having some really bad genetic defects and diseases.

The chances for genetic defects increases greatly with incest.

Only really if you're
talking multiple generations of incest. otherwise you're talking something with far less of a chance of passing on bad genetic defect and diseases, then when we allow black people or Ashkenazi Jews to marry and procreate. Also, that is not an issue with homosexual people who are in an incestuous relationship.

[rogue06]

It's not that it's 'only fair', it's that the government has no business telling anyone that they cannot enter into a consenting relationship with another consenting adult or multiple consenting adults. And also that there aren't any real valid arguments against it that don't devolve down to special pleading or 'icky stuff should be banned'.

There is a legitimate concern for relationships between multiple consenting adults (polygamy). Typically the boys produced by such unions are abandoned in some city when they reach a certain age. It's what happens when there just aren't enough women for all the men because some have four or five wives.

[Hypatia_Alexandria]

[QUOTE=Sparko;n1257914]

And many inbred animal breeds end up having some really bad genetic defects and diseases.[/quoted]As I have previously noted with my reference to hairless cats and the British bulldog.

[Cow Poke]

I love the smell of a bunch of freshly cut cilantro soaking in the sink. Nothing soapy about it.

Yeah, I just think it smells great, and I have often referred to my wife as "the cilantro on my taco". I guess, to some, that would be quite degrading.

[Sparko]

My youngest daughter is a clean freak - she hates cilantro because "it smells like soap". The rest of us love cilantro.

Cilantro stinks to me. It has a slightly soapy taste but the smell to me is just awful, I don't know how to describe it. I can take cilantro if it is thoroughly mixed into something like salsa so that the smell and taste is covered, but otherwise, phew!

I hear it is genetic. some gene determines whether cilantro smells and tastes good or bad to a person.

[Sparko]

You might find the recent situation in France interesting. https://www.dw.com/en/french-incest-...ate/a-56306263.

The closeness of the blood relationship is also a factor. Are those who have have expressed the "Urghh" response opposed to second or third cousins having a sexual relationship? Or is the concept of mother/son, father/daughter, or sister/brother incest the taboo most find so upsetting?

The irony is we interbreed animals for better traits.

Historically it is probable that many people did "interbreed" to some extent. If we consider the issues surrounding transport it is quite likely that in small villages or remote settlements the population would [in many instances] have been breeding individuals with whom they shared a blood line.

In some royal houses the belief of keeping the blood "pure" also led to a degree of inbreeding and while Carlos II of Spain is generally the "poster boy" to demonstrate the dangers of too much inbreeding, it should be noted that the Hapsburgs [along with other royal dynasties] also produced many intelligent and competent individuals from unions with their blood relatives.

And as has been noted [somewhere] go back far enough and we are all related.

And many inbred animal breeds end up having some really bad genetic defects and diseases.

The chances for genetic defects increases greatly with incest. Not to mention the psychological stress put on the child of such a twisted and sick relationship.