Kanashii-san
Ok. I was in the chatterbox and someone was saying that incest is gross without backing it up with why. This was also brought up in one of my classes today.
I know that this isn't going to be the complete version of my arguement, but I don't have the time to sit and type it all up. I'll add to it [hopefully] later, but I just want to know what everyone else thinks.
Ok. Let's define incest.
Incest is sexual activity between close family members. Although incest is taboo or forbidden in the majority of current and historical cultures, the precise meaning of the word varies widely, because different cultures have differing notions of "sexual activity" and "close family member." Some jurisdictions consider only those related by birth, others also those related by adoption or marriage; some prohibit sexual relations between people who grew up in the same household, while others prohibit sexual relations between people who grew up in related households.
Sometimes the word "incestuous" is also used metaphorically to describe other inappropriately close relationships, for example between an authority figure and a subordinate, or between people in the same profession or creative field. The term "incest group" is also common in high school, and denotes a group of friends that only date others within their group. Institutions such as churches, colleges, and sometimes whole nations can be described as incestuous.
Source: Wikipedia
Related households: Think neighbors or close family friends [among other things]
Here's the shortened version of my arguement:
All private sexual activity between consenting adults should be legal, and its criminalization is a violation of human rights.
If you want to have sexual relations with any consenting family member, It's none of my business. Just as if a man wants to be with another man or a woman with another woman. I really don't care about anyone's sex life.
Dicuss:
[How]Is this different than discrimination against homosexuality?
How far should the definition of incest go?
Anything else?
I know that this isn't going to be the complete version of my arguement, but I don't have the time to sit and type it all up. I'll add to it [hopefully] later, but I just want to know what everyone else thinks.
Ok. Let's define incest.
Incest is sexual activity between close family members. Although incest is taboo or forbidden in the majority of current and historical cultures, the precise meaning of the word varies widely, because different cultures have differing notions of "sexual activity" and "close family member." Some jurisdictions consider only those related by birth, others also those related by adoption or marriage; some prohibit sexual relations between people who grew up in the same household, while others prohibit sexual relations between people who grew up in related households.
Sometimes the word "incestuous" is also used metaphorically to describe other inappropriately close relationships, for example between an authority figure and a subordinate, or between people in the same profession or creative field. The term "incest group" is also common in high school, and denotes a group of friends that only date others within their group. Institutions such as churches, colleges, and sometimes whole nations can be described as incestuous.
Source: Wikipedia
Related households: Think neighbors or close family friends [among other things]
Here's the shortened version of my arguement:
All private sexual activity between consenting adults should be legal, and its criminalization is a violation of human rights.
If you want to have sexual relations with any consenting family member, It's none of my business. Just as if a man wants to be with another man or a woman with another woman. I really don't care about anyone's sex life.
Dicuss:
[How]Is this different than discrimination against homosexuality?
How far should the definition of incest go?
Anything else?
