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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2022-03-22 06:00 pm

[ SECRET POST #5555 ]


⌈ Secret Post #5555 ⌋

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Re: What trends in your current fandom do you just not understand?

(Anonymous) 2022-03-23 05:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Parent/Child incest is mainly taboo because of the consent issue.

That's a strikingly modern rationale for why parent/child incest is wrong. We're talking about a taboo that's existed for thousands of years and can be found in virtually every human society, including many societies that have had very different ideas than we do regarding what consent is, whose consent is necessary, and who is able to give consent. Also, the taboo doesn't stop applying even in cases where the parent and child aren't (initially) aware of their familial relationship--see Oedipus and Jocasta for a 2500 year old literary example that still resonates with readers today.

Re: What trends in your current fandom do you just not understand?

(Anonymous) 2022-03-23 05:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, and this is a heterosexual example. And one that defeats your argument that it's exclusively sociological - the issue is the blood relation in cases where both parties are unaware of the family ties.

Especially if we're talking hundreds/thousands of years ago, with homosexuality being largely criminalised, the issue with same sex incest would have primarily been the same-sex aspect more than the incest itself. Or not, as, for example, in some Greek mythology cases, but incest wasn't a huge issue in those cases either.