What realistic justification is there for inc3st laws?

Question

Being as the only sound justification has been to prevent inc3st related "mutations" which have never been proven to actually occur, what if the couple was gay or used contraceptives? What excuse remains other than that you just don't like it and think you need to force your ways on other people in their own home, in their own bed, over their own s3xual organs?

In many states consensual inc3st is a felony.

If laws exist which protect society against anything deemed socially unacceptable won't that just prevent progress?

Read The Entire Question before you answer.... Do not post redundant B.S.

As i suspected MOST responses so far are immature childish insults from people who didn't read the entire question.
However john i read that arcticle, what you pasted is a concern however as of yet due to conflicting studies an unsubstantiated hypothesis. Now if you were to read the entire question you will notice that the question relates ONLY TO COUPLES USING CONTRACEPTIVES! and GAYS... READ THE ENTIRE QUESTION!!!! PLEASE!

Thank you Menifee for at-least reading the question. and i guess if woody allen and whatever her name is want to do that then im fine with it.

Also the wikipedia quote is not refering to all incest such as between cousins which is also a felony in many states

Answer 1

The law doesn't so much protect society as it attempts to protect the innocent. I don't think sexual orientation has anything to do with the question at hand. A minor does not have the cognitive or emotional skills to responsibly make decisions that involve physically intimate relationships. Furthermore, in a family situation they are vulnerable to accepting what their parents or older siblings say is correct and they will try to make them happy regardless of the consequences. This again is due to the fact they don't understand the consequences involved.

If you are talking about incest between mature adults, then this is more of a societal and cultural standard. Some cultures do allow incest and even consider it normal. However, industrialized and modern nations still consider this an immoral violation of nature. Some would argue that family should always provide an atmosphere of safety and protection as well as unconditional love, but any intimate and sexual relationship cannot, by its nature, be unconditional.

I'm not in a position to say if it is "right" or "wrong" between adults, but I would suggest that you try to look deeper into your reason for wanting to pursue this course of action.

Answer 2

Inbreeding leads to an increase in homozygosity (the same allele at the same locus on both members of a chromosome pair). This occurs because close relatives are much more likely to share the same alleles than unrelated individuals. This is especially important for recessive alleles that happen to be deleterious, which are harmless and inactive in a heterozygous pairing but, when homozygous, can cause serious developmental defects. Such offspring have a much higher chance of death before reaching the age of reproduction, leading to what biologists call inbreeding depression, a measurable decrease in fitness due to inbreeding among populations with deleterious recessives. Recessive genes, which can contain various genetic problems, appear more often in the offspring of procreative couplings whose members both have the same gene. For example, the child of persons who are both hemophiliac has a 25% chance of having hemophilia.

Answer 3

The realistic justifications are, in fact, to avoid re-enforcing hereditary genetic defects and to prevent abusive, predatory relationships with one's minor children. However, the state should have no interest in regulating the behavior of consenting adults. In fact the genetics argument rings hollow considering that we don't prohibit procreation by persons who have hereditary conditions that are KNOWN to be passed on in nearly ALL cases rather than inbreeding which merely MAY increase the possibility.

Answer 4

There are all kinds of good legal and ethical reasons. Many of the same reasons behind statutory rape--a child CANNOT engage in consentual sex. If some deviant wants to get with her brother or his sister after 18, most states are going to look the other way, even if it's illegal. And to be clear, sometimes it's not completely unacceptable--Coor's had a commercial a few years back that was beer, football, and twins. Getting it on with twins is, yup, incestual for them. Makes the fantasy a lot bit gross, but sometimes drinking Coors dulls the mind.

Answer 5

It mainly protects young children from their older relatives by exacting a high price for committing the crime.

Incest can contribute to a number of illnesses and deformaties, due to certain "dormant," or recessive genes becoming active because of the reinforcement of similar genetics.

Hemophelia and Down's Syndrome have been found in children of an incestuous union.

However, your gay and use of contraceptives scenarios do have merit.

BTW, how do you feel about Woody Allen and his adopted daughter/wife's situation?

I guess it just comes down to what society feels is degenerate behavior, and just seems to be downright wrong.

Answer 6

If you have to ask then you're likely a genetic product of such a relationship. THAT's the reason.

Answer 7

umm-because it is just plain sick-jeeze

Answer 8

can't you get a woman other than your sister?