From 8e3ab5e3a94df8750373da685ffe0e89c58b89c43d5bcd82fcde7663e93e8733 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nicholas Johnson Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000 Subject: Convert refs: there-is-nothing-wrong-with-incest --- content/entry/there-is-nothing-wrong-with-incest.md | 7 +------ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'content/entry') diff --git a/content/entry/there-is-nothing-wrong-with-incest.md b/content/entry/there-is-nothing-wrong-with-incest.md index 7e64753..b05fe3c 100644 --- a/content/entry/there-is-nothing-wrong-with-incest.md +++ b/content/entry/there-is-nothing-wrong-with-incest.md @@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ title: "There Is Nothing Wrong With Incest" date: 2021-12-16T00:00:00 draft: false -makerefs: false --- Some online articles use the term "incest survivor" when referring to survivors of rape and other non-consensual sexual activities. This is a bad term because there's nothing inherently wrong with incest. Let's unpack the related issues. @@ -14,7 +13,7 @@ Incest between adults and teenagers can be consensual as well. If 16 and 18 year Past the cutoff age of adulthood, people should legally be allowed to have sex with any other consenting adult. If a 20 year old has sex with their 50 year old relative, that should not concern the legal system. Although there is a 30 year age gap, a healthy 20 year old is mature enough to make that decision without it necessarily being coerced or manipulated. # Inbreeding -The second issue often brought up in conversations about incest is inbreeding. Inbreeding with immediate family members is bad for two reasons. For one, breeding right now is bad for the planet.[1] For two, inbreeding with immediate family members causes a high chance of genetic abnormalities in offspring. +The second issue often brought up in conversations about incest is inbreeding. Inbreeding with immediate family members is bad for two reasons. For one, [breeding right now is bad for the planet](/2021/09/05/antinatalism/). For two, inbreeding with immediate family members causes a high chance of genetic abnormalities in offspring. Incest doesn't necessarily lead to inbreeding though. And it cannot lead to inbreeding if the two relatives are of the same sex or if either are infertile. As long as incest occurs without inbreeding, there is no problem of genetic abnormalities. @@ -27,7 +26,3 @@ Punishing incestuous relationships or preventing incestuous marriage because "yu In summary, there is nothing morally wrong with incest. Society already punishes pedophilia. Inbreeding should be dealt with separately. And finding incest "yucky" is no reason to criminalize it. Incest should carry no legal penalties and incestuous marriage should also be legal. Just because laws against incest are a fringe issue that affect very few people doesn't mean they should exist. It's against freedom to have laws that arbitrarily restrict people, even if the number affected is tiny. The government should have a clear policy that incest itself is 100% legally acceptable. - - -Link(s): -[1: Antinatalism](/2021/09/05/antinatalism/) -- cgit v1.2.3