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Originally Posted by skizziks
I'm not arguing that it disgusts you, I accept that fully. I want to know WHY it disgusts you, other than "Because they are related." Would it disgust you if it were an adopted brother and adopted sister? Would it disgust you if it were brother and sister who didn't know they were related?
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Adopted brother and sister, while not biologically related, should not be in a relationship together, IMO. Growing up with someone for so many years, then suddenly finding them attractive? I can't understand that. However, the fact they are not biologically related doesn't make their relationship wrong. They are not blood relations.
Remember Woody Allen? He married his adopted daughter. The two are not biologically related, but the whole relationship is still pretty sick all the same.
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Originally Posted by skizziks
I'm not trying to pick on you or be a dick about it, I'm genuinely trying to understand what makes someone immediately biologically related to you unattractive. They are humans, assuming they are not hideously deformed, why can't they be considered a potential sex partner?
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I don't know. I have no answer for that question. As I said previously, I have no problem with biologically related relatives having a sexual relationship, provided that relationship does not produce children, and that the relationship is not broadcast to the world. An incestuous relationship should be kept quiet - the threat of violence is reaction is very real.
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Originally Posted by skizziks
Are we hard wired to automatically not find an immediate relative attractive? Or is it a social thing?
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I think it's a social thing. I think we are brought up to believe that sex with a relative is taboo, something never to be discussed. As for the possibility if being 'hard wired' well, I guess that fails in some people. Perhaps those in sexual relationships with a biological relative were raised differently. I wonder if any studies have been conducted on this.
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Originally Posted by curiousbear
Makedde, I am not pickin on you too! It is just that I want to understood WHY. I too dont feel sexually attracted towards blood related people. But dont know why.
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I don't know why I feel disgust at the thought of incestuous relationships, eithor. I don't understand why some people see nothing wrong with it. The only argument I have against it is that it can cause harm to society, especially if there are children involved. Incest is not something that should be promoted.