Term Papers on Incest

Term Paper Title	Incest
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Incest

Incest is one of the most interesting taboos of our time. The definition of
incest is a highly controversial topic. Yet, the definition of incest is one of
the most important definitions for the people involved, though the law's and
psychologists' meanings are not much the same. Incest needs to be similarly
defined for the incestuous parties, both by the law and by psychologists. The
definition of incest should be determined by the cases of incest. The people who
commit incest, and the types of incest should be considered when making this
definition for the law. Why incest occurs has a great deal to do with the people
and the types of incest. With the definition dissimilar between the law and
psychologists, it is very difficult for the involved to do anything about it.
The definition is both stated as wrong by law and by most religious morals.
According to psychologists, incest is defined as A- any intimate physical
contact that is sexually arousing between non-married members of a family."
(Justice, pg 25) What this is interpreted as is that sexual intercourse does not
need to occur for a situation to be considered incestuous. Stroking, fondling,
or even intimately kissing can be considered incest. This is not all true for
the law's definition. In Georgia, incest is defined as any sexual intercourse
between known relatives, by blood or by marriage, (meaning a step-parent and
step-child.) Incest laws basically exist to prohibit marriage or inbreeding
between family members, and the sentences are almost never carried out. (Kosof,
pg 53) So incest is stated as wrong, but not enforced.  The Bible states that
incest is wrong, just as the law does. ACursed be he who has relations with his
father's wife... Cursed be he who has relations with his sister or half-sister!"
(Deu 27:20,22.) Therefore, the definition can be altered to fit the needs of the
definer. The different forms of incest are as follows: father-daughter, mother-
son, brother-sister, and father-son. Conditions  of incest don't always involve
intercourse, but still hurt the included. So, the conditions should help to
define the firm meaning. "But surely at fourteen, I should have been capable of
escaping..." (Armstrong, pg 7)  Father-daughter is the most common form of
incest. Three-fourths of all reported cases usually involve dad and his oldest
daughter. It is usually non-violent, and the daughters usually feel unattached
to their mothers. (Kempe, pgs 48-51) Sometimes the daughter may act in a
seductive manner toward her father, or the father might act as a big brother
forcing his little sister to misbehave. (Armstrong, pg 235) If the daughter is
seductive, then she might gain power over her father. This is not always true
for mother-son incest. Mother-son incest is usually brought on as a way to
highly express love, Asex education", or the mother is promiscuous. If the
mother feels like she is expressing her love to her son, then she uses sex as a
means of closeness. (Justice, pg 102) There is either no husband or a passive
husband. The mother can be very seductive and encourage the son to have sex with
her and limits the son's social life. She acts on a Adon't leave me" attitude to
keep her son tied down. Sometimes the son gets aroused my his mother and then
becomes the aggressor.(Justice, pg 103) If he isn't attracted to mom, why not
be attracted to his sister? This is the case in brother-sister, or sibling
incest. It is less traumatic and the guy acts kind of proud about it. The
brothers can become violent and force their sister to join in, although usually
the sister is willing to participate. (Justice, pg 105) When both of the
children are shy, the girl sees him as the only boyfriend she will ever have and
becomes flirtatious. The two could also have mutual admiration, and then become
sexually attracted to each other. This leads into the most rarely reported
incest of the four. Father-son incest is rarely reported because it violates two
mor...

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