Hold on there, folks!!

Whether or not it is incest is one thing. Obviously sexual relations between genetically related siblings is incest.

But whether it is molestation is quite another matter.

Incest between consenting adults is not molestation. I would really like to see what kind of specious arguments one could come up with to assert that incest between consenting adults in necessarily psychopathological.

Of course any particular instance of incest may represent someting pathological even between consenting adults; but in that case it would NOT be pathological JUST because it is incest.

Notice that we were not told the ages of the participants in this incest; so we do not know whether molestation is involved.

However, if an adult has sexual relations with anyone afer telling the other person s/he doesn't want to do so but nonetheless has sexual relations for several years, clearly this is an indication of at least assertiveness difficulties.

Replies:

Jumping to conclusions, by Could be anyone, 02/15/03 new development, by Annie Vaile, 02/19/03 Re:Hold on there, folks!!, by Carol Ann Rowland, MSW, RSW, 03/07/03 Re: Dichotomous thinking can be dangerous, by Steven, 03/07/03 Re: Dichotomous thinking can be dangerous, by Patricio , 03/08/03 Re: Dichotomous thinking can be dangerous, by Annie, 03/15/03 Re: And, please do tell,, by Patricio, 03/22/03 Re:Hold on there, folks!!, by Annie, 03/15/03

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