Explain the fascination of incest

[MadeYaLook]

Hi everyone

First of all, a few words on me, as this is my first post in the forum: I'm a regular reader since 2007, but I've only created an account a couple of months ago. Inspired by many stories on Lit, I decided to give in to my own passion of writing again - something i hadn't done in the past few years - and started a couple of stories earlier this year, but never published any. I've joined up the volunteer editor program about a month ago, which intensified my need to write even further, and resulted in the submission of my first story just a couple of hours ago (which has nothing to do with incest, by the way).

Now, to my actual question. I'm aware that it's quite delicate matter and I fully understand if many people were unwilling to answer - then again, maybe with the anonymity of the internet, some might be braver than others.

I've discovered that the incest / taboo category on Lit has a lot of stories, a lot of comments and a lot of reviews (and hence, I assume, both a lot of authors and readers). To me, this came as a surprise, as incest has never been something that even crossed my mind as a fantasy.

This could simply be because I'm a straight male and only have a brother as sibling, and I never felt even remotely attracted to my mother (although she was pretty) - so perhaps it was just a lack of opportunity. I have two relatively hot female cousins, but to make a long story short, I don't think about them in a sexual way either, and doing cousins isn't proper incest anyway.

Realising the accumulation of submissions in this category, I decided to give a few stories a try - 'course, I picked the "Hall of Fame"-stuff - and I admit that reading them did the trick in terms of my arousal, but again, I only dug in because the supply was there in such quantities that I started to wonder what I'm missing. I don't think the story's effect on me would be much different if the engaging characters were strangers rather than siblings, and I noticed that parent / children encounters were rather a turn-off than a turn-on for me.

This leads to my question: If you read incest stories frequently, what turns you on about them? is it because it's a taboo? is the turn on because it's something "so kinky" you have this "wow, they're actually doing it"-effect while reading? is it because you actually have or had fantasies about your siblings / parents / children at some point? Or is it something else entirely?

Personally, I have absolutely no issue with incest - in fact, I live in a country where parliament has very recently discussed the removal of the "incest-paragraph" from the criminal code, a motion I very much support. I don't want to bore you with the details of the argument, and I don't think that society is ready to drop (one of the) the last laws of what people should and shouldn't do in the bedroom, but the discussion alone caused a massive echo in both national and international media - most of them not favouring the motion, unfortunately.

I'm curious about your answers,

MadeYaLook

 

[Stella_Omega]

If there were a drinking game for the fetish forum, this question would be the one where everyone chugged a beer.

 

[theunknown2008]

Hi everyone

First of all, a few words on me, as this is my first post in the forum: I'm a regular reader since 2007, but I've only created an account a couple of months ago. Inspired by many stories on Lit, I decided to give in to my own passion of writing again - something i hadn't done in the past few years - and started a couple of stories earlier this year, but never published any. I've joined up the volunteer editor program about a month ago, which intensified my need to write even further, and resulted in the submission of my first story just a couple of hours ago (which has nothing to do with incest, by the way).

Now, to my actual question. I'm aware that it's quite delicate matter and I fully understand if many people were unwilling to answer - then again, maybe with the anonymity of the internet, some might be braver than others.

I've discovered that the incest / taboo category on Lit has a lot of stories, a lot of comments and a lot of reviews (and hence, I assume, both a lot of authors and readers). To me, this came as a surprise, as incest has never been something that even crossed my mind as a fantasy.

This could simply be because I'm a straight male and only have a brother as sibling, and I never felt even remotely attracted to my mother (although she was pretty) - so perhaps it was just a lack of opportunity. I have two relatively hot female cousins, but to make a long story short, I don't think about them in a sexual way either, and doing cousins isn't proper incest anyway.

Realising the accumulation of submissions in this category, I decided to give a few stories a try - 'course, I picked the "Hall of Fame"-stuff - and I admit that reading them did the trick in terms of my arousal, but again, I only dug in because the supply was there in such quantities that I started to wonder what I'm missing. I don't think the story's effect on me would be much different if the engaging characters were strangers rather than siblings, and I noticed that parent / children encounters were rather a turn-off than a turn-on for me.

This leads to my question: If you read incest stories frequently, what turns you on about them? is it because it's a taboo? is the turn on because it's something "so kinky" you have this "wow, they're actually doing it"-effect while reading? is it because you actually have or had fantasies about your siblings / parents / children at some point? Or is it something else entirely?

Personally, I have absolutely no issue with incest - in fact, I live in a country where parliament has very recently discussed the removal of the "incest-paragraph" from the criminal code, a motion I very much support. I don't want to bore you with the details of the argument, and I don't think that society is ready to drop (one of the) the last laws of what people should and shouldn't do in the bedroom, but the discussion alone caused a massive echo in both national and international media - most of them not favouring the motion, unfortunately.

I'm curious about your answers,

MadeYaLook

I don't understand either dude. I have two sisters and i have NEVER ever thought of them in that way. nor about my mother. (I am getting the same shakes one man gets when he thinks back to getting rodded.)

The closest I came to remotely understanding is a third couisin I met at a family reunion. Half white, half hawaiin, tall, brunette, long tan body, all together yummy. However, I never knew her before until that day and nothing came up of it.

What I am shocked about is how your country is removing the term incest from the law. Is there not clear defined biological dangers of in breeding. I forget who it was but wasn't it determined that a whole group of people in the 1800s eventually died off because of inbreeding. It escapes what people they were but the story was no more then a few years ago.

Anyways, I am with you, I don't know what the allure is. I want to clarify something though, in laws are not incest. Being related through marriage is not incest. Anyways, great question.

And welcome to Lit. You started off with a bang.

 

[Pandora73]

This leads to my question: If you read incest stories frequently, what turns you on about them? is it because it's a taboo? is the turn on because it's something "so kinky" you have this "wow, they're actually doing it"-effect while reading? is it because you actually have or had fantasies about your siblings / parents / children at some point? Or is it something else entirely?

Well, everyone here is different, so if anyone else bothers to answer your question, I think you'll see a myriad of responses. (Or, go check out some of the incest threads; they're probably more enlightening.) That said, I've ventured into the incest stories many times. What attracts me? In a nutshell, probably the taboo aspect. I tend to wander into some of the more extreme categories sometimes, just out of sheer curiosity. I can definitely say this, though: without a doubt, I am in NO WAY attracted to anyone I'm related to in my immediate family! Sure there is a cousin or two that I thought was attractive (male and female) but I wouldn't act on anything. And when it comes to my parents and siblings, oh good lord NO NO NO!!! Absolutely nauseating thought, nothing about it is sexy. So it's certainly not a real-life attraction or anything I care to pursue. That's just me.

The stories I enjoy the most are of the daddy/daughter variety. Honestly, I think it's more that I am attracted to older men... that strong, protective type... the close, loving bond. I have what I would describe as a shitty relationship with my real father (at best), so if you want to get all Freudian/psychoanalytical about it, there's probably some desire in me to fill that void because I never had a loving relationship with my dad. <shrug> Who knows.

But yeah, pure fantasy and taboo here. Nothing about acting on that in real life appeals to me, it's just an interesting read. Not everything that interests a person or turns them on in fantasy is something they'd like to make a reality, you know?

 

[Stella_Omega]

Is there not clear defined biological dangers of in breeding.

As a matter of fact, there isn't exactly, under most circumstances. You are talking about a whole population, breeding in on itself in ever-tightening braids-- the kind of thing people here are talking about is one pair of related parents, any children will likely go outside of the family for their partners. Birth defects can happen no matter how separated the two genetic lines are.

There is a huge socially defined danger of inbreeding though. Two words; Birth. Control.

 

[MadeYaLook]

Regarding of the legal matters: As Stella_Omega already mentioned, Birth Defects can always happen, and not every incest encounter has to result in pregnancy, particularly with Birth Control. Birth Defects are definitely more likely to occur in children from closely related parents, but you start going down a slippery slope if this is your sole argument to prevent them from having sex. The logical conclusion would be to make genetic testing of every couple that wants to have a baby in order to ensure that chances of Birth Defects are low enough for society to accept, and you should also incriminate drinking, smoking and drug consuming mothers-to-be. Going one step further, people with Birth Defects themselves should generally be prevented from having children of their own, since chances of passing their defect on is very high.

I don't want to be the person to draw that ethical line in the sand where it stops being okay for two people to have kids - and I guess nobody can really do that. I have no issue with a father banging his daughter, or in fact any sexual practice, as long as all parties involved have the legal age and are okay with it, go ahead and do it.

@Pandora73: I agree, not everything your read is something that you'd act on in real life, hence the term fantasy You are probably similar to me - we go there from time to time, read a story to see "what it's like", and then we go back to the categories we're more "comfortable" with. What I'm curious about is the people who keep going back on a regular basis.

@Stella_Omega: It seems that people - with very few exceptions - have chosen to chug that beer. Either that, or it was a case of "omg, too long didn't read"

 

[liam25_5]

I've never found my kin at all sexually attractive but there's something so deliciously exciting about having a fantasy incestuous relationship, that I just find so erotic.

 

[Hans101]

Incest between consenting adults that does not lead to pregnancy is no worse than any other kind of sex.

What people do behind closed doors with other consenting adults is no one else's business.

 

[Stella_Omega]

@Stella_Omega: It seems that people - with very few exceptions - have chosen to chug that beer. Either that, or it was a case of "omg, too long didn't read"

I was thirsty.

 

[MTBR]

My theory on this subject was always the link between family members in terms of safety, friendship and trust.

You are almost certainly more likely to express those feelings between your family members, and those are three key areas in which the basis of a long-term relationship or long term friendship are made.

There are also elements, as another user stated, of taboo. The risk and daringness of sex in either a public place, or between people who necessarily shouldn't be having it may as well serve as an aphradisiac.

Finally, and this sort of links back towards the first statement, but not entirely: If, for example, you had a sister, and you felt protective over her, you may ensure that by being her partner. Apparently, (after watching a show regarding Incest last year) this isn't rare in incestious relationships. Varying scenarious upon this sort of protective, supportive feeling, etc.

Those are fairly legitimate points as to why some will turn to Incest. Then again, it could be something as skin-deep as simply needing a release from each other. It could be a variety of reasons on a wide scale of sub-concious psychological aspects to, again, skin-deep factors.

 

[Stella_Omega]

MTBR, thanks for a serious and thoughtful answer.

The idea that fucking your sister will keep her safe makes my head spin around and explode, but I can well imagine that some people would honestly and genuinely see it like that.

 

[bernett69]

Incest between consenting adults that does not lead to pregnancy is no worse than any other kind of sex.

What people do behind closed doors with other consenting adults is no one else's business.

that is very true.... unless you tell your story here,lol

 

[Stella_Omega]

that is very true.... unless you tell your story here,lol

 

[MTBR]

MTBR, thanks for a serious and thoughtful answer.

The idea that fucking your sister will keep her safe makes my head spin around and explode, but I can well imagine that some people would honestly and genuinely see it like that.

Mhmm, its quite unusual, but each to thier own I guess.

You can sort of empathise along those lines. Quite the cleche, but if someone close was concerned that he was never going to find a girlfriend or someone to share his life with, or he was concerned that he wouldn't do something "right", one may well think "Maybe I'm his/her best shot?".

And again, it goes back to feeling safe and happy with someone that close. Not to say you can't get it with anyone else, but there was almost that "I feel safe with my elder sibling", etc. You know?

Personally, I'd never do anything like that. Sure, I find my sister attractive, but not in a "I want to bang your brains out" way.

Just reading up on something else (this thread piqued my interest), apparently a lot of women initiate relations with their fathers, brothers or male cousins because, sub-conciously, they feel they would provide the best chance for their children. And due to the chances of a first-generation child in an incestious relationship being disabled or in some other way impared are as minimal as those in a non-incestious relationship (another sub-concious reaction), you can put one and one together.

Its peculiar, though, the whole incest thing.

 

[HeyAll]

For me, it's the idea of people doing something so taboo that it has to remain secret, and that they have to overcome inner-barriers to get there.

I really like the idea of the characters struggling with themselves and their feelings, and it eventually makes the sex hotter.

And it has nothing to do with real life either. I've always used the analogy that many women enjoy non-concent fantasies, but they obviously don't want to get raped in real life.

Same goes for incest. It's a very erotic thought of what's happening between the characters, and your real life views and relations are irrelevent.

 

[liam25_5]

For me, it's the idea of people doing something so taboo that it has to remain secret, and that they have to overcome inner-barriers to get there.

I really like the idea of the characters struggling with themselves and their feelings, and it eventually makes the sex hotter.

And it has nothing to do with real life either. I've always used the analogy that many women enjoy non-concent fantasies, but they obviously don't want to get raped in real life.

Same goes for incest. It's a very erotic thought of what's happening between the characters, and your real life views and relations are irrelevent.

That's an excellent point

 

[KentuckyGuy_37]

The taboo can be so intoxicating and exciting. Even for those who wouldn't go so far as to really do it, just the fantasy can be amazing.

 

[junk_yard]

What fuels the drive for an incestuous relationship? I first saw my mother nude, standing up in the tub, drying off. It was erotic…her image was reflected from the bath to the dresser mirror in my bedroom. Both doors were open late at night… I had a clear view of the entire drying off episode… needless to say it left an impression.

 

[alwayswantedto]

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[cbono1969]

What fuels the drive for an incestuous relationship? I first saw my mother nude, standing up in the tub, drying off. It was erotic…her image was reflected from the bath to the dresser mirror in my bedroom. Both doors were open late at night… I had a clear view of the entire drying off episode… needless to say it left an impression.

I like your words..I have had the same with my Sister last month.I was staying the weekend and she was changing her clothes.I saw her Large boobs and her hairy pussy..she"s 48 and if she said I need to feel a man deep in me I would drop in and fill her till it drips out into my mouth!!Love the subject...

 

[cbono1969]

I agree completely. Also, the incestuous scenario permits two or more characters who are presumably not sexually interested in each other to be in continual, close, and intimate proximity, setting the stage for something to happen.

I have read all of your stuff and you rule the Incest forum....Smiles...

 

[I_object]

My experience here is there are a zillion people on the incest threads. It's like people rushing to see a car wreck and then getting upset when they see the dead guy. I read posts where people have read many posts and then get all over people who actually show interest. Why are they in the thread to begin with, if they hate it so much?