Quick Question

[togitc]

Is sleeping with your step sister considered incest?

 

[Weird Harold]

Is sleeping with your step sister considered incest?

IRL, it depends on the jurisdiction as incest is sex with "a person too closely related to legally marry." Each jurisdiction defines "too closely related" differently.

In the context of this site and this forum, hanky-panky and sexual hijinks between step-siblings and/or step-parents generally seems to wind up in the Incest category -- probably because of the TABOO aspect of having sex with someone you grew up with or with parental authority.

 

[togitc]

gracias

 

[NoJo]

Incest and Genetic distance

This is how much you share genes with people related to you:

Yourself 100%

Parent 50%
Child 50%
Sibling 50%

Grandparent 25%
Grandchild 25%
Uncle/Aunt Sibling of parent 25%
Step Sibling 25%

Uncle/Aunt by marriage 0%
First (blood) Cousin 12.5%

Pet Donkey 0%


It seems to me that modern society regards 25% or more as incestuous.

Communities with high inbreeding rates will suffer a depeleted gene pool and will have less survival chances, as genetic disabilites start to predominate. So incest "taboos" have been argued to have evolved, rather than to be imposed. But of course people defy a lot of so-called "laws" of nature -- for example in choosing not to have children.

I personally don't buy simple arguments about "laws of behaviour" where people are concerned.

Cleopatra married her brother, so did a lot of rulers of ancient dynasties. I think they kept their gene pools going by ensuring there was a good proportion of "bastard" children.

 

[Weird Harold]

Re: Incest and Genetic distance

This is how much you share genes with people related to you:

Step Sibling 25%

Uncle/Aunt by marriage 0%

I think you're confusing a "step-sibling" with a "half-sibling".

A"step-sibling" is a child of your parent's NEW spouse by previous partner and the blood relationship/shared genes percentage is 0%.

A "half-sibling" would be a child of one parent with a differnt partner -- relationship of 25%.

 

[NoJo]

I stand corrected

And there's me writing a Cinderella story!

Thanks, Weird. So I guess a step-sibling wouldn't be incest using my category at all. I'm going to check out what British law says about this.

 

[NoJo]

The straight poop

I found this gem for anyone who's interested in Sex and the Law.

http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/2269/



Section 13A-13-3
Incest.
(a) A person commits incest if he marries or engages in sexual intercourse with a person he knows to be, either legitimately or illegitimately:

(1) His ancestor or descendant by blood or adoption; or

(2) His brother or sister of the whole or half-blood or by adoption; or

(3) His stepchild or stepparent, while the marriage creating the relationship exists; or

(4) His aunt, uncle, nephew or niece of the whole or half-blood.

(b) A person shall not be convicted of incest or of an attempt to commit incest upon the uncorroborated testimony of the person with whom the offense is alleged to have been committed.

(c) Incest is a Class C felony.

(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §7010.)

 

[Weird Harold]

Re: The straight poop

I found this gem for anyone who's interested in Sex and the Law.
...
Section 13A-13-3
Incest.
(a) A person commits incest if he marries or engages in sexual intercourse with a person he knows to be, either legitimately or illegitimately:
...
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §7010.)

This is a citation from British Law?

As I said in my first post, incest is a legal definition that varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction.

It's interesting to not that this legal definition qualifies step-parent/step child as incest while the marriage creating the relationship exists... but makes no mention of step-siblings.

Which makes sense I suppose -- a father and son who marry mother and daughter situation isn't unheard of, and banning step-sibling sex as incest would make the children's marriage incestuous as soon as the parents said their vows.

 

[NoJo]

No it's US -- I'm still not sure about British law on this.

 

[Svenskaflicka]

Adoption or step-siblings... ME, I go by the old Swedish word for incest, blodskam , meaning "blood shame". ANyone who shares your blood, is no-no.

Someone who's adopted, or a step-sibling, has no bloodstrings, and is therfor allowed.

Then it's a matter of how comfortable it would feel to have sex with someone you grew up together with and fighted over toys with...

 

[peachykeen]

Step-siblings is a tough call. I think Svenska hit it pretty close with the "fighted over toys" line (Svenska love your bad English there; I am not mocking you, I really do adore it).

A step-sibling you grew up with from a very young age is a whole other relationship than one you acquired as, say, a teenager. It's kind of icky for me mentally to contemplate screwing around with someone who wore my hand-me-downs, but legally it's not out of bounds. But eeeuuww.

 

[pinklipstick]

Re: Incest and Genetic distance

This is how much you share genes with people related to you:

Yourself 100%

Parent 50%
Child 50%
Sibling 50%

Grandparent 25%
Grandchild 25%
Uncle/Aunt Sibling of parent 25%
Step Sibling 25%

Uncle/Aunt by marriage 0%
First (blood) Cousin 12.5%

Pet Donkey 0%

It seems to me that modern society regards 25% or more as incestuous.

Does this mean I'm committing incest every time I masterbate?

 

[takingchances42]

Re: Re: Incest and Genetic distance

Does this mean I'm committing incest every time I masterbate?

My god, you are!!!

So am I!!!

Quick, come over, and let's save each other from a life of crime!