Wherefore art thou, Taboo-but-not-Incest?

[MindsMirror]

As writers in the I/T category, we abhor stories that use some power dynamic to put a characters together. These all reside too close to rape or coercion for us. Mind control, social power imbalance, quid pro quo, manipulation, grooming... Yuck, not our thing.
-MM

 

[UnexpectedLuggage]

I think "taboo" is meant to encompass quasi-incest and pseudo-incest. Sex between step-relatives or in laws, for example. Adopted brothers and sisters having sex. Some people don't regard this as real "incest," so it makes sense for the site to add the word "taboo" to give the category some wiggle room.

I think this is the big thing when it comes to the category.

I've written three stories in that category now, one of which I originally tried to publish in Group Sex because, while it features two sisters, they never engage in any sort of sexual acts with each other. But Laurel moved it to Taboo/Incest upon publication.

So, yeah, I think it there's any sort of hint of something incestuous it gets placed under that umbrella.

Meanwhile my first story was about a guy hooking up with his boss at a company retreat, which could be considered pretty taboo. That's sitting in Erotic Couplings, exactly where I submitted it.