Sexual Health/Incest

Incest is sexual intercourse between two family members. The specific family relationships that are considered incest vary by country. In addition, in some cases while the law may not consider a relationship to be incest, religions or public opinion may do so. For example, in the US, first cousins may marry in about half of the states; in the other half it is illegal for anyone closer than second cousins to marry. In general, sex between parent and child, brother and sister, grandparent and child, etc., will always be considered incest except in historic settings (e.g., Ancient Egypt). What is incest? Distinction between "true" and "statutory" incest Coerced incest Sexual abuse aspects Incestuous incidents at ages of consent Incest and health effects Incest and the law What is the law. Role of family court. Responsibility of the community. Therapeusis Treatment modalities. References Adams, Kenneth, M., Silently Seduced: When Parents Make Their Children Their Partners, Understanding Covert Incest, HCI, 1991. Judith Lewis Herman, Father-Daughter Incest, Harvard University Press, 1982.