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While not necessarily non-consensual, perpetrators of incest often gaslight and manipulate their victims. In most cases it is perpetrated on children, as they are more malleable and naive and perpetrators tend to dismiss the age of consent as arbitrary. Survivors of incest have been reported to suffer psychological trauma, including dissociative identity disorder and dissociative amnesia. | While not necessarily non-consensual, perpetrators of incest often gaslight and manipulate their victims. In most cases it is perpetrated on children, as they are more malleable and naive and perpetrators tend to dismiss the age of consent as arbitrary. Survivors of incest have been reported to suffer psychological trauma, including dissociative identity disorder and dissociative amnesia. | ||
There are a few incest apologists online, who argue for legalisation of incest and "full marriage equality". They attempt to link their cause with LGBTQ+ rights or civil rights, drawing false equivalencies with them and inadvertently damaging them. They have also been accused of defending rape and [[pedophilia]]. | There are a few incest apologists online, who argue for legalisation of incest and "full marriage equality". They attempt to link their cause with LGBTQ+ rights or civil rights, drawing false equivalencies with them and inadvertently damaging them. They have also been accused of defending [[rape]] and [[pedophilia]]. | ||
In addition, when two people with the same genes interbreed, the children resulting from the mating are at high risk of developing genetic diseases by recessively inherited. The existence of such dangerous risks is also one of the reasons why incest is regulated. | In addition, when two people with the same genes interbreed, the children resulting from the mating are at high risk of developing genetic diseases by recessively inherited. The existence of such dangerous risks is also one of the reasons why incest is regulated. | ||
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* [[Pope Alexander VI]] | * [[Pope Alexander VI]] | ||
* [[Ronald Gene Simmons Sr.]] | * [[Ronald Gene Simmons Sr.]] | ||
* [[Ted M. Smith]] | |||
* [[Ward Weaver III]] | * [[Ward Weaver III]] | ||
* [[Warren Jeffs]] | * [[Warren Jeffs]] |