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New proposals recognise role incest porn plays in normalising and trivialising child sexual abuse.
Now we know how power dynamics complicate consent is it time to revisit The Kiss?
Reviewing studies of 88 species, researchers found little evidence that animals avoid inbreeding.
Experts recommend adopted children be told about their origins, no matter how difficult the circumstances, but doing so is tricky for adoptive parents.
Most child sex abuse happens within families, but we still cling on to the Victorian idea of paedophiles as outsiders.
An overriding focus on increasing sentences may not necessarily be the best means of redressing the harm caused by sex offences.
The once-taboo topics of domestic violence and institutional abuse are now front-page news, but repeated reports of incest have not registered in public awareness as evidence of a serious problem.
Has it really always been an absolute no no?
The topic of consanguineous marriage raises both interest and unease in Western societies. For those who are wondering, that big word means “marrying your cousin”. But why would anyone want to marry a…
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