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Wonder how they will classify 'cousins' given its unfortunate prevalence in the UK
by alva 7mo ago
Wonder how they will classify 'cousins' given its unfortunate prevalence in the UK
- jimnotgym 7mo agoIt will be decided on by rank. Cousin sex ok if you both hold a hereditary title of Baron/Baronette or above.
- TheOtherHobbes 7mo agoStrange how often the upper classes need to feel reassured the peasants are even more immoral than they are.
- benj111 7mo agoIt's a reference to the tendency of Muslims to marry cousins. Where I'm guessing it will simultaneously be decided that it would be racist to target them/ good Muslims never watch porn/ carry on ignoring the problem to the point where most people aren't aware. I only know about it because an ex was a medical professional
- amiga386 7mo agoIslam does not tell you to do this. It's the cultural practises of specific kinship networks in the UK, especially from Mirpur. And the practise is also currently on the decline. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Pakistanis#Consanguineous_marriage_and_genetic_risk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Pakistanis#Consanguine... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Mirpuris#Endogamy_and_kinship https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Mirpuris#Endogamy_and_... The irony is, of course, that this law is being proposed while the NHS has been advised (by a quango, not the government) to stop discouraging cousin-marriage: https://www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/article/first-cousin-marriages-nhs-advice-6c2j6sbmz https://www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/article/first-cousin-... -- the NHS is not required to accept this advice, and indeed the links above show that cosanguinity is decreasing, partly because of public health initiatives telling people what the harms are!
- benj111 7mo agoAs I said, a tendency, not an instruction.
- Hizonner 7mo agoBaronet: a sort of lesser baron. Baroness: a female of rank equivalent to a baron. Baronette: what the fuck?
- jimnotgym 7mo agoThank you, that substantially adds to the discussion. It is that in particular that is the WTF, not the idea of hereditary titles themselves, nor their penchant for intermarriage. If only there was a way of correcting people that wasn't so rude.
- JCattheATM 7mo agoThat user has a history of being that rude.
- manarth 7mo agoCousin marriage and sexual activity is not prohibited in the UK.
- beeforpork 7mo agoAnd step relative sexual activity is prohibited? This is about forbidding the depiction of such activity, so I don't think logic will help.
- manarth 7mo agoThere seems to be a nuance (which is missing from the title). The initial paragraph refers to activities which are prohibited. Peers agreed by a majority of one to ban videos and images depicting relationships that would not be allowed in real life. There's perhaps a little more nuance (sexual activity with a step- partner has as an age of consent of 18, rather than the more-typical age of consent of 16) They also agreed to bring intimate pictures and videos of adults pretending to be children in line with similar images of real children.
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- Anthony-G 7mo agoI’m still waiting for Netflix to start streaming Les Cousins Dangereux, the classic (2003?) and critically lauded masterpiece of French eroticism: https://www.netflix.com/title/70261973 https://www.netflix.com/title/70261973 If only Nestflix was available in my region: https://nestflix.fun/les-cousins-dangereux/ https://nestflix.fun/les-cousins-dangereux/