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this is one of the most popular themes in pornography for whatever reason. incest titles increase click through rates to any porn video, even if they contain no

this is one of the most popular themes in pornography for whatever reason. incest titles increase click through rates to any porn video, even if they contain no incest content or even reference to incest why this is so huge is fascinating. i suspect it is not really about the age gap, but rather the emotional trauma and sexual confusion so many people experience living in the same house hold as non biological "family members". the tension between "it is taboo to be attracted to my family" and "I am sexually attracted to a physically attractive person of no biological relation who lives in my house" a male and female 19 year old of no biological relation, who only met each other 4 years earlier when their parents started dating, would very naturally feel sexual attraction to each other. indeed, they would share many of the social and biological traits of their parents. yet, this would be a massive taboo. consider the huge trauma of the mother being betrayed by her daughter sleeping with her step-sibling, or even her step-parent, fear of this, jealousy, fantasy. of course the combination of taboo with sexual attraction will result in an entire genre of erotic fantasy much like adultery, cheating, professor-college student, or any other relationship of power and betrayal the real question is, at what point does expressing the human condition become illegal? especially when as others have noted, it is legal to do the thing in real life but apparently not photograph it and if this content is harmful to the consumer, why is other pornography apparently not? Should we ban also onlyfans?

hoherd 7mo ago
In a similar vein, imagine the step parents aren't married, they're just platonic friends. They would probably be overjoyed if their children connected romantically. Also, I can just see the industry changing from "stepbrother" to "my mom's boyfriend's son." Suddenly if the parents aren't married then it's not illegal. What about if the parents are divorced? Does ex-step-sibling count? The whole thing seems absurd. These are works of fiction that have not "graduated", as Preet Bharara would say.
RGamma 7mo ago
Interestingly, third degree cousins seem to maximize reproductive success, at least retrospectively: https://www.decode.com/decode-links-closer-kinship-with-reproductive-success/ https://www.decode.com/decode-links-closer-kinship-with-repr...
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tbrownaw 7mo ago
> why this is so huge is fascinating. i suspect it is not really about the age gap, but rather Alternate theory: it's a genre tag that implies a whole pile of arbitrary features. Kind of along similar lines as how calling a movie a "space western" tells you quite a lot about it, despite making absolutely no sense if you try to take it strictly literally.
IAmGraydon 7mo ago
It's just because it's taboo, which turns people on. People always want to do what they're told not to do.

hoherd 7mo ago

In a similar vein, imagine the step parents aren't married, they're just platonic friends. They would probably be overjoyed if their children connected romantically. Also, I can just see the industry changing from "stepbrother" to "my mom's boyfriend's son." Suddenly if the parents aren't married then it's not illegal. What about if the parents are divorced? Does ex-step-sibling count? The whole thing seems absurd. These are works of fiction that have not "graduated", as Preet Bharara would say.

RGamma 7mo ago

Interestingly, third degree cousins seem to maximize reproductive success, at least retrospectively: https://www.decode.com/decode-links-closer-kinship-with-reproductive-success/ https://www.decode.com/decode-links-closer-kinship-with-repr...

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tbrownaw 7mo ago

> why this is so huge is fascinating. i suspect it is not really about the age gap, but rather Alternate theory: it's a genre tag that implies a whole pile of arbitrary features. Kind of along similar lines as how calling a movie a "space western" tells you quite a lot about it, despite making absolutely no sense if you try to take it strictly literally.

IAmGraydon 7mo ago

It's just because it's taboo, which turns people on. People always want to do what they're told not to do.