In modern society, brother and sister do not marry, even a cousin's cousin is likely to be condemned, rather than approved. And romantic love between father and daughter or mother and son is a criminal and sinful bond. Yet the topic of incest and unusual related relationships is relevant.
What does incest mean?
To determine what incest, you need to turn to the etymology of the word. The term comes from the Latin word incestus, which means "sinful, criminal". And incest is a sexual relationship between close relatives:
- parents and children;
- brothers and sisters;
- uncles / aunts and nieces / nephews.
That is, incest is a sexual relationship between relatives, which is sinful and criminal. Indeed, the taboo on incest is universal for almost all communities. However, the concept of kinship in different cultures may differ:
- In Taiwan, China, North and South Korea, marriages between cousins and sisters are prohibited.
- In the UK, the desire of cousins to conclude a family union will not encounter obstacles.
- Kazakhs have a rule that prohibits communication with relatives up to the seventh tribe.
Incest - psychology
In the theory of psychoanalysis, the sexual development of children aged three to five years is characterized by incestuous desires for parents of the opposite sex. Sigmund Freud gave these aspirations psychological names from the ancient Greek tragedies:
- Oedipus complex . Little boys experience sexual attachment to their mothers, and to fathers, whom they perceive as rivals, are hostility. With the normal psychological formation of the personality, the fear of retaliation by the father, who takes the form of castration anxiety, causes the boy to abandon his forbidden desires.
- Complex Electra . Girls at a young age have an unconscious attraction to their own father, and mother is perceived as a threat.
Reasons for incest
In the fact that pushes women to incest and men, many psychologists try to understand. They study the historical, cultural, moral and genetic aspects of this phenomenon. It is worth noting that incest in ancient times was not so taboo. And in ancient Egypt, the pharaohs contacted exclusively with mothers, sisters and even daughters to maintain the "purity of the family."
Many famous people were related marriages:
- Composer Johann Sebastian Bach was married to his cousin Maria Barbara Bach.
- The author of the famous theory of evolution Charles Darwin was married to his cousin Emma Wedgwood.
- Writer Edgar Allan Poe took his 13-year-old cousin-Virginia Klemm-to his wife.
Yet the main cause of incest is the pathological consequence of a certain disruption in the psyche and social development. Developmental disabilities can not save the children from Oedipus and the Electra complex . Although more often children are subjected to incestuous violence by their parents:
- A man can enter into sexual intercourse with his daughter in case the wife is too busy, gives him little time or at all changes, as revenge. The question is, why does not he also go aside? Here comes into play a different psychological aspect - the desire to suppress and not meet resistance, which is simply to satisfy by coming into contact with the child.
- A woman often feels afraid to lose her son, "give" to his other woman, which pushes her to enter into sexual relations with him. It's like a way to own property.
Family incest happens because of a wrong balance in the relationship between parents, family members and other people. For example, the craving of cousins to each other is explained by isolation from peers in childhood and unwillingness then to let into their lives something "alien".
Some psychologists distinguish three main causes of incest:
- Failure in psychological development.
- The desire to violate the prohibitions, which is also closely related to psychology.
- Sexual fetish. Associated with traumas of a sexual nature, received in early childhood.
Types of incest
Home incest is usually accompanied by violence, but also distinguish incest by mutual consent. There are incest between:
- adults and children;
- between brothers and sisters;
- aunts / uncles and nephews / nieces;
What is the danger of incest?
One of the practical functions of the incest taboo is that the prohibition of incest reduces the incidence of birth defects and recessive genetic disorders. It is widely known that children from incest can be born ugly, with physical and mental disabilities . The closer the blood ties of parents, the higher the chance of miscarriage, a stagnant pregnancy, or the birth of a child with ugliness. Mutant recessive genes are dangerous for such serious diseases as:
- deafness;
- albinism;
- hemophilia;
- Thea-Sachs disease (children's idiocy).
Consequences of incest
The incestuous relations of close relatives do not always lead to negative consequences. But the threat of congenital and genetic diseases is indeed increasing. The chance to meet two equally "sick" genes from strangers is not great, unlike close relatives. Therefore, incest is forbidden by doctors.
What is incest for children who have been sexually abused by their parents? These are the consequences:
- dependence on alcohol and other substances that change consciousness;
- suicidal tendencies;
- development of phobias and depression in adulthood;
- mental disorders;
What if an incest occurred?
Any incestuous relationship is a consequence of the father or mother's perverted attention to their child, the result of a shift in concepts and isolation. Incest is bad, especially when it comes to violence, and all the problems that it provokes are difficult to solve on their own. The result is an unsuccessful personal life and problems with self-determination in society. In such cases, the help of a professional psychotherapist is recommended.
Incest in the Bible
According to the Christian commandments, any adultery is a sin, and incest is a sin of incest. Although according to the Bible, the first incest on earth was committed by the children of Adam and Eve . But since he was forced, he was sacred. There is another story from the Holy Scripture about incest. After the destruction of God by the sinful city of Sodom, Lot and two of his daughters were rescued. They thought that all people died. After drinking his father's wine, the girls entered into contact with him for the continuation of the family.
Movies about incest
Incest in the movies is common. Sometimes this is perverted, and sometimes - unintentionally and tragically. Some films that affect the topic of intimate communication between blood relatives in one way or another:
- The medicine is from health . The film is from the director of the Pirates of the Caribbean, Mount Verbinsky. Went to the world's rental in 2017. Mystic thriller, whose actions unfold in the Swiss sanatorium among the most beautiful landscapes, keeps in suspense all two and a half hours.
- The house where they say Yes . American director Mark Waters filmed a movie about a place where it's indecent to say "no." The name hints ...
- Bliss . Sensual melodrama from Lance Young tells about the exciting sexual game of the main characters.
- Oldboy . A well-known South Korean picture from the no less famous Pak Chang-po with elements of a detective, drama and thriller will not leave anyone indifferent.
- 2:37 . The drama of Australian director Murally K. Tallouri about six teenagers, their problems and relationships.