Inspired by this post on !incest@burggit.moe.

What are Burggit’s thoughts on the ethics (not the legality!) of real life incest? Some common conditions for starters:

  1. Between consenting people
  2. Between consenting adults
  3. Between consenting adults of a “reasonable” age difference
  4. Between consenting adults, no parent/child relationships permitted

Personally, I am torn between 2 and 4. Can there really be a consenting relationship between adult and child (both being adults)?

P.S.: Please let me know if this should be marked NSFW. I didn’t because this is the type of post I like to see when browsing SFW

  • mens@burggit.moe
    3·
    1 year ago

    As in consent=“freedom from any pressuring influences in the relationship?” I don’t think so. But then again, poor people can’t consent to rich people in a relationship either. We arbitrarily force the idea where we like.

    • Mousepad@burggit.moeOP
      2·
      1 year ago

      That seems like an overly restrictive definition of consent: poor people being unable to give consent to have sex with rich people is absurd, in my opinion. I just mean it in the colloquial sense.

      • rinkan 輪姦@burggit.moe
        4·
        1 year ago

        I’d agree that “can’t consent” isn’t quite right here. The power imbalance does affect the meaningfulness of that consent though.