[Benjamin]

As much as it is weird and socially unacceptable I'd much rather keep those spaces in prisons for people that have actually committed harmful acts like rape and murder.

[Zippy]

whats the point sending them to prison if its consensual?

I think there are many crimes that need more creative(and more beneficial) punishments. This is definitely one of them. Just throwing people into prison when they are no risk to anybody is a waste of money and much needed prison space.

Matters like incest need to be looked at case by case because there are often very strong reasons why theyve occured. Sometimes children are abused within a family and then the boundaries become muddied. There are also cases where siblings didnt actually grow up together and only met in adulthood...and were sexually attracted. So it all depends.

But prisons not the answer.

[Vicky.]

Hardly the same thing though is it...people born with a genetic disease cant actually help it. You CAN help having sex with a relative.

Meh, I dont know the exact statistics or anything. I think incest makes you 3 times more likely to have a baby with defects or something. If you want to shag your sister/brother, get on with it, but dont pass problems on to innocent people through your **** ups.

[Shasown]

Are people sent to prison nowadays for committing Incest? Offhand I cant recalll any cases recently in the UK where people have been prosecuted and then sentenced to prison for committing Incest, though some people have had the charge included in other charges lists like rape sexual assualt etc.

Todays justice system doesnt always prosecute people who transgress slightly outdated laws.