Incest occurs between individuals who are culturally regarded as too closely related for carnal intimacy to be legitimate or moral. Incest rules vary cross culturally, but generally all cultures forbid intercourse between parents and children, between siblings and between grandparents and grandchildren. Rare historical exceptions to the rules are ancient Egypt and traditional Hawaii where siblings were favored marriage partners among the royal family and probably other members of the aristocracy and the wealthy. Many cultures have mythical or religious stories that warn of the terrible consequences of violating incest rules.

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Incest occurs between individuals who are culturally regarded as too closely related for carnal intimacy to be legitimate or moral. Incest rules vary cross culturally, but generally all cultures forbid intercourse between parents and children, between siblings and between grandparents and grandchildren. Rare historical exceptions to the incest rules are ancient Egypt and traditional Hawaii where siblings were favored marriage partners among the royal family and probably other members of the aristocracy and the wealthy. Many cultures have mythical or religious stories that warn of the terrible consequences of violating incest rules

Oedipus Wrecked? - The meaning of incest in contemporary popular culture
The Moral Boundaries of Incest - Nancy L. Fischer, Macalester College
This article describes the meaning of incest in contemporary popular culture. The author explores how feminism and changes in systems of kinship and sexuality have affected present-day discourse on incest, comparing the significance of blood relations and notions of abuse in constructing incest. The author analyzes media commentaries on two contemporary incestuous events that generated publicity: Kathryn Harrison’s memoir of a sexual affair with her biological father and Woody Allen’s relationship with Soon-Yi Previn. The author explores how commentators framed incest as morally objectionable in reaction to these two cases. She argues that blood ties are prevalent, but are becoming less relevant to discussions of incest in popular culture, and that feminist constructions of incest as an exploitation of power relations have been powerful enough for individuals to apply this framework even when adults (rather than children) are involved. - gas.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/17/1/92

Assumptions on Sex and Society in the Biosocial Theory of Incest
Lewellyn Hendrix, Southern Illinois University, Mark A. Schneider, Southern Illinois University
The biosocial theory of incest holds that the universal aspect of the taboo grows from innate sexual inhibitions triggered by intimacy in early childhood relationships everywhere. Much evidence suggests that this sexual inhibition does occur. However, the theory contains problematic assumptions that either interfere with the logic of the theory or are empirically questionable. We suggest that more attention to variation in early intimacy, sexual inhibitions, and taboos is needed for further development of the theory. We discuss sibling marriage in Egypt to suggest how research might be more fruitful if it were centered on variation in this way. - ccr.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/33/2/193

Narcissistic and Borderline Personality Disorders in Cases of Incest
Ramon Ganzarain, Psychoanalytic Institute, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta
The complexity of this topic necessitates focusing on prototypical situations which highlight the relationship between incest and severe personality disorders. Hence many aspects of the subject will not be examined here. I deal mainly with the `narcissistic contract' between the incestuous partners and with the traumatic consequences for the victim, after experiencing the breakdown of basic boundaries during incest. I quote from our group psychotherapy work with Dr Bonnie Buchele, both with victims and offenders, in separate groups (Ganzarain and Buchele, 1988, 1990). - gaq.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/25/4/491

Sibling Incest - intrafamilial incest, primarily addressing father-daughter incest
Mary J. Phillips-Green, Idaho State University
During the past 20 to 30 years, professionals have given increased attention to intrafamilial incest, primarily addressing father-daughter incest. More recently, sibling incest, a type of intrafamilial incest, has received notice from mental health professionals; how-ever, many professionals still do not recognize the seriousness of the problem. Some professionals have asserted that sibling incest is as common as, and possibly more common than, parental incest. The prevalence of sibling incest can only be estimated because sex between siblings as a phenomenon has been poorly researched. This article reviews current research on the individual and family dynamics that allow sibling incest to occur, the effects of sibling incest on victims, and current treatment protocols. - tfj.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/10/2/195

Mothers in "Incest Families" - attitudes toward mothers in families in which father-daughter incest is disclosed
A Critique of Blame and Its Destructive Sequels
JUDITH GREEN, William Paterson College of New Jersey
Prevailing attitudes toward mothers in families in which father-daughter incest is disclosed cause a destructive misdirecting of blame that ultimately supports victimization of women. Blame-oriented explanations of mothers' roles are critically reviewed and contrasted with feminist reassessments in a sociopolitical context. Identified as additional victims in the complex matrix of family and community, mothers are revictimized by a clinical establishment that upholds the nonconscious patriarchal ideology underlying violence against women. Clinicians need to validate and support mothers in their "disenfranchised grief" so they can better help their daughters to heal, and to design and lobby for programs that will promote social changes necessary for a more egalitarian society. - vaw.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/2/3/322

Oedipal Anxiety and Cultural Variations in the Incest Taboo: A Psychotherapy Case Study in the Nigerian Setting
Sunny T. C. Ilechukwu, Wayne State University, USA
This paper reports the highlights of long-term dynamic psychotherapy with an African. The case is presented of a 34-year-old Nigerian ex-army officer with the onset of panic symptoms following the death of a neighbor. This event was found to symbolize the core of his conflicts. Therapy revealed ongoing conflict with his father, with peers at work and in his marriage. There were also violations of the incest taboos in his extended and polygamous family. The psychotherapeutic process is delineated with special reference to Oedipal components. The following variations are discussed: (i) the impact of a cultural setting which enforced infancy/early childhood domicile with mother, separate sleeping quarters for the father, and later separation of all males from mother; (ii) the dynamics of growing up in a home where father has multiple wives who may function as surrogate mothers in his lifetime or, at his death, as potential wives; (iii) the vicissitudes of the incest taboo in a complex extended family that is under siege by urbanization. The therapeutic experience contrasts sharply with the experience of western psychiatrists who practiced in Nigeria two decades before. - tps.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/36/2/211

A Comparison of Incest Offenders Based on Victim Age
Philip Firestone, PhD, Kristopher L. Dixon, BA, Kevin L. Nunes, PhD and John M. Bradford, MD
The purpose of the present study was to compare incest offenders (IOs) whose victims include infants or toddlers to IOs with adolescent victims on several variables commonly examined in the sexual offender literature. Participants were 48 men whose youngest victim was less than 6 years of age (younger-victim incest offenders; YVs); and 71 men whose youngest victim was 12 to 16 years of age (older-victim incest offenders (OVs). In general, YVs showed more emotional disturbance and pathology than OVs. Compared with OVs, YVs had a greater history of substance abuse and more current problems with alcohol. In addition, YVs reported significantly poorer sexual functioning and were significantly more psychiatrically disturbed. YVs were also more likely to have a male victim, to have victimized a nephew/niece or grandson/granddaughter, and to have denied their offense(s). It was evident that both the YVs and OVs demonstrated clinically significant difficulty with normal sexual functioning and exhibited deviant sexual arousal. - jaapl.org/cgi/content/abstract/33/2/223

The relationship of deviant sexual arousal and psychopathy in incest offenders, extrafamilial child molesters, and rapists
P Firestone, JM Bradford, DM Greenberg, and GA Serran
The relationship between deviant sexual arousal, as measured by auditory phallometric stimuli, and psychopathy, as measured by the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised, was examined in 156 incest offenders, 260 extrafamilial child molesters, and 123 rapists. Subjects in each group had never been convicted of another type of sexual offense. Replicating previous research, rapists were more psychopathic than incest offenders and child molesters. Deviant sexual arousal to auditory stimuli was evident only on the Pedophile Index for child molesters. When the relationship between psychopathy and deviant sexual arousal was evaluated in the three groups combined, several significant correlations emerged. However, a finer analysis of these correlations revealed that child molesters evidenced a significant correlation between psychopathy and the Rape Index and psychopathy and the Pedophile Index. There were no such significant findings in the incest offender or rapist groups. Implications of the results are discussed. - jaapl.org/cgi/content/abstract/28/3/303

Incest Offenders' Perceptions of Their Motives to Sexually Offend Within Their Past and Current Life Context
CAROLYN COPPS HARTLEY, University of Iowa
This study explored incest offenders' motives for engaging in a sexual offense. Connections that offenders drew between their motives and past and current life contexts are also examined. A series of qualitative interviews with eight Caucasian male incest offenders currently receiving treatment was used to gather their perceptions of motives. A perceived need for sexual gratification, seeking an outlet from present dissatisfaction, an expression of anger, and the inappropriate display of affection or love were the primary motives described. Early life context of offenders was characterized by physical and emotional abuse and a perception of rejection by one or both parents. Conflict in the marital relationship was the most frequently reported difficulty in their current life related to motives to offend. Offenders drew more connections between motives and life context at the time of the offense than they did to past life context. Implications for treatment are discussed. - jiv.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/16/5/459

The Making of a Whore - The relationship between incest and prostitution
DIANA E. H. RUSSELL, Mills College
This article opens with a lengthy personal account of a 23-year-old incest survivor who was interviewed in South Africa in 1991. She defined herself as a "whore" and described how her abusive maternal grandfather had groomed her for this role. The relationship between incest and prostitution in general is documented in the concluding section of this case study; relevant literature on this relationship is cited, and illustrative statements by the survivor are quoted. This case study provides a powerful example of how illusory the "choice" of prostitution as a lifestyle and/or a means of work can be for some incest survivors. - vaw.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/1/1/77

Endogamic incest and the victim-perpetrator model - A. A. Rosenfeld
Traditionally incest has been seen as the aggressive act of a deranged adult perpetrator against a child victim. While this conceptualization is true for some cases of incest, it ignores the family dynamics and the underlying affectional neglect and deprivation that the child has experienced in the home environment. It can lead to interventions such as immediate incarceration of the perpetrator in all cases, which may cause more harm than good; furthermore, it may permit the state to provide no therapeutic services to the child. By using a more realistic conceptualization of prolonged endogamic incest, useful interventions and therapeutic plans can be designed. - archpedi.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/133/4/406

Doubling and Incest/Repetition and Revenge: A Speculative Reading of Faulkner - by John T. Irwin
"Breathtaking.... Makes most other psychological studies of literature and books on Faulkner look as superficial as 'Cliff's Notes.'." -- Sheldon Brivic, Journal of Modern Literature
"Without doubt John Irwin's slim and elegant yet unpretentiously delivered Doubling and Incest/Repetition and Revenge is the best Faulkner criticism we have to date, and probably the best we will have for some time to come." -- Richard King, Salmagundi
"Readers will be tempted to devour this fascinating book at a single sitting." -- Doris L. Eder, Studies in American Fiction
"John Irwin has created a critical work of art. His form is musical, his informing myths are Freudian and Romantic, and his theme is the artist's revenge against time." -- George H. Gilpin, Faulkner Studies
"Truly prophetic.... [Irwin] has finally given us a definitive psychology of Faulknerian time." -- David M. Wyatt, Virginia Quarterly Review
"The most exciting book of criticism on Faulkner to appear in many years.... Displays a subtler and more comprehensive understanding of the Oedipal pattern than is to be found in any previous psychoanalytic criticism of Faulkner's fiction.... Should have profound influence on Faulkner studies in the years to come." -- Karl F. Zender, American Literary Scholarship
"One of the most complex, stimulating, and potentially controversial books in the whole range of Faulkner criticism." -- Joseph Blotner, Michigan Quarterly Review
Product Description
When it was first published, Doubling and Incest/Repetition and Revenge proved to be a seminal work in the psychoanalytic study of Faulkner's fiction, especially of The Sound and the Fury and Absalom, Absalom! This softcover reissue of John Irwin's masterful exposition unwinds the mystery of unconscious desire and doubling that inform the novels.

Incest in Faulkner : a metaphor for the fall / Hall, Constance Hill, 1986.

Incest narratives and the structure of Gower. Donavin, Georgiana. 1993.

A Mother's Nightmare - Incest: A Practical Legal Guide for Parents and Professionals (Interpersonal Violence: The Practice) by John E.B. Myers
Protecting children from child abuse using the legal system can be a complicated and sometimes devastating process for parents. Suspecting sexual abuse, a mother may seek a divorce and custody, or�if already divorced�request withdrawal of visitation rights. However, when unable to prove abuse, she may be labeled "hysterical" and jeopardize her case. A Mother's Nightmare - Incest assists professionals and parents in reducing the likelihood that the legal system will backfire. Easy to read and including step-by-step strategies for success, this manual answers myriad critical questions asked by parents who encounter the possibility of incest, such as: + What happens to a child who experiences abuse? + What do I do if the abuse cannot be established? + How do I find out what my legal options are? + What can I do to keep emotionally balanced? + What will happen in the court system? While alerting readers to the very real dangers that await those who accuse a spouse of child sexual abuse, author John E. B. Myers helps parents and professionals navigate the current court system to work toward attaining victory�and safety. He provides supportive and practical suggestions for documenting evidence and seeking an expert's advice. Myers demystifies the subject of incest and explains the requirements of the court system so that mothers will enter the legal arena prepared. This book is not only for mothers. Health professionals, psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, pastoral counselors, and any other professional working to protect children from abuse will want to read and refer to A Mother's Nightmare - Incest. Likewise, the book is also ideal for academics and students to use in courses that cover child abuse issues.
A Must Read For Families Facing The Betrayal of Incest, June 15, 2001
An excellent "must have" resource for families, practitioners and anyone in the legal community facing the daunting task of child protection after the discovery of incest in families.
John E.B. Myers writing style is straightforward, practical and honest. This "must have" enables the reader to gain a better understanding of today's complex legal system and the critical roles our medical, child protective services, and educational support systems play in protecting our children. Understanding these integrated processes will allow families to best serve and protect the needs of our children to break this devastating cycle. It is a must read for all protectors of children facing the crime of incest. Don't wait, order it and read it today.

Incest narratives and the structure of Gower's Confessio amantis / Donavin, Georgiana. 1993.

The Incest perpetrator : a family member no one wants to treat / Horton, Anne L. 1990.

Incest-related syndromes of adult psychopathology / Kluft, Richard P., 1990.

Incest taboo in modern culture. Twitchell, James B., 1943- 1987.

INCEST THE LAST TABOO (Garland Reference Library of Social Science, V. 143) by Rubin

Incest: Origins of the Taboo
by Jonathan Turner (Author), Alexandra Maryanski (Author)
Throughout history humans have been fascinated with incest. Stories, fables, literature, philosophers, church officials, and scientists have explored this mysterious topic. The taboo is critical to human survival, as incest threatens the species and patterns of human social organization.
Drawing upon the rich legacy of theory, empirical data, and speculation about the origins of the incest taboo, this book develops a new explanation for not only the emergence of the taboo in hominid and human evolutionary history but also for the varying strength of the taboo for the incestuous dyads of the nuclear family, the different rates of incest of these dyads, and the dramatic differences of the psychological pathology of incest on its younger victims. Synthesizing findings from biology, sociobiology, neurology, primatology, clinical psychology, anthropology, and sociology, the authors weave together a scenario of how natural selection initially generated mechanisms of sexual avoidance; and then, as the nuclear family emerged in hominid and human evolution, how sociocultural selection led to the development of the incest taboo.
About the Author
Jonathan Turner, Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Riverside, is the author of Face to Face: Toward a Sociological Theory of Interpersonal Behavior (Stanford University Press).
Alexandra Maryanski, associate professor of sociology at the University of California, Riverside, is co-author of The Social Cage: Human Nature and the Evolution of Society (Stanford University Press).

Incest; the nature and origin of the taboo, Durkheim, Emile, 1963

Incest And Inbreeding Avoidance: A Critique Of Darwinian Social Science (Mellen Studies in Sociology) by Gregory C. Leavitt - Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press (March 21, 2005)

Incest : the story of three women - Cleveland, Dianne, 1986.

Incest: A New Perspective
by Mary Hamer
Review
"Hamer's book plunges into the thicket of our scandals and blindness about incest, to tell us that abuse is the price paid by a society that insists on clear norms of masculinity and femininity. It is not possible to speak of incest, in other words, says Hamer, without addressing the entire social order. And this is what she does, in this clearly written, energetic, and powerful book." Antonia Lant, Department of Cinema Studies, New York University
"A personal journey of significance to us all. This account of the routine withdrawal of tenderness from close relationships will go against the grain of much formal cogitation. But it slides along the grain of an important kind of emotional knowledge. Agree with it or not, the effect is uncanny. Its echoes will reverberate a long time." Marilyn Strathern
"A brave and original book. Mary Hamer's Incest combines autobiography, literary criticism and psychoanalysis to break down embedded formulae about love, masculinity and tenderness." Terri Apter, Newnham College, Cambridge

Rape, Incest, Battery: Women Writing Out the Pain
by Miriam Kalman Harris
Packs a Wallop!, Review
By Ken Ring
Rape, Incest, Battery" by Miriam Kalman Harris is a book of enormous compelling force, and its contents make for riveting reading. The stories Dr. Harris has compiled and edited -- as well as her own introductory materials -- pack a wallop as well as open up a view into a world of domestic trauma and violence against women that many of us know only second-hand. But the personal accounts she's assembled, the poems, letters, etc., really bring us into that world very directly, and I'm sure many of those stories have not only helped those who wrote them but will help and inspire those who read them, particularly women, of course. This is a very important book demonstrating the courage that women can discover in themselves when confronting vicious forms of mistreatment and the heroic actions that they can take, not just in their own defense, but in creating new lives for themselves and their families. Everyone with an interest in this subject -- and not just women -- should read this eye-opener of a book.
-- Kenneth Ring, Ph.D. Author of "Lessons from the Light" and "Heading Toward Omega."

Incest, Work and Women: Understanding the Consequences of Incest on Women's Careers, Work and Dreams
by Lesliebeth Berger
The idea of this book began over ten years ago in response to the heartfelt requests of women incest survivors who asked the author to help them and others understand the consequences of incest on work and career development. After interviewing one hundred incest survivors and one hundred nonsexually abused women, the author offers this study about the aftermath of incest on survivors' struggles with on-the-job problems and long-term career planning. The book is not a statistical and comparative study of the two groups of women. Rather, it presents as a qualitative analysis of the stories that the incest survivors gave about their careers, dreams, fears and work difficulties. The chapters grew naturally from what these women confided and from what researchers, clinicians and incest survivors need to know about the power of incest over work and career development. Topics include the formation of a victimized and traumatized self, the influence of the family, six major work trends, on-the-job difficulties and incest survivors' myths and fears about work, careers and success.

The incest theme in literature and legend : fundamentals of a psychology of literary creation, Rank, Otto, c1992.

Interrogating Incest: Feminism, Foucault and the Law (Sociology of Law and Crime)
by Vikki Bell
Interrogating Incest discusses how feminist theory, informed by the work of Michel Foucault, can create ways of talking about and understanding incest, a topic usually placed under the category of sexual violence and abuse, but otherwise neglected.
In Interrogating Incest, Vikki Bell discusses this issue in the context of sociological and feminist theory and criminal law. By examining incest in the context of Foucauldian theories, she considers how feminist discourse on incest fits into existing ways of talking about sex. Closely surveying the historical background to incest legislation and the theoretical issues involved, Vikki Bell delineates their practical implications to show what uncomfortable questions and important dilemmas are raised by the criminalization of incest.
Review: Interrogating incest- Foucault's contribution and challenge, April 18, 2000
Vikki Bell successfully traces the historical origins of incest according those discourses which claim to know the truth about incest.By utilising a critical Foucauldian framework, she emphasises the shortfalls of feminist theoretical construction in the area, opening new challenges and spaces for further development. Bell utilises discourse analysis to demonstrate how different discourses have contributed to the concept of incest, how these have shaped the criminalisation of incest and how incest is problematised. This is an excellent piece of work where Foucauldian deconstructive techniques are juxtaposed with contemporary feminist thought, raising new dilemmas and challenges.

Victimized Daughters: Incest and the Development of the Female Self
by Janet Liebman Jacobs
In Victimized Daughters Janet Liebman Jacobs offers an important contribution to the understanding of sexual trauma. Drawing on interviews with fifty incest survivors from a range of ethnic, racial and socioeconomic backgrounds, she examines the effects of incest on the personality formation of victimized daughters, particularly the role the incestuous father plays in the process.
Tracing the effects of idealization on the father-daughter relationship, the book explores the empathic attachment between the victim of incest and the perpetrator, especially the daughter's identification with the aggressor. Jacobs elaborates a theory of divided consciousness, which suggests that the daughter internalizes the identity of the powerful father, as well as a representation of the self as powerless victim. Within this framework, Jacobs explores patterns of revictimization and sexual development, placing them within a cultural analysis of sexual exploitation in contemporary society.
Jacobs draws on feminist theories of personality development to explore the relationship between sexual trauma and the construction of the female self. With her focus on the significance of the father for female personality formation, she offers an original contribution to feminist theory.
Jacobs looks at incest in its cultural context of a society were sexual violence and female objectification are prevalent. Illustrating how the abused daughter often takes on the role of the emotional caretaker to the abuser father, Jacobs defines this as an extreme manifestation of the cultural expectation that women be caretakers of men. She concludes with a discussion of the transformation through which the female self is reconstructed and reclaimed.
Unique in its inclusion of survivors from diverse backgrounds and making a new tie between the study of incest and personality development, Victimized Daughters offers an original understanding of the female self within the context of sexual violence. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
About the Author
Janet Liebman Jacobs is Associate Professor of Women's Studies at the University of Colorado, Boulder. She is the author of Divine Disenchantment: Deconverting From New Religions and her work has appeared in the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, SIGNS: Journal of Women, Culture and Society, Sociological Analysis, and Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Review
This searching, groundbreaking work on incest survivors examines the role that abusive fathers take in the formation of the female self. Jacobs provides new insights into mother-blame, empathic connection between victim and perpetrator, identification with the aggressor, and divided consciousness, illustrating points with the voices of survivors interviewed in her study. Utilizing feminist interpretations of Freudian psychology and the self in relation theorists, Jacobs formulates critical new ideas about the distortions that characterize the development of the empathic female self within the context of sexual violence.
–Dana Crowley Jack, author of Silencing the Self: Women and Depression
I highly recommend this remarkable book because it extends and deepens our understanding of the concrete ways in which the traumatic imprint of incest shapes women's experience of their bodies, the dynamics of psychosexual development, destructive patterns of family and social relations, and the construction of gender identities.
–Patricia P. Rieker, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
The benefit and honest contribution of this work is its integration of the developmental perspective and explanation of self-development to the recovery process....The book could be used successfully by self-help groups because of its clarity and organization....Victimized Daughters can inform public discussions of incest and it sets forth a valuable integration of theories that will provide sound footing for the next levels of research, policy, and service development for threatment of incest survivors.

Mothers of Incest Survivors: Another Side of the Story
by Janis Tyler Johnson
From Publishers Weekly
This slim treatise seems more like an outline than a finished project. A professor of sociology and social work at Immaculata College (Immaculata, Pa.), Johnson refutes many generally accepted theories about mothers whose daughters are sexually abused by fathers or stepfathers (i.e., that the mothers are somehow absent, or that they fail to protect their daughters from the abusive fathers). However, as Johnson herself acknowledges, the small size of her sample group--only six mothers--makes it difficult for her to draw any conclusions. Her interviews with these women do bring forward many poignant revelations; for example, one woman admits with embarrassment that she had never heard of incest before it occurred in her own family. Since she has not set out to draw any general conclusions from her research, Johnson is able to paint an individualized portrait of each woman and avoids twisting their stories to fit some theory. Her discussion of the mother-daughter relationship is particularly varied, showing that some of these relationships were extremely close, while some were less than loving, estranged or rivalrous.
Review by Javanne (Maple Valley, WA USA)
An easy-to-read book that draws upon mothers' real stories about incest within their families. The author weaves together the stories of six women and highlights their experiences before and after discovering the incest. The book is somewhat dated as the author carefully explains how these women do not fit the mold of being collusive or powerless within their marital relationships which was the generally accepted model in the late 1970s. The most potent aspect of the writing are each woman's story told in her own words. The common denominator for all the women was the since of betrayal from their partners and how incest shattered the foundation of their lives. The author revisits the women six years after the initial interviews and relates how recovery is possible and even beneficial. As an incest victim, you may find solace, grief, or anger written between the covers of this book. As a mother of an incest victim, you may discover that you are not alone.

Fault Lines: Sexuality, Incest and Catholic Family Culture (Women's Issues Publishing Program)
by Trish Langlois
Publisher: Sumach Press; 1 edition (August 7, 1997)

Behind Closed Doors in White South Africa: Incest Survivors Tell Their Stories
by Diana E. H. Russell (Editor), Jo Campling (Editor)
By Sam Shan (China)
No one can tell what the normal human sexual relations are. We are in a so wierd world where anything might happen. Now people are more tolerant than they were 20 years ago.We have gays, transexual people and many other forms of human sexual or nonsexual behaviors which are recognized by the main stream of the culture.Who knows what the future will hold? Perhaps we may go back to the premitive stage of human life where incest was highly approved of.

Two Sisters and Their Mother: The Anthropology of Incest
by Fran�oise H�ritier (Author), Jeanine Herman (Translator)
The sharing of a sexual partner between relatives has always been taboo. In this stunning work, anthropologist Fran�oise H�ritier charts the incest prohibition throughout history, from the strict decrees of Leviticus to modern civil codes, and finds a secondary type of incest, which she calls the incest of two sisters. The term refers not to incest between two sisters, or between two sisters and their mother, but to a love triangle of sorts in which the transfer of bodily fluids among sexual partners, two of whom are related to each other, creates undeniable bonds. Drawing on her field work in West African societies where the bans against two sisters are particularly stringent and on various cultural practices (such as milk kinship), H�ritier fashions a complex "mechanics of fluids" in which blood, milk, and semen form the basis for kinship and prohibition. The intricate connections among the social, the natural, and the bodily emerge, fully apparent, and kinship studies are seen in a new light, one that illuminates the primacy of the symbolic.

The Incest Perpetrator: A Family Member No One Wants to Treat
by Anne L. Horton (Editor), Barry L. Johnson (Editor), Lynn M. Roundy (Editor), Doran Williams (Editor)
Incest. The word alone evokes images of victimized children, of torn families, and of the perpetrators themselves. But who are these incest perpetrators? What treatment options are available? And who should treat them? Using a direct, practical approach based on an extensive research program, this highly informative volume provides a basic profile of the incest perpetrator, treatment guidelines and referral options, and future implications for research and practice. Experts in criminal justice and clinical treatment join forces with perpetrators to unravel the critical issues of remedial concern, including legal and ethical issues. In addition, they address such critical topics as sexual addiction, adolescent/sibling incest, offender identification, and confidentiality issues. The Incest Perpetrator is essential reading for trained therapists and students of the helping professions--guidance counselors, social workers, marriage and family therapists, pastoral counselors, probation officers, physicians, educators, and nurses. It will also be an important resource for professionals working in mental health, correctional, and self-help treatment facilities. "Because most families still choose to stay together, treatment resources are needed for the whole family, not just for the perpetrator. The book offers models for treatment modalities."

The Woman Inside: A Resource Guide Designed to Lead Women from Incest Victim to Survivor
by Patty Derosier Barnes (Author)

Treating Secondary Victims: Intervention with the Non-offending Mother in the Incest Family
by Virginia C. Strand
This book builds upon a foundation of research literature on incest victims and their families as well as the author’s own clinical experience to provide a conceptual framework for intervention and treatment of the non-offending mother. Amply illustrated with case examples, the author, Virginia C. Strand, outlines a treatment model and gives suggestions for specific treatment strategies. Particular emphasis is paid to the context of the mother’s situation, and how such factors as social class, ethnicity, age, and education must be taken into consideration when treating these clients. In addition, Strand provides helpful guidance to the therapist whose client must deal with the multiplicity of systems that are involved with intervention, investigation, and prosecution of child abuse cases. This book is a much needed guide for therapists, case workers, and other service providers who work with both the children who are incest victims, as well as their families.

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