Talk:Shiro/@comment-25546787-20151121025637/@comment-122.61.72.55-20151126115735

1) it... does, actually. Incest is when people with close familial relation have a sexual relationship. While the specific types of relation vary widely and illogically depending on which country you're talking about, blood is generally considered to be the most important factor. But aside from common opinion, the most compelling argument against incest is the fact that similar genes increase the likelihood of having genetically inferior offspring- which isn't remotely a problem if the couple aren't actually genetically related at all. 2) you're right, I wouldn't be willing to date any of my step-siblings. This is because one is a boy (who I don't like very much), one I /really/ dislike, and the other two I've never met and are both under the age of 12. Not really spouse material. Hypothetically, though, I would have no problem dating a step-sibling if they were an appropriate age and I actually liked them. Why wouldn't you? 3) you do actually have a point which you (accidentally, I'm guessing) made by commenting on them being raised together, which involves the Westermarck effect. This is the phenomenon where if people are raised together (or just spend large amounts of time together) between the time when they are born and about age six, they almost never become sexually interested in one another. This has nothing to do with blood relation, but it probably exists to prevent siblings from being inclined to reproduce, as that would not be beneficial to the gene pool. So, since Sora and Shiro have been together since Shiro was 3, it's likely that they wouldn't develop a sexual interest in one another, or rather Shiro wouldn't. Sora was TEN, practically on the verge of developing sexual attraction full stop, so I'm not making any assumptions about him. Not really a solid thing about Shiro either though, since a) she actually remembers most of her life before they met, which might have an effect, I've really no idea, and b) honestly, their relationship is quite unique and also fictional so let's not go too far into the technicality of it which the author probably never thought or cared about. 4) there are several countries in which marriage between consenting adults is legal regardless of familial relation, such as the Netherlands ^_^ 5) yeah it's true that SoraxShiro is paedophilia. Tiny bit creepy to have a relationship with an 11 year old... 6) I like to think I'm a well-adjusted, reasonable individual. However, there's no reason you can't be too, so what's your reasoning for incest being creepy and sickening? I'm curious because I did a research paper on this but I never managed to find a good reason for it to be so abhorred. I didn't get to talk to anyone as emphatic as you though, so I'm going to imitate Jibril here and desire your information. Or anyone's, if they want to help out?