after watching a movie series of “ american style taboo" I must ask that how much this taboo thing exist in families?
having sex or sexual feelings for family members... even I read a couple of news in Google where mother or son has been jailed after founding sexual relations between them.
sometimes I think that these are the few true cases which have been came to known. but in reality how much this is spread without knowing (m not talking about only mom //son , it could be any family members)

My QUESTION is that as a human body behavior or biologically (not mythically or religions)... how far it's good//bad//reasonable//thoughtful//anything else ?

Ms Harmony, your comments disturb me.

Josh Duggar Records Destroyed By Arkansas Police At Judge's Request
The Huffington Post|By Hilary Hanson Posted:05/23/2015

A 2006 police report, which was obtained by In Touch before its destruction, indicates that family patriarch Jim Bob Duggar knew as early as 2002 that Josh Duggar -- who was 14 at the time -- was accused of sexually abusing an underage girl. The teen was ultimately accused of inappropriately touching five underage girls, some of whom were his sisters, between 2002 and 2003.

Police did not find out about the allegations until 2006, when they were tipped off to a letter discussing the incidents, the AP reports. A family friend had lent another person a book, and the letter was stuck inside.

The police report obtained by In Touch indicates Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar told police in 2006 that they had disciplined their son themselves.

The couple allegedly said that they sent Josh Duggar to a “Christian program” that “consisted of physical hard work and counseling.” Michelle Duggar later admitted that they actually just sent him to live with a family friend to help with a home remodeling business, according to In Touch.

the problem I have with the whole story is this

" inappropriately touching five underage girls"

what does that consist of for a boy entering puberty? is it actual penetration,, that would be one extreme

or is it curious fondling or touching,,,which would be far less of an awful or hard to understand action for a boy entering puberty living within that large of an isolated community

I would love to actually hear what the girls involved have to say and find it odd that at no time do any of these narratives include their complaints or recollection of events,,,,or that they ever even made any

Hmmm...perhaps you might have taken the time to read the other posts that provided what 'JOSH' admitted to by his own words: "4 of my sisters" since this has been just a huge big cover up and even Sainted Oprah never blew the whistle on it --- where/what/to whom were those 4 siblings supposed to go speak to? Circa 2002 - 2003??? After all...these incestuous events are the 'DARK FAMILY SECRETS' that the OP was asking about; even Americans don't like discussing these events and yet the 'Faith Based Communities' are often some of the most abused females among our society!

MsHarmony stated >>>
and since it could be anything from touching or fondling to something more extreme (rarely do I hear sexual activity described merely as 'inappropriate touching')

LOL...polite wording for a perpetrator that wasn't/didn't have charges filed against him: ie his title would have been 'Pedophile/Child Molester'...but if you ever worked with the court system for CPS you'd be aware of these things.

I think you all misread.

I don't personally 'do' homosexual or incestuous relationships.

I don't personally believe either type of relationship is natural or right or healthy.


I am only expressing how taboos change using homosexuality as an example and all the phases of its acceptance(same body parts vs same family members, and heightened risk of hiv passed along vs heightened risk of genetic deformity passed on )

as an example of what may someday happen to the taboo perception of ADULT incest.

Comparing Adult Homosexual behavior to Perverts who hurt children is like comparing oranges to rotten apples. One crime is based on permission of two consenting adults the other on assault of a defenseless child. But perverts using the arguments that we will one day use children and it will be accepted is something I do not think normal people will ever agree with even if a minority of people do it.

MsHarmony stated >>>
I think you all misread.
I don't personally 'do' homosexual or incestuous relationships.

I don't personally believe either type of relationship is natural or right or healthy.

I am only expressing how taboos change using homosexuality as an example and all the phases of its acceptance(same body parts vs same family members, and heightened risk of hiv passed along vs heightened risk of genetic deformity passed on )

as an example of what may someday happen to the taboo perception of ADULT incest.

PacificStar stated >>>
Comparing Adult Homosexual behavior to Perverts who hurt children is like comparing oranges to rotten apples. One crime is based on permission of two consenting adults the other on assault of a defenseless child. But perverts using the arguments that we will one day use children and it will be accepted is something I do not think normal people will ever agree with even if a minority of people do it.

taboos exist for a reason

it was once taboo to have homosexual relationship,, it was once explained as a lifestyle with high risk of passing on std

but with the education of safe sex, that reason became quieted and the 'taboo' was lifted to leave 'consenting adults' to determine their own relations and be protected and accomodated

I suspect, the taboo of incest, at least consenting adult incest will follow that same precedent... the concern about genetic deformity can also be diminished by focusing on the option for safe sex. If passing on disease is minimalized via safe sex, certainly passing on a child is too.

and , not only that, but with science turning nature on its head (manipulated the anatomy to appear something other than the natural born gender and using hormones to manipulate the body)

I also have no doubt science will find the way to have screenings to determine whether a child will have these genetic markers so women can LEGALLY abort.

and voila,, no more reason to object to 'consenting adults' deciding they want to be together


,,,,taboos change over time, but taboo is no longer pc, and one day there will be taboo against treating anyones choice as taboo..lol

Ms Harmony, your comments disturb me.

You are not the only one.

But people who justify what they do with psycho-babble usually scare me.