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{{For|the book by Anaïs Nin|Incest: From a Journal of Love}} {{For|the book by Anaïs Nin|Incest: From a Journal of Love}}
<!-- NOTE: Incest is a term relative to a culture. If the relationship between two people is not illegal or unacceptable in that culture, then it is not incest. Do not alter the lead of this article to say it's "sometimes" illegal or taboo, because this is implied already by the wording of the first paragraph. --> <!-- NOTE: Incest is a term relative to a culture. If the relationship between two people is not illegal or unacceptable in that culture, then it is pophiyiopieties consider it to include only those who live in the same ], or who belong to the same ] or ]; other societies consider it to include "blood relatives"; other societies further include those related by ] or ].<ref>''Elementary Structures Of Kinship,'' by Claude Lévi-Strauss. (tr.1971).</ref>
'''Incest''' is any ] between close ]s (often within the immediate family) irrespective of the ages of the participants and irrespective of ], that is illegal, socially ] or contrary to a religious norm. The type of sexual activity and the nature of the relationship between persons that constitutes a breach of law or social taboo vary with culture and jurisdiction. Some societies consider it to include only those who live in the same ], or who belong to the same ] or ]; other societies consider it to include "blood relatives"; other societies further include those related by ] or ].<ref>''Elementary Structures Of Kinship,'' by Claude Lévi-Strauss. (tr.1971).</ref>


According to some studies,<ref name=Herman>{{cite book | last=Herman | first=Judith | title=Father-Daughter Incest | publisher=Harvard University Press | date =1981 | location= Cambridge, Massachusetts |pages=282 | isbn=0-674-29506-4}}</ref> the most frequently reported type of incest is father-daughter incest. However, others studies<ref>Goldman, R., & Goldman, J. (1988). The prevalence and nature of child sexual abuse in Australia. Australian Journal of Sex, Marriage and Family, 9(2), 94-106.</ref><ref>Finkelhor, D. (1979). Sexually victimised children. New York: Free Press.</ref><ref>Rayment-McHugh, Sue and Ian Nesbit. 2003. . Paper presented at the Child Sexual Abuse: Justice Response or Alternative Resolution Conference According to some studies,<ref name=Herman>{{cite book | last=Herman | first=Judith | title=Father-Daughter Incest | publisher=Harvard University Press | date =1981 | location= Cambridge, Massachusetts |pages=282 | isbn=0-674-29506-4}}</ref> the most frequently reported type of incest is father-daughter incest. However, others studies<ref>Goldman, R., & Goldman, J. (1988). The prevalence and nature of child sexual abuse in Australia. Australian Journal of Sex, Marriage and Family, 9(2), 94-106.</ref><ref>Finkelhor, D. (1979). Sexually victimised children. New York: Free Press.</ref><ref>Rayment-McHugh, Sue and Ian Nesbit. 2003. . Paper presented at the Child Sexual Abuse: Justice Response or Alternative Resolution Conference

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For the book by Anaïs Nin, see Incest: From a Journal of Love.
  • Leavitt, G. C. (1990) "Sociobiological explanations of incest avoidance: A critical claim of evidential claims", American Anthropologist, 92: 971-993.
  • Potter, David Morris (2007). Emperors of Rome. Englewood Cliffs, N.J: Quercus. ISBN 1-84724-166-2.

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