Incest

         Incest may be defined as sexual intercourse by a man with a woman who is closely related to him by blood, e.g., daughter, mother, sister, grandmother, step-sister, aunt, etc. The range of prohibited degrees of relationship differs from religion to religion and race to race; for example, sexual relationships with cousins are regarded as incest in the Hindu religion but not in Muslims.

CAUSES OF INCEST

• Mental defective person
• Alcoholism
• Drug addiction
• Live in very intimacy
• Socially demoralized
• Perversion- satyriasis, nymphomania
• Accidental- Long time separation, Father’s promiscuity,
• Artificial insemination
• Surrogacy
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MAIN THREE INCEST

• Oedipus Complex- the sexual relationship between mother and son
• Electra Complex- sexual relationship between father and daughter
• Pharaon Complex- sexual relationship between brother and sister

COMPLICATIONS

• Moral turpitude
• Chance of transmission of hereditary diseases
• Generic degradation
• Social stigmata for the children