Word: incest
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...Active redefinition can open the doors to further redefinition, as marriage is an institution arbitrarily defined by society. This does not imply that those who advocate legalizing same-sex marriage must favor legalizing incest and polyamory. “Open the doors” does not mean “approve,” “encourage,” or “support.” Nor does it in any way legitimize pedophilia and bestiality (as many conservative commentators have attempted to claim), for the stipulation of mutual consent is supported by near-universal consensus. However...
...fact, the same arguments that many proffer in favor of same-sex marriage can also justify incest. If marriage ought to be redefined as a union of two consenting, loving individuals in which reproduction is not a factor, then what reason is there to prevent two siblings or cousins from marrying? Reproduction cannot be a stipulation for marriage, as that would bar infertile couples from wedding. But then what stipulation would prohibit incest? The answer, of course, is incest’s status as a taboo...
When the uninitiated hear the words “Kirkland” and “Formal” in the same sentence, they usually raise their eyebrows in feigned comprehension and manufactured skepticism and say something like, “Oh, Kirkland has that incest thing, right?” It’s a classic case of fearing what one does not understand, a defense mechanism against that troubling desire to be rid of one’s society-imposed reservations and find out what goes on in that darkened JCR every December...
12ish – You can take the Incest Fest out of the Kirklander, but you can’t take the Kirklander out of the Incest Fest. Trust me, that makes a lot of sense to FlyBy right now. Anyway, the open bar is doing its work as people are making out and becoming more liberal with their dance moves...
...Pity” remains true to the spirit of Ford’s original work. The play does not shy away from hard-hitting topics such as incestuous love affairs, adultery, and domestic violence. Yet it also seeks to portray these subjects realistically. “I read the incest as a metaphor for the things that are taboo in our own society, such as gay marriage and homosexuality in general,” Benowitz says. “Any kind of alternative lifestyle that people don’t understand, people demonize to such a degree when there...