Word: incestousness
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This story fascinated Harrison for years before she tracked down Billy (still in prison) and Jody (now a successful businesswoman) and interviewed them. Billy's quasi-incestuous interest in his sister echoes an episode of incest in Harrison's life. "I find [their story] has a forbidden, sexual charge," she writes. "Because love, murder and running away together do imply sex. They do suggest an illicit erotic fixation." There's something very creepy about her interest in the Gilley murders that is difficult for the reader to make peace with--she is not just a clarifying, interpreting narrator; she also...
...their husbands spend their days stooped over the Torah, make up 10% of Israel's population and a third of Jerusalem's, and consider themselves defenders of a core morality in Jewish society. But that moral authority has come under scrutiny since evidence began to emerge in March of incest, rape and child abuse in four different ultra-orthodox enclaves around the country...
...sister was frantically seeking police intervention to stop the woman from thrashing her children with a rolling pin. Neighbors say she allegedly left her kids tied for hours to a garden tree. After her arrest, one of her children, now an adult, told police that his mother had encouraged incest among her offspring when they were younger...
...slow and painful for Elisabeth and her children. The Austrian teenager Natascha Kampusch, who was held hostage for eight years, has said her own traumatic experience and suffering would stay with her for the rest of her life. The Fritzl family, in addition, has the huge burden of incest to deal with. Experts suggest that Felix, the youngest, may have the best chances of living a normal life. Kepplinger said the boy was a "very affectionate, bright child," who sticks close to his mother's side. The family is being given legal advice about the possibility of changing identities...
...first is the movement towards considering everything in scientific terms. For example, incest is viewed as “bad” not because of a moral reason but because of the biological disadvantages caused by inbreeding. Old arguments based on values have been replaced by arguments over data. Groups ranging from the environmentalist movement to the pro-life movement use scientific research to justify their worldviews. In today’s world, it isn’t enough to simply logically disagree, but rather one must negate or at least undermine the opposition science’s authority...