Incest is sexual intercourse between close relatives (parents and children, sisters and brothers).

As modern Russian statistics reveals 9 out of 10 victims (at the age from 10 to 15 years) of so-called "domestic violence" hide the fact that they are subjected to criminal violation from own fathers, brothers, grandfathers and other relatives.

Myth: incest is seduction of children by parents. All other cases are not incest.

Truth: Sex with father or mother takes only 4-th place in list of relative sexual intercourses. The most wide-spread variant of incest is sex between sister and brother. The second place is incest between stepfather and stepdaughter, the third - relationships between grandparents and grandchildren. Usually the cause of incest between brother and sister is a common interest to opposite gender while sexual growing-up. Their sexual games usually carry investigative character, without aim to get satisfied. But those games can grow into real sexual practices.

Myth: the cause of incest is sexual dissatisfaction.

Truth: Freud considered the motive of incest is an attempt to overcome fear of death. Everyone consciously or subconsciously search for conformation that life exists after death. Human uses any opportunity to leave step on earth. The most common method is birth of a child. Sexual relationships with child are another form of subconscious thirst for immorality expression.

Myth: incest is sexual intercourse.

Truth: Elements of incest can be revealed in necessity of father to walk in front of child in pants demonstrating size of their male dignity. Or mother starts almost to choke daughter or sun in embraces. Some parents continue to wash their children at the age when they are already mature. Beating buttocks with belt as a punishment is also element of incest. The nature of incest is impossibility to overcome dependence between parents and children.
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