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Originally Posted by Slade xTekno
Agreed. I also understand how it can be hard for most Americans to understand the concept of incest. To be simple, it's tradtion for some.
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I guess it must be something like that. I can understand why people are disgusted by pure incest, but what I don't understand is how come even the
suggestion of it (like Onegai Twins), or the slightest
hint of it (like Da Capo), can totally taint some people's opinions of a show.
That's what I don't get.
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Originally Posted by Neon01
It's difficult for me to even watch shows like Onegai Twins because of the whole premise.
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This is what I'm most curious about, because I simply don't understand at all. In Onegai Twins, for example, I thought it was kind of cute; it's not as if anything happened. Even in Da Capo, I was a bit surprised, but not freaked out in the slightest of the way thing turned out. I guess it just makes me wonder if I'm "missing" something that I wasn't freaked out in the slightest...
Oh well, as you say, Slade xTekno, it must just be "tradition" or something like that. Something that got so deeply engrained into one's consciousness over multiple generations, or something. I wonder how much of it has to do with family tradition, and how much of it has to do with personality of the individual... Hmm...
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Originally Posted by Yebyosh
Socially, incest is frowned upon because of the conception of sexual predatorship. The family is supposed to be the safest social unit you are supposed to have. To be 'preyed' upon sexually would be a betrayal of that trust, affecting the family as the basic unit of society. Therefore, most cultures have put incest as a no-no.
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That is a very interesting point... I can certainly see the wrong in the abuse of trust, definitely... perhaps it was because of this problem that society became overly protective and came to regard all romantic relationships between extended family as "always wrong". It's sort of a pendulum effect - to negate one problem, you end up going a bit farther than you need the other way.
If we look in the animes that we are talking about (Onegai Twins, Da Capo, etc.), what you see has no "predatorship" at all. So, is it just the "weird" factor that is the root of the problem now, or does this "pendulum" effect still cloud our clear judgement (causes some to feel uneasy, when logically there is no reason to)?
Anyways, sorry - I'm just fascinated by psychology, and this is an interesting topic because it reveals a lot about our beliefs and values, and how different cultural opinions intersect (or don't).