Monday, February 4, 2008

incest

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the incidents and the characters mentioned here are purely fictional. Any resemblance to dead or living is unintentional and purely coincidental.

incestDefinitions of incest on the Web:

Nonforcible sexual intercourse between persons who are related to each other within the degrees wherein marriage is prohibited by law.
www.cup.edu/administration/publicsafety/index.jsp

(in·cest) (in´sest) [L. incestus impure] sexual intercourse or other sexual activity between persons so closely related that marriage between them is legally or culturally prohibited.
www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_hl_dorlands.jspzQzpgzEzzSzppdocszSzuszSzcommonzSzdorlandszSzdorlandzSzdmd_i_05zPzhtm

Offences committed under the Incest Act, 1567. This could be construed as sexual intercourse with ascendants up to great-grandparents and descendants down to great-grandchildren, with brothers or sisters, nephews or nieces, aunts or uncles, and adoptive or former adoptive parents and children. ...
www.nas.gov.uk/guides/legalTerms.asp

is child sexual abuse by a person the child perceives as a member of the family.
www.sarsonline.org/defhelp_definitions.php

From the Latin, "incestus" or unchaste, refers to sexual activity between two people of close kinship, typically by reason of marriage or adoption. As a group incest offenders are extremely heterogenous. ...
www.forensicexaminers.com/terminology.html

Sexual activity between members of the same family. Incestuous relationships may or may not be consensual and lead to the same emotional and psychological problems as in child sexual abuse. See CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE
www.ifsha.org/glossary.htm

any type of exploitive sexual contact between relatives in which the victim is under eighteen years of age
highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072487747/student_view0/glossary.html

Sexual behavior between two persons who are closely related genetically.


ok...so tht ws the technical definition of the word...bt actly it wud go wayyyyyyyyyy beyond tht...wudnt it ?? n its actly somethng very commonly experienced by a grl these days in all modern households...rich...poor...middle class...its lke sme kinda blood thirsty "Hawass ke Pujari" closing in on a grl frm all sides...reaching out n grabbing at wteva part they can get hold of...kinda like the story of "The Hungry Wolf" n Red Riding Hood...(nw this wud arouse questions in ur mind....has she/ hasn't she...undergone a similar experience kinda..hmm...well i m nt bout to answer tht 1 though...)

so...coming bak to the trauma part...hw it really really kills you n threatens to destroy ur very existence in ur own world...n the worst part...tht its a family member doing so...u read The Times of India, or any other daily...hw many cases do u read every morning...of a girl being raped by their own family... ?? ( in some instances...by their own father(s) )...so...lookin at it frm this far...who is more modern?? the villager sheela who reportd against her relative ?? or the city grl Dia...who is afraid of the entire episode...undergoes the same treatment everyday n still has no courage to stand up for herslf...!!

the basic fear tht wud stop Dia from reporting such acts by her own uncle wud be tht no1 wud beleiv her n everybdy will thnk tht she is a Liar...n labelled so...for the rest of her life...n tht it might create problems for her in her future married life...so the easy way out wud be to tolerate it...n get thru wid it...no matter hw badly it is affecting her psychology...n the Wolf ws exactly waiting for this very attitude...coz now he can have his fill...widout nybdy realizing tht he is killing the sheep...everyday...(or wteva) ...just try n put urself in her place...n imagine ( minus the Jab We Met effect)...the trauma of a grl...barly old enuff to handle her own body...is being manhandled...continuously...ruthlessly...by one n all...wts the difference between her and the Municipality Trash Bin ?? r all the grls jst a Trash Bin for all Men ??????????? is it really ?? ( n this is a serious question i m askin)...ny guy she talks to ...whoever she becums friendly wid...goes out n blabs to his frnd... "ye ladki to mere peeche peeche ghoomti hai...peeche padi hai mere.." is it ??? javed akhtar once wrote "a girl(woman/female...wteva) is virtually raped by all Men..." is it ?? is it true for her very own brothers?? whom she ties the so called "pavitra " rakhi...every raksha bandhan...n jisko woh har Bhai Dooj pe tilak lagate hai ??? the fact tht we trust our own family members is being exploited ?? the fact tht we share the same blood?? who the Bloody HELL gave you... n i mean ...you...(whoeva is reading this post) the right to exploit the trust we put on you ?? ittne hi zada horny ho rae they...toh jaake apni ma ke paass kyu nai baithtey...jisne tumhe paida kiya hai...doodh pilaya hai...wahi sab cheezei dusri ladkiyon pe toh bada Sexually Arouse kar deti hai na ?? then go n hav a look at ur own "mum"...u bloody asshole...she is a female...n she has everythng that the grl across the street has...the very same one you pass comments at...
problem pata hai kya hai ??? jab Dia chup ho jati hai...uski chuppi ko "Yes" smjha jata hai...very very conveniently...or agar darr jaye..toh aur daraya jata hai...apni bwi ko chod ke uske unkl uske unkl aayenge Dia se milne...to satiate his pervert desires...n Dia chup chap...darri sab kuch tolerate karti hai...

n so the sickening Wheel of Perverts and Sexually Hungry unkls...brothers...cuzns...fathers (in certain cases:o ) goes on n on...n it wont definitly stop until Dia finds the courage...to stand up for herslf...she will be questioned...not beleived at...initially...bt not froeva...coz there wud atleast be 1 among those who question who wud kno of the thng to be prevalent n wud realize her own self in Dia...

P.S. : i definitly need sme answers...wud b glad of all the help...n dont ask irrelevant questions like "y u wrote this 1"...n "has it...happnd to u??" ...the fact is...i have sme questions here for all those who indulge in sch practices and those who don't as well...i hav this sudden urge to look into their sick psychic minds...of wt exactly do guys really really think...

27 comments:

Homer Simpson! said...

hey u know what!
I have had friends amongst girls who are just crazy for sex n stuff. Can do anything for having sex with anyone everyone someone. Its all about the way you carry yourself and all about u need to draw the line for people well before they try to act smartass-ish!
Ny only problem with your blog is that just never ever generalize things in such a way! Guys...in that there comes a lot of sensible people...right? Its as good as categorizing all muslims terrorists. They arent..there are just few of em who create nuisance!

I surely expect a reply back from ya! I mean with an explanation..
can reply me at www.cherryantacids.blogspot.com

cheers!

Net Esportes said...

For me it is a matter of respecting the other person above all

Me said...

Incest or any kind of forced sex is wrong, because forced sex is violence.
But what if the girl and boy in a close relation are in love?
as recently, last year there was a case of Incest in france, where the girl and boy married and had two daughters too.
But the fact was, they didn't knew at start that they were brothers and sisters.
They fell in love first and then came to know that they were brothers and sisters. (as in childhood, they were separated because of divorce in their parents).

Many times in india love-relations and marriages are cursed and punished between same gotra etc...thats also wrong.

I don't think Incest is wrong. What wrong is Forced sex.
Any kind of force, or violence and aggression against girls consent is simply crime and must be opposed.

Anonymous said...

whatever u told is right...even my friend faced this problem not with a family member but with a so called family friend ''uncle''...i hate those uncles who says ''beta,beta'' with a smile on their faces and lust on their minds...one should stand against this and should report it to punish those men ....but as you said they just remain silent ...even my gf said 'jaane de abhi kyon humgama machane ka ..abhi to woh yaha nahi ata aur maine warn bhi kiya..'' But those hungry ass holes will go somewhere else with their smiling fuckin faces...my gf didnt become a victim but as he was not punished and she didnt reported ...he got a chance to fulfill his pervert desires somewhere else ..cant say may be within his family...All i want to say is dont tolerate any kind of abuse and immediately report it to anyone whom we can trust upon...
and thanks to you as atleast you started something against this inhuman abuse.

Setu said...

These people are psychological damaged people.. and sadly the damage spreads from the victimizer to the victim.. it's a disease and needs to be looked into more carefully..

Anonymous said...

I completely pity dia. Incest is one of a kind dirty crime stemming outta messed up minds and brutally animal instincts. These r completely messed up paedophiles. I feel sorry abt ma mind dats unable 2 converge at a gud solution.

aninda said...

Hey .... First Thanks for the comment on my art work ... hope you liked them ... n 2nd oh my god was the first reaction when i saw the topic in your blog ... but well u have handled the topic so well maam it was intrsting to read most of ur posts havent gone thru all ..but the way u have expressed your feeling n emotions ...had a great read ..added ur blog as my fav keep up the good work ... thanks again

pearlie s said...

hey thre...thnx ya...for the response...i actly forgot tht i had moderated my comments...i ws sooooo furious y no1 ws commenting...lolz...nywyz...cumin bk...
@preneat - don't pity Dia...coz she is not up for exhibition...she will b sm1 smwhere around u...exploited...harassed...wt u need to do is help her out of it...make her beleiv in herslf n to b confidnt enuff to stnd up for herslf...
@stranger,setu - yep...thts a kind of problm tht decays the mind n soul...n we need to stnd up n help...
@me - yep...u're rite...i ws actly talkin bout forcible sex...in incest...coz thts very very prevalent in today's households...everywhre...i also read the piece u mentioned...i m completely wid u on those topics...if they were not aware of those facts...or even if they wre n they fall in luv...thn tht's totally a diffnt issue...i ws talkin of the thng wherein the blood relations are used by certain ppl for their own twisted designs...
@homer - well...m nt talkin bout grls who r willing...n i kno tht thre r gud guys...bt are they really...thre ws 1 guy in my class...thot to b simpleton...evn an idiot by sme...but he ws not exactly tht...a regular viewer of porn...alcoholic...n he ws the 1 who said tht u cannot trust on ny guy...the one u tlk to for a mint strts makin fun of u behind ur bak...n stuff...i hv frnds whom i cn trust...i hav brothers whom i cant trust...dunno wt to do...!!

Homer Simpson! said...

im totally confused about what ur tryna say in that comment addressed to me!
You will do great if you can explain a bit more clearly!
cheers!

abhaymittal said...

quite unusual..i never came across something like this before...well put up!

Surendran said...

i got what u r telling.. let us see if what i m telling makes some sense....

man is promiscuous by nature and not many can deny this fact (not with respect to siblings alone but generally anybody of the opposite sex). But this nature can be easily overcome if one has the proper atmosphere to grow and has imbibed the right values failing which there is a possibility for this animal instinct to come out.

As a matter of fact, i feel, the whole internet, television media thrives on this promiscuous nature else what is the need for skimpy models to introduce a car or something else........

The problem pertains to the individual but the circumstances which leads to it warrants a blame to the society on large...
well thats my view i aint sure how correct that can be.. wats ur say ?

pandian chelliah said...

let me be honest when i say that u r confused between incest and filial/ or whatever form of sexual harrassment. but ofcourse i understand what u say. and u have conveyed it in very clear legible terms. so to the question u asked, i will try to answer like a guy, rather than trying to be onjective. because i think u want to understnd the problem more clearly.
man is an animal. and thats the ultimate truth. he has the hunger to satisfy his sexual self. when i say hunger, i mean the same hunger, as we talk for food. without food as man is driven towards the extreme, for just a piece of bread, similarly, he is driven towrds satisfaction of self.
the relations, whatever u can think about are all unnatural. the only tangible form of any love or relation is sex. a brother holding a sister's hand, a father hugging a daughter, a child sucking mother's breast. all these are sexual. and everybody is sexually attracted to every other person.
now, how is it possible to tone down this hunger to manageable level. too difficult. societal pressure can help, but is rarely sufficent.
whew, it is already long enough and i dont know, if i write any longer, i would post the same in a blog....so i leave here....hope u got ur answer...

anonymousT said...

one thing is clear.... being sexist invites a lot of comments... and hits as well.. hehehe....

both of us on the same boat xcept for the gender....
I hope u have looked in2 this already...
http://week.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/theWeekContent.do?contentType=EDITORIAL§ionName=COVER%20STORY&programId=1073755753&BV_ID=@@@&contentId=3522188

to try and blame a single gender is all crap and rubbish and we both have to accept it( in the recent past I have seen the women r opening up very well and got good visibility for such issues )!!!

CRD said...

read ur topic. I empathise with the person who has gone thru such trauma, but i also think that person should not wallow in self-pity, but stand up and speak out. what the hell is she waiting for? the worlddoesntoweu a thing, its UR life and U should be taking care of URSELF. she doesnt seem to be a kid anymore, so its time to speak up. saying that she has to make sure she doesnt have problems in married life in future is wrong, coz tht wud be selfish and cheating both herself and her future partner. why be hesitant in doing something like fight for urself, when thats the right thing??

also, i think u were being too harsh on males. uve made really sweeping statements, that all males are dirty lecherous creatures. watching porn doesnt necessarily make a man an evil being, sex is natural. Its just that a human needs to know when its appropriate, and when its wrong. only humans have tht ability to discriminate between right and wrong. saying that only men are lustful is being blind to reality, coz there are women who're like tht too.

always remember this...evil doesnt have a gender. plz stop being general. i understand that dia has been thru torment at the hands of males, and tht is why she hates the ppl who belong to the gender of her tormentors, but think about this...arent there females out there who torment their own kind? females who sell their daughters to be prostitutes? females who kidnaps kid girls and make them beg or have sex with strangers. evil can be done by both male and female. evil is not general.


keep writing.
chris
www.crissdude.blogspot.com
hope u approve my comment so that even the male side of the argument is presented.

Aashika said...

"..so...lookin at it frm this far...who is more modern?? the villager sheela who reportd against her relative ?? or the city grl Dia...who is afraid of the entire episode...undergoes the same treatment everyday n still has no courage to stand up for herslf...!!"
i think even the village sheela and the city girl Dia both suffer the same trauma and fear of hiding this atrocity deep somewhr within them...both prefer not to report..the reasons are clear...they fear being abandoned by the society ...they fear the pity ppl around them will show and die thinking of the disgust they will have to face for something they are not even responsible for....modernity is not in reprting a rape case ....modernity is in living with a head held high even after suffering injustice and fighting against it....women have been exploited by men at all times...her area of habitation does not deter men from this heinous act of rape....and neither does it undeter women to speak up...i remeber the case of a woman who reported rape in her village in an ngo in jaipur...she got the compensation and the man is behind bars for 4years...but the end result has been that she has been abandoned by the village..her husband is not allowed to work in the village and children havent got a seat in the school...she is courageuos and still living in the same village but still regrets complaining coz her whole family is suffering...if we are talking about change then what should be changed should be the outlook of the society...no women likes to been exploited but she dies each day suffocated by the strings of the society attached to her..its a vicious circle....i am too still looking for answers and solutions...can women ever be free??

the world as i see it... said...

A very good initiative...in this direction for everybody thinks about it or experience it at one or the other walks of life...
A very nice blog i must say....
baaki main tujhse detail main discuss kar hi chuki hoon...so finally i must say...VERY GOOD hehehe

pearlie s said...

well...m honoured and humbled...and enlightened n confused...irritated n answered as well...

i reallly appreciate all those ppl who hav commented n discussd the topic further...coz i said...it helps me get a bttr unnerstanding of the whole scenario...i havn't been able to reply earlier coz of sme net problms...

nywyz...
@homer.. well i ws jst sayin tht well yea...i shudn't hav generalized...bt well it ws my perspective...i m a girl...n i saw it like tht...i ws hearing of n reading about a lot of sch incidents tht time...n ws kinda really really disillusioned...it ws like..."wt the HEll is ur problm..??" towards guy...it seemed like all guys look for in a grl is her body..."ASSETS" if u call it...it ws killing for me to realize tht wteva happens wid a grl...is assumed to b her own responsibility...
nywyz...i hav realized..."taali ek haath se nai bajti"...its kinda evry1's fault...as in the problem cannot b solved without an effort frm both...Men as well as Women...as others such as CRD hav pointed out...women themselves also indulge in sch attrocisms...n force other grls in2 the same trade...n the simple reason given mostly is ....they're in nedd n stuff....while...their own choice is definitly their own...they do nt havn y right to force nybdy else to follow their "pathway"...

@tarakeshwar...well i ws definitly not trying to b a Sexist consciously...it ws a really distrbing thot for me...which i needed to spit out...the way it ws in my mind...n m i glad tht i did!!

@suren and philosopher...thanx a ton for the enlightening words... bt i dnt thnk evry touch of a male on a female is an indication of his lust n "Hunger" as philosopher mentioned...n THANK GOD...it isnt !!

@aashika... i never said tht ny1 need go public with their problms...jst tht to intimate it to there own family so tht care is taken of sch incidnts to not occur...n tke certain preventive measure as well... (:P)...

the question is not of gttng modern...the question is "is the control over ur own physican needs and pervert desires sooooo very impossible to the extent of ur becuming a Law breaker...as well as a brutal murderer of humanity..?? "
....n anothr question is (:P) "y do you not thnk of it...b4 trying to satiate on ur own sisters and aughetrs ????? " tht means thn tht the famous hindi muvi dialogue "kuttey kameeney...teri ghar mei ma behen nai hai kya??? " is of no value these days... (or has this been an older practice...

n whie i dnt mean tht the Men shud satiate their desires on other ...out-of-family grls...i jst mean to say that...a female is not even safe within her own home...with her own family ??????????

Y???

Aashika said...

yes ...ur rite !! a woman is not even secure with her own family...coz men will be men..they think they are a superior sex and can dominate and so they do....and the respect they have for a woman is the same....whther she s his sister or mother or a stranger...the so called sexual desire in a man is sometime so strong that he doesnt mind even his own sister...tolerance is a virtue which only women have by nature..so who becomes the superior sex...the answer is obvious...
chck my blog..www.thepinkpower.blogspot.com
i am not a feminist but ya my blog name also suggest the power of pink , the power of a woman!!

Unknown said...

this is a very interesting topic u brought up, however i would jus like to add i personally believe this is a topic that the general public at large is not qualified to comment knowledgeably about.

this belief of mine, stems from the conviction that this problem, where it exists, is one of a psychological nature and not one that can be classified as a social problem. In other words, (or in layman terms,) it's a mental problem and not a social problem. because of this i believe, society at large cannot act to tackle this problem in any effective way.


what can instead be achieved maybe, is more emphasis on reasearch into the root causes behind such problems.

however, in this case it should also be noted that, preaching more discussion in society on the issue might also achieve the negative affect of excessive social awareness amongst the dogmatic leading to social intolerance.
this might be dodgy in the context that it is a psychological problem which should be diagnosed & treated,....... & not lynched!

-this is a principle fundamental to all medical fields & stems from the belief that upon encountering a medical disorder, you cure the disease, & not kill the diseased"!


hence, i believe more discussion and research on the topic should take place and be encouraged, but only among those who endeavour to previously read up & learn on the topic first.
(in other words, amongst the professionals.those who are qualified to debate the topic.)
(.....not on a blog accessible to all & sundry!)

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Anonymous said...

writing in such an agressive manner shows the kind of feelings u must have generated for males ..well we must not forget few things..1. its a male dominated society 2. females r considered to be a back bone of family by setisfying her husband,feeding her kids , nd doing regular activities..for family..in india (including my family) females r still narrow minded nd they wish to get commanded by their husbands, their brothers nd ofcourse..by their boy frnd..no matter where u stay..how much english u speak...but the association between a male nd females r still same( as per me) if we talk of frm relatons...nd the issue u raised...seems to be the true reality of the society in wich we flurish our lyfe..i myself had 2-3 experience on tht...but generally speaking..we used to ignore alll such issues..nd thts wat is always advisable...if u wish to change anythig...fuckin system end up changing u...well a modern gal will prefer to go to NGO..after tht..or to any women activatist..but she forgets their functioning ability...nd in many cases..regret for getting popularise..in modern way nd in case u r a village gal..then u will definately go to Police or other people who will prove u wrong....so ultimately female loses...nd she will til she disowner the dominance of male..for which she is only required to change..rite?....though the governance model is changing..25% woman reservation nd all..but its indirectly increasing the power of male only..sorry but its a system...nd plz..accept tht its a system...M happy to read such views...

Anonymous said...

writing in such an agressive manner shows the kind of feelings u must have generated for males ..well we must not forget few things..1. its a male dominated society 2. females r considered to be a back bone of family by setisfying her husband,feeding her kids , nd doing regular activities..for family..in india (including my family) females r still narrow minded nd they wish to get commanded by their husbands, their brothers nd ofcourse..by their boy frnd..no matter where u stay..how much english u speak...but the association between a male nd females r still same( as per me) if we talk of frm relatons...nd the issue u raised...seems to be the true reality of the society in wich we flurish our lyfe..i myself had 2-3 experience on tht...but generally speaking..we used to ignore alll such issues..nd thts wat is always advisable...if u wish to change anythig...fuckin system end up changing u...well a modern gal will prefer to go to NGO..after tht..or to any women activatist..but she forgets their functioning ability...nd in many cases..regret for getting popularise..in modern way nd in case u r a village gal..then u will definately go to Police or other people who will prove u wrong....so ultimately female loses...nd she will til she disowner the dominance of male..for which she is only required to change..rite?....though the governance model is changing..25% woman reservation nd all..but its indirectly increasing the power of male only..sorry but its a system...nd plz..accept tht its a system...M happy to read such views...

simon said...

the anger in u is manifested by regular happening of such incidents..and sad part is what we get to know is just the tip of iceberg. but again, i agree with homer; not to generalise things. things like these happen with young boys too.its a reality if you dnt knw. but i guess the aim of ur blog is not to accuse but to find the way ahead. these things are so sensitive that sometime even when the family knows it, they try to hide it. i guess help lines and anonynous forum are one way out.and yes people who are caught should be given a punishment thats gonna serve a warning to all( i say a video on net of cutting off the penis of a guy who raped!) i guess that will be a good lesson.. but good try, keep up the social issues in the blog coming up.

Unknown said...

hey hii i m sry i was just goin through yr orcut prf. n then i read yr blog
after reading all that i was compelled to reply abt. yr views nw look whatever u have written is right n nobody supports these kind of things father daughter relation is very pavitra type n who the hell can think abt. sex in this kind of relation
abt. boys whatever u have writtn is wrong there r many guys who just think abt sex but not everyone
n these few guys really sucks
i would like to conclude that atleast look at the +ive side as well whatever happened to that girl was really shameful bt u cant do anything abt it can u??

Vivek said...

hey sonya....your views are quite pure and innocent....comparable to a child's views of any person who gives him/her shit...

no doubt that the matter ignites you up...it'll do the same to any sane and sensuous person...however I still want to give you a word... it's called 'trust'....think of our lives without this fulcrum of all human inter-personal relations....

a few heartless bast**** can't just blow away the feeling of trust from our lives...

i won't comment on the mentality of boys, in particular. In general, however, the human mentality is the most unpredictable one in the world...still wonder...it is also the race wherein the feeling of trust is most evident...

for your question put to those bast****...just think if they were so answerable and could have answered their own souls...they wouldn't have committed such heinous crimes....how can they answer you....

the presented views on the post are a result of me being a human..and are in accordance with the knowledge/understanding i gained through the process called life...

I have an altogether different perspective when it come to being scientific and more practical....but i can't share it on an open blog....most of us can't digest it..."we go by the books" :)

DreAmer said...

well u wrote something that happens in our society,happens more in poor countries where sex is not easily available,but its not a justification for the people who rape their own known victims.it sucks
the tone of ur writing was a bit harsh as if everyone is indulged in it,but thats not the case,,not everyone is a sex devil.
mostly incest happens in muslim households,as i knw most muslim girls i talked to have said that they were gagged by their own cousins,as in muslim world u can marry ur cousins.
who ever undergoes this trauma is devastated for the rest of her life,and u have exploredonly one side of the coin,wat about small boys who are sexually exploited by their close ones,i believe boys are more traumatised by this coz they can even speak if they want like the girls coz they fear of becoming a laughing stock.