Sibling sex is probably more common than most people think but as it's usually considered taboo it isn't something many would openly admit to.

Nov 30, 2024 — INCEST refers to sexual activity between close family members, such as siblings, parents and children, or grandparents and grandchildren.

by D Finkelhor · 1980 · Cited by 382 — 15% of the females and 10% of the males reported some type of sexual experience involving a sibling. Fondling and touching of the genital

Incest is sex between close relatives, for example a brother, sister, or parent. This typically includes any kind of sexual activity between people in ...

TIL 10-15% of people surveyed had sexual contact with a sibling, 75% was deemed not exploitative. As published in Archives of Sexual Behavior.

Jan 11, 2020 — Family psychologists typically recommend against romantic or sexual relationships between even step siblings because of what it can do to family ...

Most child sexual abuse takes place within the family home. The most common form of child sexual abuse within families is thought to involve child siblings.

Nov 10, 2025 — Parents and professionals often overreact or underreact to apparent sibling sexual behavior. Learning to identify harmful dynamics is key to ...

Oct 29, 2015 — We asked several people with siblings whether they talk to those siblings about sex and dating. Here are their (horrified) replies.

As long as they are of age and consent to sex, it should be okay. Sex between two consenting sibling adults should be legal as sex with two non- ...

Supporting professionals to improve their understanding of the nature and consequences of sibling sexual behaviour and abuse.

Feb 15, 2007 — Evolutionary psychologists claim humans evolved a detector for avoiding sex with close kin. By David Biello

by D Finkelhor · 1980 · Cited by 382 — 15% of the females and 10% of the males reported some type of sexual experience involving a sibling. Fondling and touching of the genital

by ME Wagner · 1996 · Cited by 6 — In summary, cross-sex siblings are generally more stressed, anxious, and neurotic, particularly the older boy with the younger sister. Howeve

Aug 23, 2007 — If you are a doctor, I think it is your ethical duty to inform them of their blood relations. But yes, the couple should be allowed to choose whether to ...

Much incestuous behavior between siblings is actually sexually abusive: the older child has more strength, more authority, and more experience.

by KM Babchishin · 2024 · Cited by 3 — For this study, sibling incest was defined as any sexual behaviour between siblings (passionate kissing, touching sexual organs, masturba

by S Montgomery · 2018 · Cited by 4 — The aim was to investigate whether older siblings are associated with development of stress resilience in adolescence and if there are dif

When we grow up, siblings feature prominently in sex, violence and the construction of gender differences but they are absent from our theories. This book ...

Sibblings who have sex with each other IS incest and will always be. Just as fathers having sex with daughters,mothers having sex with sons, IS incest and can ...