This latest trend is just a natural progression in our society’s relationship with porn, according to Paul Wright, Ph.D. of the Media School at Indiana University.
“As types of pornography that were less common in the past—for example violence, this or that fetish—become more and more common and easily accessible, consumers get bored by them and need the extremity and deviance upped a notch to once again become aroused and excited,” says Wright. “Few sexual acts are more extreme or deviant than incest.”
Lonnie Barbach, a doctor of clinical psychology who has written numerous books on sexuality and female sexuality in particular, echoes Wright’s sentiment.
“Pornography keeps pushing the boundaries—it’s been doing that for a number of decades, to now where it’s gotten to incest,” she said. “Sex has alway been about the forbidden, and here it’s just about as forbidden as you can get.”
Did we influence porn or did porn influence us?
Does porn reflect our innate desires or influence what we desire in the first place? It’s a complicated question, and one that we now have to apply to incest porn. Think of it like a pornographic “chicken or the egg” scenario.
There are many things we like to watch that we would never want to do in our personal lives,” she said. “I think that’s what is positive about the adult industry: We give you an outlet to channel these feelings in a safe environment.”
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