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If your problem with incest in fiction is that “it’s illegal”–
no it’s not.
In the states of New Jersey and Rhode Island, incest between adults is legal. However, neither state permits marriage. In New Jersey, each person involved in the relationship must be at least 18 years old. In Rhode Island, the age of consent is 16 years old.
If I were a 16 year old character in Rhode Island it would be perfectly legal for me fictionally have sex with my fictional dad.
The same would be true if I were a real person and not a character.
Wild, huh?
And that’s just about the United States. There are a lot of European and South American countries where incest isn’t illegal.
Heck, I live in a country where incest isn’t illegal. Here in Brazil, the only law that mentions this topic says that siblings can’t marry each other. Literally the only mention.
Source: Legality of Incest – Wikipedia
Here incest is legal *and* the age of consent is 14, 13 between minors-
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