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While the idea of accidentally hooking up with one's cousin is quite disturbing, it's a real possibility when you live in a place like Iceland that only has 300,000 people to choose from. That's why there's a new website called Íslendingabók, aka the Book of Icelanders. It sounds like a cooler version of Facebook, but it's actually a genealogy registry that keeps track of a whopping 1,200 years worth of people and tells you if you're related to someone. It sounds like a must-check before any first date—because the only thing worse than dating your cousin is having to dump your cousin. Oh, the site can also tell you if you're related to any celebrities, which basically means it can tell you if you're related to Bjork, since she's pretty much the only famous Icelander. More »
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Yesterday, Rick Perry announced that he'd had a change of heart about what women should be allowed to do with their bodies, and now fully supports the bit of the Personhood USA pledge that says, "abortion and the innocent killing of life should always be prohibited." Today he clarified that he does find abortion acceptable when the procedure is medically necessary to save a woman's life. (Actually, Perry just said "that's correct," when asked if that's the only instance in which he'd allow the procedure.) Rape and incest victims will still be stuck with the consequences of their non-consensual actions in the very unlikely event that Perry is elected president. More »
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We've been repeatedly horrified over the years by incidents similar to the case of Joseph Fritzl, the Austrian man convicted of holding his daughter captive for many years while he sexually abused her. However, "Adolf B," the man dubbed the "German Fritzl" by the media, has managed to add a disgusting new twist to the tale by arguing in court that his daughter consented to their 34-year sexual relationship, which she says started when she was 12. To make matters worse, a court just sided with Adolph B and sentenced him to less than three years in prison. More »
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If you're looking for a good prank to play on a high school student, the possibilities are really endless. Just fill their locker with glitter, convince them the SATs were yesterday, or copy whatever's the last thing Brad Pitt did to George Clooney. However, since it seems this wasn't made clear enough, we have to issue the following warning: Do not trick them into making out with their parents in front of the whole school. When pranking students you always want to shoot for something that's semi-embarrassing, but not humiliating enough that they'll end up in a therapist's office. More »
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Civilians who work for the government are able to use their government-funded insurance to pay for abortion if they're victims of rape or incest, but not our female servicemembers. And now, thanks to frustrating inaction from the Senate yesterday, the unbelievably stupid restriction on abortion for military victims of rape continues apace. Sorry, ladies. You should have tried not being so rapeable if you didn't want to have a baby. More »
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A lingerie line's new ad campaign features a mom and daughter lounging together in their underwear. The pictures are certainly weird, but do they really suggest incest? More »
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Today an 80-year-old man was arrested in Austria for allegedly keeping his two mentally disabled daughters trapped in their home and physically and sexually abusing them for decades. The case is horrifying in its own right, but it's getting even more press because it's reminiscent to the Josef Fritzl case. More »
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The man who is liquidating the estate of Josef Fritzl, the Austrian father who impregnated his daughter and kept her and her children prisoners in his basement, says he's going to fill the basement with concrete so that no one can go in there ever again. Meanwhile, Fritzl is serving a life sentence in prison. More »
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Recently The Steve Wilkos show (what, you haven't heard of it?) aired a two-part story about a father and his 18-year-old daughter who had been estranged during the girl's childhood but reconnected through MySpace when the daughter, Britney, became an adult. They struck up a romantic relationship and are now calling themselves boyfriend and girlfriend. More »
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Speaking broadly, the population of the state of Indiana is made up of two types of people: people who are straight and people who are not straight. Right now both of them are being threatened by Indiana's state legislative body. More »
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Oy vey. A 48-year-old German man has been charged 350 counts of sexual abuse — including molesting his daughter from the age of 12, fathering 7 children by his stepdaughter, abusing his stepson, and prostituting out the two girls to other men. The kicker? If convicted, he faces, at most, 15 years in prison. More »
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Here's one problem with a Kindle: Amazon can just make your stuff disappear. And they've now decided they want to yank one woman's incest-themed erotica, among other books. Is Flowers In The Attic next? Or the Bible? More »
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The case of a Columbia professor's alleged affair with his adult daughter has people questioning laws of consent, culpability...and the incest taboo. More »
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Columbia professor David Epstein was arrested Wednesday for having a sexual relationship with his daughter. The two apparently carried on an affair for three years. More »
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The Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Registry (SAFER) Act would allocate some $10 million to targeting the rape kit backlog which, in the words of RAINN president Scott Berkowitz, is "a crazy situation." And that's why RAINN is lobbying for it. More »
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Antoine Dodson has been accused of "turning rape into a joke," and before his viral video fame, he survived sexual abuse and homophobic bullying. But he's not letting any of it get him down, he told me recently. More »
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Meredith Maran accused her father of molesting her, but now she says it never happened. Her story is disturbing for real survivors, but she says it could also help them. More »
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An Ohio man faces charges of imprisoning one child and raping another. Jeffrey York allegedly kept his large family isolated and dressed them in "19th century clothing." With notable understatement, an investigator says, "They weren't like a traditional family." More »
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In this clip from Regis & Kelly, Regis says his grandson french kissed him, but that's not really the creepy part — he goes on to insist Kelly's kids are carrying on an incestuous love affair. More »
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The "New Jersey Fritzl," who fathered six children with his daughters, is reportedly Aswad Ayinde, award-winning director of the Fugees' "Killing Me Softly." A few years after the video's release, he was an actual fugitive from justice. [NYDN] More »
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In a horrific case sure to be compared to that of Josef Fritzl, a New Jersey man is accused of raping his five daughters and fathering six children, while evading detection by a child welfare agency. More »
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The German chapter of PETA wants to remove Knut's nuts! The animal rights group warns that if Knut is allowed to mate with his live-in cousin Gianna, he could threaten the gene pool and risk "incest depression." [Sydney Morning Herald] More »
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On last night's penultimate episode of the season, Adaleen discovered JJ's fertility secret, Barb implied that the women of Utah are depressed drug addicts, and Bill continued to prove that his logic on polygamy is flawed and sexist. More »
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On last night's Joy Behar Show, actress and memoirist Mackenzie Phillips took back her earlier assertion that the sexual relationship she had with her father John Phillips was "consensual." More »
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In the 1980s, Dr. Kirk Maxey fathered, by his count, some 400 children. Now he wants to see better regulation of sperm donation. Hypocritical? Maybe, but he might also be onto something. More »
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Toyota pulled the winning entry in an online ad competition following complaints about its "incestuous overtones." The innuendo-filled clip shows a father speaking with his daughter's date, who assures him he will "have her on her back by eleven." [News.au.com] More »
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Not everybody is disturbed by Mackenzie Phillips's revelation that she had "consensual" sex with her father. Some claim that they experience a phenomenon called "genetic sexual attraction" — and that their incestuous relationships are totally okay. More »
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Though some are questioning Mackenzie Phillips' motivation for revealing her incestuous "relationship", including her stepmothers, Good Morning America reports it's having a positive effect: Calls to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network's hotline jumped 26%. Clip at left. More »
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Mackenzie Phillips was on Oprah today to discuss the giant bomb she drops in her memoir High on Arrival: namely, that she had a "consensual" sexual relationship with her father John Phillips of the Mamas & the Papas. More »
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Mackenzie Phillips, in an episode of Oprah airing later today, claims that she and her father, John Phillips of the Mamas and the Papas, had a "consensual" sexual relationship while she was a teen. Is that even possible? More »
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Drawing comparisons to Josef Fritzl (pictured), an Australian man fathered four children with his daughter, allegedly raping her almost daily for 30 years. His wife, who lived with them, said she was unaware of any abuse. [Irish Times] More »
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• A man from Australia has been named the "Aussie Fritzl" after police discovered that he raped his daughter repeatedly over the course of 30 years and fathered four children with her. More »
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From the WTF Files: a Michigan woman has been accused of having sex with her teenage son, whom she gave up for adoption ten years ago. The two reportedly reunited online and "their incestuous relationship began." [UPI] More »
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It's time for another installment of Pot Psychology, the biweekly "advice" column in which we attempt to solve everyone's problems with an herbal remedy. More »
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The Vatican issued a "clarification" to comments by Monsignor Rino Fisichella that Brazilian Archbishop Jose Cardoso Sobrinho should have tried some compassion in the case of the 9-year-old rape victim who had an abortion. In short: Fuck compassion. [Time] More »
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Elisabeth Fritzl, whose father abused and imprisoned her for 24 years, is supposedly in love with the bodyguard assigned to protect her and her six children. Whether true or not, it's disturbing to see Fritzl become tabloid fodder with anonymous sources commenting on her love life. [Daily Mail] More »
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A disturbing post from a British forum called Female First is making the rounds of the blogosphere - about a mother who gives her 19-year-old son's penis regular "massage therapy" to straighten out its shape. More »
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Josef Fritzl was sentenced yesterday to life in prison, which he will serve in a psychiatric facility. However, due to a loophole, he could be released in 14 years. More »
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In court today, the defense said Josef Fritzl, the Austrian man accused of imprisoning his daughter for 24 years, raping her, and fathering her seven children, was "not a monster." His daughter's testimony said otherwise. More »
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Josef Fritzl, the 74-year-old Austrian man who kept his daughter in a cellar for 24 years and fathered 7 children with her, has pled guilty to incest but denies murdering his infant son. More »
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