Father-daughter Incest Research Articles

The Misrepresentation of Father-Daughter Incest in Neo-Victorianism on Screen: Misogynistic and Victim-Blaming Understandings of Gendered Violence in Penny Dreadful (2014-2016)

Incest has traditionally been regarded as the universal taboo, despite its convoluted and changeable nature from period to period –both in the social and legal arenas (Tate 2013). As a result, incest has proven to be a fascinating topic for authors across history, particularly in the case of Victorian and neo-Victorian Gothic fiction. We can find copious examples of incestuous relationships in (neo-)Victorian literature and culture, whose representation aims 1) to question idealised conceptualisations of the nuclear family, 2) to denounce sexual and domestic violence against women and 3) to cater to the audience’s morbid fascination for these forbidden relationships (Llewellyn 2010; Cox 2014). Penny Dreadful is a neo-Victorian TV series that exploits incest to seemingly denounce patriarchal and sexual violence. However, as I show in this article, the (mis)representation of its female protagonists, Lily and Vanessa –as a misandrist woman and a femme fatale, respectively–, might mislead the audience into victim blaming them for their own downfalls, rather than acknowledge their status as survivors of gender-based violence. Therefore, in spite of the series’ apparent feminist drive, Penny Dreadful ends up reproducing patriarchal ideologies that blame and silence the victim and side with the perpetrator.

Challenges of Father-daughter Incest Survivors: Taboo, Coping and Survival

Challenges of Father-daughter Incest Survivors: Taboo, Coping and Survival

Calculation of Likelihood Ratios for Incest Cases Using IBD Patterns.

To calculate the likelihood ratios of incest cases using identity by descent (IBD) patterns. The unique IBD pattern was formed by denoting the alleles from the members in a pedigree with a same digital. The probability of each IBD pattern was obtained by multiplying the prior probability by the frequency of non-IBD alleles. The pedigree likelihoods of incest cases under different hypotheses were obtained by summing all IBD pattern probabilities, and the likelihood ratio(LR) was calculated by comparing the likelihoods of different pedigrees. The IBD patterns and the formulae of calculating LR for father-daughter incest and brother-sister incest were obtained. The calculations of LR for incest cases were illustrated based on IBD patterns.

Survived and Punished: Incest Victims' Treatment in Progressive-Era Chicago

This article examines Progressive reformers' treatment of incest victims in Illinois, which was one of three states in the early 1900s that considered fatherdaughter incest a crime analogous to rape. Despite their legal status as victims, abused girls were nonetheless viewed by reformers as morally and mentally deficient. I explore the vexed relationship between Illinois's criminal justice and child protection systems, where girls removed from abusive homes were classified as either "delinquent" or "feebleminded" and subsequently institutionalized despite being victims of crime. I argue that incest victims were the ground upon which the patriarchal family ideal was contested, mapped, and ultimately reinscribed by reformers, upon whom victims depended for help.

Viewing Time Measures of Sexual Interest and Sexual Offending Propensity: An Online Survey of Fathers

Relative viewing times (VTs)—time required to view and evaluate sexually salient images—discriminate individuals with a sexual interest in children, as indirectly indexed by their history of sexual offending against children, from those without such history. In an online sample of 652 fathers, we measured VTs and sexual attraction ratings to child and adult images. We assessed participants’ sexual offending history and propensity (self-reported likelihood to have a sexual contact with a child, a non-consensual sexual contact with an adult, and propensity toward father–daughter incest). In contrast with VT studies involving clinical or forensic samples, VTs and attraction ratings failed to discriminate participants with a sexual offending history. VTs successfully distinguished participants with a propensity to sexually offend against children but failed to identify those with a propensity toward incest. Conversely, attraction ratings distinguished participants with a propensity toward incest but failed to identify those with a propensity to sexually offend against children. Correlations between VTs and attraction ratings were small. Results illustrate, for the first time, the distribution of VT measures in community fathers, support the feasibility of online administration of VT tasks to detect propensity to sexually offend against children, and indicate that sexual interest in children and incest propensity are distinct.

Woman at Point Zero and Uncle Vampire: A cross-cultural investigation of father-daughter incest in the light of feminist psychoanalysis

This article aims at presenting a cross-cultural examination of uncle-niece incest through the theoretical scope of feminist psychoanalysis in literary studies. The paper is thus centered on two novels: Woman at Point Zero (1975) by Nawal El Saadawi and Uncle Vampire (1993) by Cynthia Grant. The main contribution in this article is to highlight the cultural differences found in eastern and western literary studies in relation to escaping or ending incest. The cultural differences are addressed in relation to parental assistance and institutional assistance. The article is thus structured around the exploration of two main research questions: ‘What is the role of parents in helping a victim of uncle-niece incest to end her abusive experience?’ and ‘what is the role of official institutions in assisting a victim of uncle-niece incest to terminate her abusive experience?’. A central concern to the researcher in this article is to voice the victims’ ‘particular’ struggle and efforts to escape the incestuous relationship in which she is trapped.

Genetic Analysis of Father-Daughter Incest Using Multifaceted STR Markers and Study of Inheritance Pattern of Alleles

Background: Two cases involving father-daughter incest, a rare report in the Indian population, have been analyzed in the current study. STR markers on both autosomal and sex chromosomes were employed to expound the cases. Objective: The objective of this study is to confirm the identity of the fetus as a product of father-- daughter incest and to study the inheritance pattern of alleles in such cases. Methods: Autosomal, X, and Y chromosomal analyses were performed to confirm the identity of the fetus. Statistical analyses were carried out to strengthen the evidentiary value of the obtained results. Results: In both cases, the aborted fetus was found to be the product of an incestuous father-daughter relationship. The probability of paternity as well as maternity was found to be >99.9999% in both cases. Analysis of other paternity and forensic parameters also substantiated the inclusion of the alleged individuals. Father-daughter incest had a tremendous effect on the genome as evidenced from the dramatical decrease in unrelated alleles between father/child [16.66% (Case 1), 20% (Case 2)] and mother/child [26.66% (Case 1), 21.66% (Case 2)]. Genetic evidence also suggested an increased biallelic match i.e., 26.66% (Case 1) and 33.33% (Case 2) between mother and fetus, which are at par/ above the normal siblings’ values i.e., 26.66%. Conclusion: A significant increase in the percentage of homozygous alleles (53.33% in both cases) was observed in the product of father-daughter incest. Both daughters share the same X chromosome from the father, which also suggested the case to be of father-daughter incest. Similarly, the same Y-STR profile between the male fetus and alleged father confirmed the correct pattern of inheritance of the Y chromosome in this case.

Prevalence, Theoretical Framework and South African Legislative Measures on Child Sexual Abuse and Incest

Background
 Child sexual abuse and incest are the worst crimes and offences against children and the vulnerable in the society. These have continued to plague South African communities and a major social issue for social workers. The study drew from previous findings on psycho-social effects of father-daughter incest which was conducted in fulfilment of a Masters studies. As well as how it affected the offender and the family.
 Objectives and Purpose of the study
 The study attempted to understand how incest manifest within and across nations, how the family is affected and what role it plays in an incestuous relationship as well the sanctioning of such social abomination. Social Work intervention is also scrutinize particularly in support of the family.
 Methods
 The study emanates from a Masters research undertaken where qualitative approach was utilized to determine psycho social effects of incest. This piece of work looked at the prevalence and nature of incest, theoretical framework in respect of incest as well as South African punitive measures on child sexual abuse and incest. These were discussed as themes with subthemes.

Reclaiming the body and restoring a bodily self in drama therapy: A case study of sensory-focused Trauma-Centred Developmental Transformations for survivors of father–daughter incest

Survivors of father–daughter incest often suffer from complex trauma and sensory insensitivity, making it difficult to decipher the sensations in the body and experience body ownership, self-location and agency. This case study illustrates how sensory focused, Trauma-Centred Developmental Transformations can help restore or develop a bodily self, desensitize fear-based schemas, revise deeply buried beliefs and extend repertoire.

“Incest, Blood, Shame. Are They Not Enough to Make One Feel Sinful?”: Miltonic Figurations of Incest and Disobedience in Philip Roth's <em>American Pastoral</em>

This article considers, as its starting point, Roth's indebtedness in American Pastoral (1997) to John Milton's Paradise Lost. In particular, this article is concerned with representations of incest in both texts. Drawing on Milton's cosmology, Roth in American Pastoral situates father-daughter incest as the primary scene of destruction. Further, this essay considers the strange positing of incest in Zuckerman's fictional account of the Swede and the foundational status incest is accorded in the problem of undoing the pastoral. Narratively foundational, incest in this novel is for Roth, as it is for Milton, chronologically inseparable from the failures of the liberal state; that is, incest becomes a metonym for the paradise lost.

O processo de individuação feminino no conto de fada “Pele de asno”

Este artigo tem o objetivo de abordar o processo de individuação feminino por meio da análise do conto de fada “Pele de asno”. O conto narra as estratégias usadas por uma princesa para fugir do incesto, revelado pelo pedido de casamento que lhe foi feito pelo rei, seu pai. Na perspectiva da psicologia analítica junguiana, a narrativa trata de evitar uma simbiose que impossibilitaria o desenvolvimento psíquico das personagens, em especial o da princesa. A escolha desse conto, que é arquetípico, justifica-se por ele auxiliar na compreensão do processo de individuação de mulheres que sofrem controle e/ ou coerção por parte de pais, irmãos e companheiros e por ele ser uma ferramenta que possibilita o acesso ao inconsciente. A relevância dessa pesquisa está no fato de abordar simbolicamente o desenvolvimento psíquico feminino tendo como pano de fundo a evitação do incesto pai-filha.

Psycho-Social Effects of Father–Daughter Incest: Views of South African Social Workers

ABSTRACTFather–daughter incest (FDI) is one of the most prohibited sexual acts and is increasingly becoming a widespread problem in South Africa. Specifically, the study explored factors contributing to incest, how incidences of incest become known, different ways that incest affects the offender, the victim and the family as well as how professionals intervene in incest cases. The literature was reviewed to fully understand incest within the Western and African context, the relationship of father-daughter in the incest act, what influences the occurrence of father–daughter incest and what measures are taken to intervene in father–daughter incest cases. A qualitative approach was used in this study and focused on exploring the psychosocial effects of incest on the victims and the offender as well as the family’s perspectives affected by such experiences. Systems theory, psychoanalytic and trauma theory formed the theoretical framework of this study.

Father-daughter incest: Comparison of treated cases to untreated control subjects

Treatment of father daughter incest (FDI) survivors using the victim advocacy/child welfare approach to FDI that predominates today in the US has never been compared to results in untreated control subjects in any published report. In the present study, thirty-two survivors of FDI who received treatment based on the victim advocacy/child welfare approach to FDI were compared to 32 control subjects who did not receive treatment. No significant differences were found using analysis of variance on 21 scales and subscales. Statistical analysis of the data from all 64 of the FDI survivors showed that items reflecting a poor self-image and a history of maternal depression predicted more problematic scores on the depression scale. Those who scored higher on religiosity were less likely to be depressed. Redesigned therapy for FDI aimed, first and foremost, at healing the survivors and validated by prospective randomized trials is needed.

“...to poison and corrupt her soul”: Shelley’s Poetic Designs of Incest in The Cenci

This paper examines Percy Bysshe Shelley’s designs of the father-daughter incest in his tragedy The Cenci. It proposes that Shelley’s deviation from his historical source, concerning Count Cenci’s atrocities and Beatrice’s characterizations, insinuates the idea of incest as the embodiment of a dark poetics that features identity annihilation and assimilation.

Father-Daughter Incest: Effects, Risk-Factors, and a Proposal for a New Parent-Based Approach to Prevention

ABSTRACTA comparison of 74 victims of father-daughter incest (FDI) to 355 controls who were victims of child-sexual abuse (CSA) by an adult male other than their father identified multiple significant differences between the two groups attributable to effects unique to FDI. For example, FDI victims had more problematic scores on the depression scale, and they preferred to have partner sex less frequently than the victims of CSA-AM. Problematic relationships between parents, higher family-tolerated father-daughter nudity, and a new partner in the home all increased the likelihood of FDI. Hypersexual and risky sexual behaviors increased the likelihood of endorsing being sexually addicted.

Some Epidemiological Characteristics of Perpetrators and Victims of Incest in Contemporary Ghana: Analysis of Media Reports

ABSTRACTIn Ghana, incest is considered sinful, taboo, and illegal. However, recent media reports show that incest has become a daily reality in Ghana. This study is a situational analysis of the pattern of incest in Ghana as reported in the media from January 2008 through July 2015. Qualitative content analysis was conducted on 48 incest news reports in Ghana. The findings showed that father–daughter incest was most frequent across the study period. Forty-seven females aged 3 to 25 years and a male aged 3 years were identified as victims. Generally, the incest lasted between 1 day and 13 years before disclosure. Perpetrators employed psychological and/or physical methods to coerce their victims. Marital difficulties, diabolical control, and seduction by victim featured prominently as alleged motives behind the abuse. The study observes that the recent increase in father–daughter incest warrants an immediate shift of research attention onto men’s mental health in Ghana.

Sleepwalking after father-daughter incest: a forensic case

Incest is defined as sexual relations between close blood relatives. Many psychiatric disorders may occur after incest in children, but sleepwalking due to sexual abuse is a rare condition. Sleepwalking, a type of parasomnias, is characterized by sudden motor movements that occur during the first third of the night. Sleepwalkers may get up and walk around during sleep and they cannot usually remember the episodes in the morning. In this paper, an eight-year-old girl developed sleepwalking after being sexually abused by her father has been discussed.

A Case Report on Management of Father Daughter Incest with Schizophrenia.

Incest is a neglected and hidden public health problem. This case is about a patient who was victim of sexual abuse, suffered from schizophrenia and abused his biological daughter. He was physically and sexually abused by seniors and classmates, developed paranoid delusion and auditory hallucination. During the course of the illness, he was hospitalized several times as a case of schizophrenia and sexual dysfunction was his main concern. The patient's illness followed a waxing and waning course. He took medication on on-and-off basis. He abused his biological daughter sexually at the later stage of the illness. Ultimately, the patient attempted suicide after an indecent sexual act with another relative and he was admitted to the hospital. He was treated with risperidone that was titrated to 10 mg per day. After continuing the medication for 2 years he regained a functioning life and remained stable with medication. This case shows the importance of exploring the sexual behavior of the patients and sharing the experience may help in the treatment of schizophrenia patients with incest.

Evaluation of incest cases of Turkey in terms of DNA profiling difficulties

We scanned suspicious 1200 paternity cases and 650 sexual abuse victims in Council of Forensic Medicine of Turkey between 2011 and 2014 and detected 50 incest cases and evaluated the forensic and genetic data of incest cases for source of DNA evidence, gender, age, SES (Socioeconomic status) and geographic location of victim, abusive person, extent of incest, pregnancy from incest and date of gestation termination and also aimed to discuss some DNA profiling difficulties.We detected incest from DNA evidences of curettage material (34%; Chorionic Villi (12%) and fetal tissue (22%)), alive baby after pregnancy (28%), sperm in vaginal swab (10%), sperm in anal swab (2%), sperm on clothing (24%) and in one case both sperm on clothing and in vaginal swab (2%). It was found that the most common incestuous relationship was elder-brother-sister incest (34%) and the second most common relationship was father-daughter incest (28%). The rarest incest was mother-son incest with only one reported case (2%). Forty-three victims (86%) were younger than 18 years old and 7 victims (14%) were older than 18 years old. Thirty-eight cases described full sexual intercourse and 31 of them culminated in pregnancy and 14 of them gave birth at the end of pregnancy.We had paternity rejection problem 3 (10%) of 31 incest cases between tested genetically related alleged fathers. Totally 20 STR loci did not discriminate the alleged fathers in two cases and we treated this problem increasing the number of STR loci and finally got the discrimination.In one case we detected same triallelic variant pattern at the same D3S1358 STR locus in both tested parents but child had not got STR variant; had only two alleles at this loci. We then evaluated the peak height values of STR variant alleles of tested persons and concluded a tetra-allelic baby without any STR incompatibility of 15 STR loci.Finally, forensic experts should aware of some DNA profiling difficulties while analyzing paternity incest cases due to increasing intra familial allelic share. We suggested that first try increasing the number of compared STR loci and secondly use alternative genetic markers and also be careful while evaluating triallelic STR variants.

Fatherhood and its Representations in Middle English Texts by Rachel E. Moss (review)

rachel e. moss, Fatherhood and its Representations in Middle English Texts. Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK and Rochester, NY: Boydell and Brewer, 2012. Pp. ix, 224. isbn: 9781-84384-358-0. $99.For the medieval period 'fatherhood' is an essential concept. Acknowledging that much has been written about patriarchy in the medieval world-its silent acceptance of such phrases as 'God the father,' the king as 'father to his people,' a priest as 'father to his congregation,' along with the preoccupation of its land owners and mercantile class with social position, inheritance, virginity, father-daughter incest, patricide, the role of paternal permission in marriage making, didactic literature on father- son relationships, etc., Rachel Moss' superbly thought-through book on fatherhood addresses 'an odd critical lacuna' in medieval gender studies, namely, the exact role and nature of what 'fatherhood' means to the socially privileged. Medievalists have been 'interested in the products and process of patriarchy, but they have very rarely been concerned with the lynchpin of the system, the father himself' (7). Moss' book fills admirably this gap in gender analysis through its juxtaposing of romance fiction with non-literary historical discourse.The term 'texts' in Moss' title refers to Middle English romances (particularly, Bevis of Hampton, Le Bone Florence of Rome, Chevelere Assigne, Emare, Guy of Warwick, Havelok the Dane, Lybeaus Desconus, Octavian, Sir Degare, Sir Eglamour of Artois, Sir Gowther, The Squire of Low Degree, and Torrent of Portyngale), but also to historical documents, particularly the Armburgh Papers on the Brokholes inheritance in Warwickshire, Hertfordshire, and Essex (c. 1417-c.1453), the Cely Letters (1472-1488), the Paston Letters (c.1460-1500), the Plumpton letters and papers (latter half of the 15th century to c. 1515), and the Stonor letters and papers (c. 1290-1483). Moss includes appendices summarizing both kinds of 'texts' (pp. 191-205).The first chapter considers literacy among families, the creation of reading groups, and the relationship between these new vernacular affiliations, patrons, and the compiling of codices, to determine, in part, at least, who might have been acquainted with popular romances. Chapter Two, 'Becoming a Father, Becoming a Man,' explores sexual activity of young men before marriage and after, and the importance of such proofs of ability and fecundity, as well as failings in these regards. Moss' exploration of infertility motifs in various romances (Sir Gowther, Octavian, and Chevelere Assigne) exemplifies well the tensions that are felt within marriages where no heir has been engendered, including situations where the male accepts his fault in the infertility, rather than simply putting the blame on the woman. A man without heir is not a man-'he is still a son . . . and so is still in a subordinate position . . . In the end it is continuity that is heroic' (p. 71).Chapter Three, 'Fathers and Sons,' considers problems of father/son rivalries, along with an exploration of the vocabulary of fatherhood-the formalities of such relationships and why they matter, whether in fiction or real life. Related to these issues are the proprieties of affection and reciprocities between fathers and sons, and the responsibilities of each to each. Moss makes good use of the Stonor papers as well as moral treatises on appropriate behavior of the wise father teaching his son. …