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From: davids@mondo.engin.umich.edu (David Snearline)
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Subject: Re: How to lie with statistics in one easy lesson
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[Further discussion about what this or that religion believes should
probably go to talk.religion.misc -- AMBAR]

Kimberly Rollins writes:

| On the contrary: most traditional or religious families do *not*
| encourage the reporting of (possibly emotionally damaging) incest
| because they regard sex as something both private and dirty.
| Enlightened families would see victimizing incest as solely the
| fault of the perpetrator, and be more likely to report it to the
| police.  If a young woman is made to feel guilty about sex, and
| is moreover taught to honor her mother and father, would she be
| more or less likely to report that her father occasionally
| rapes her?

I think the distinction should be made between a family that is nominally
religious and one that _really_ attempts to live out their religious values.
Both Judaism and Christianity condemn incest and believe that sex is a
God-given blessing (to be practiced within the bounds of marriage, of course.)
My guess is that incest (and covering it up) is more likely to occur in a
semi- to non-religious family where they are less likely to believe in the
true nature of sex as stated in Judeo-Christian beliefs.
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David Snearline				Computer Aided Engineering Network
davids@mondo.engin.umich.edu		University of Michigan Engineering