Experts slam America's disgusting obsession with INCEST amid signs up to half ... trends now
Experts have slammed America's obsession with incest porn, as data suggests inter-family-themed videos are becoming one of the most popular genres of adult material.
The country's largest pornographic website revealed that in 2023, videos that included step-relatives or MILFs — a vulgar slang word for a mother one finds sexually attractive — were among its most popular search terms.
Meanwhile, an analysis of porn habits by the Danish sex toy company BedBible said half of videos uploaded to porn websites were now incestuous.
Psychologists tell DailyMail.com that porn addiction is so rampant that people must watch increasingly taboo material to get the same excitement.
But it comes against a backdrop of rising concern about the frightening extent of incest in America - which estimates say could affect up to one in seven families.
The above is a snap of a thumbnail for a video on Pornhub. It claims to show a stepmother sleeping with her stepson in a hotel room. DailyMail.com found many videos in a similar vein after reviewing pornography sites
The three biggest US porn sites had designated categories for incest-related videos - sometimes known as 'step fantasy'
The above map shows the alleged incest hotspots, according to the World Population Review
DailyMail.com browsed the homepages of three popular adult websites and was immediately bombarded with disturbing videos like 'mom sleeps with son' and 'I had sex with my hot half-sister'.
All three sites had designated categories for incest-related videos — sometimes known as 'step fantasy'.
Dr Peter Kanaris, a psychologist and sex therapist in Long Island, told DailyMail.com: 'If something is forbidden, it is therefore much more exciting.
'The initial interest in incest porn is taboo so, therefore, that increases the excitation around it.
'America also has a less open society [when it comes to discussing sex] than other countries.
'That's because we are dealing with religion and a series of inhibitions there that only heighten the interest in the taboo.'
Therapist and sex and relationship expert Dr Ian Kerner also said incest-themed porn was rising due to its 'novelty'.
'It's an expression of our broad psychological need for novelty,' he said.
'Sex is about getting aroused. Arousal is excitation.
'So many sexual scenarios have become normalized that it only makes sense that we continue to seek out the forbidden fruit.
'Incest remains one of the few last taboos and so it makes sense that it's such a popular source of fantasy and psychological excitation.'
Incestuous behavior is nearly universally taboo across cultures
