Understanding the disturbing rise of incest-themed hardcore porn

*Editorial Note and Trigger warning: Many readers may find the following accounts to be graphic and/or disturbing.* While this may be greatly disturbing to healthy people, it is important to educate our readers on dangerous trends so that we can help prevent the abuse of innocent people.

A common lie that pornographers and performers will tell you is that their work allows viewers to explore taboo fantasies, essentially keeping it “fake” so as to keep viewers from acting on those fantasies in real life.

But as research and personal stories show, the truth is actually the opposite: porn trains...