Genetic Sexual Attraction is real, Penny Lawrence's pregnancy isn't.

My colleague John covered a strange story out of Ireland yesterday.  His headline over at Being Pregnant blared, “Woman Tracks Down Estranged Father: Becomes Pregnant with His Child.” Insane, right? Hard to believe, and I mean that literally. Not because these things don’t happen; there is a condition called Genetic Sexual Attraction that can occur between blood relatives who were not raised together but who meet as adults. When Genetic Sexual Attraction takes place, a brother and sister, grandmother and grandson and even father and daughter can have sexual feelings for each other that seem not at all strange to the individuals involved, even though they understand their relationship is taboo.

The Irish love folklore, and I’m pretty sure 28-year-old Penny Lawrence’s story is just that. According to the Irish Central article featured in John’s post, she’s a girl who found her estranged birth father, fell in love with him and became pregnant with his child. Quite a scandal! Except the source Irish Central claims to have gotten the story from, The Sun, doesn’t have Lawrence’s incestuous tale anywhere on their site, and the link Irish Central uses to the original article ends up on The Sun‘s homepage.

Normally I wouldn’t concern myself with the validity of this type of story, but the only reason I came across it is because a post about it on The Stir was featured on Google News’ Spotlight. Continue reading »

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We’re pretty big Big Love fans as you may be able to tell, but this week’s episode definitely presented an eww moment toward the end — unless, I suppose, you’re Woody Allen and then it was a big shrug. It’s been a few days now and if you’re watching the show, you probably already know what happened.

If you aren’t a fan, here’s the ultra-quick synopsis (Defamer has a longer, better one): The family practices polygamy. There are three wives, one husband and something on the order of 9,000 kids, which makes them a lot like the Duggers in a way I suppose …

Anyway, one of the kids, Ben, who had a thing last season for his step mom, Margene, goes to his stepmom’s big event and … wait for it … Continue reading »

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A teenager who couldn’t get an abortion at seven months because her state bans late-term abortions has been accused of hiring someone to beat her up – in hopes it would terminate the pregnancy.

But now a judge says the abortion laws of the state protect her from prosecution for her part in the beatings. Continue reading »

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Who is a contender for the Worst Parent Award? John Phillips of the famous 60s rock band The Mamas and the Papas and father of actress MacKenzie Phillips. In a brand new tell-all hitting the shelves today, Mackenzie spills the beans on her childhood and her relationship with her father throughout her life. And it’s shocking. Really shocking. Here are some of the highlights, or in this case lowlights… Continue reading »

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As if it wasn’t enough that they grabbed a shot of an underage kid at her sweet sixteen. A catering hall is in trouble for using the picture to promote its wedding availability.

And the picture? It shows the girl with her uncle – as though the kid is marrying a blood relative.

Can anyone say icky here? Continue reading »

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