Incest...the numbers!

Incest seems to be less taboo than decades ago. But 'seems to' lacks hard figures for me.

Does anyone have actual figures about how many people have experienced (18+ consensual!) incest and how many people, without experiences themselves, have a positive attitude towards incest?

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reinholddoppeldecker · 36-40, M

Also, regarding the attitude of people who haven't had incest experiences of their own:
I'm one of those people, and my view of incest is very positive. But I don't expect to represent the average person.
I've talked to a few people about incest in real life, without specifically trying to find like-minded people, and while also withholding my personal approval of incest. In my experience, people's private opinions about incest seem to diverge very much from their publically held opinions. In the few private real life talks that I've had, those people seemed to be pretty indifferent about incest, as long as it didn't concern them or their family. In a "not my problem" sort of way. And who knows how many of them are secretly aroused by the thought of incest.