Experts warn that incest in the white lotus is “dangerous and harmful”

White Lotus is the last television program that presents a story of incest, an increasingly common trend in popular media, one that experts warn could have serious consequences of the real world.

Mike White’s Pitch-Black comedy series is no stranger to the limits, but all signs point to the third season taking things to a completely new level.

At the beginning of the first episode, in what is read quite clearly like the omen, the eldest son Saxon Ratliff (Patrick Schwarzenegger) protests that his sister Piper (Sarah Catherine Hook) should not sleep in the same room as his younger brother Lochlan (Sam Nivola), since they have ‘complete genitals. “

Later, Saxon is completely naked in the bathroom, looking porn while his brother looks, possibly because Saxon left the door intentionally open.

At another time, Saxon makes sexual comments about how hot her sister is for her brother, noting that she “has never been placed.”

While the brothers in the program are adults, their behavior falls into the spectrum of the sexual behavior of brothers (SSB), a term that psychology and researchers professionals use to refer to incestual relationships between the brothers.

Dr. Sophie King-Hill, a professor at the University of Birmingham who specializes in this research area, says SSB Behavior ‘exists in a spectrum of behaviors that vary in gravity. Not only does it refer to penetrating acts, but it covers other behaviors, such as the visualization of forced pornography, observing a brother undress and make them participate in sexual acts with another child.

Because it often begins in childhood, professionals do not refer to children who exhibit these behaviors as abuse perpetrators, but that does not mean that the consequences are not serious, for all those involved.

Children with a history of SBB often experience ‘comorbid problems, many long -term damage and can even end the ostracism of their families. They can feel guilt and shame, ‘explains Dr. King-Hill Metro.

So what means that so many television programs are representing this type of deeply harmful dynamic?

“The stories that show it as abusive are a different conversation, but the stories that normalize are dangerous and harmful,” says Dr. King-Hill, quickly calling that they use sexual dynamics between brothers as “ethically bad” sensational tools.

Another recent example is Netflix’s success: the story of Lyle and Erik Menéndez, which is based on a real story that involves two children being sexually abused by his father, which leads them to kill him and his mother.

There is no doubt that the monsters portray the child’s relationship with his father as abusive, but, to the outrage of the very true Menéndez family, the program added a completely speculative homoerotic relationship between the two brothers.

But maybe I can argue that the white lotus, as well as the monsters, is condemning this type of behavior.

As Catherine Rottenberg, media professor, communications and cultural studies at the Goldsmiths University of London, he tells Metro, part of the pleasure of this type of shows is that they intentionally portray the rot and corruption at the root of this amount of power and wealth. “

Or, as the user of X @Silverpled said: ‘People who do not realize that the white lotus is a satire that denounces their characters while presenting the attraction and charm of the story of incest … as if it has not been doing the same with the murder and trap for 2 seasons now …’ ‘

But the spectators have been reacting to the mass show online, and most do not call it abuse. In fact, for the most part, fans seem enthusiastic On the taboo turn.

@Coreytimes joked: ‘Loto Blanco writers are negligible for this story of incest gay. Portraying such abhorrent and morally corrupt behavior in the current political climate is harmful to the LGBTQ+community. I can’t wait to see them kiss.

@Mescalordi agreed: ‘I am more unpleasant than I thought because why I am excited to see the incest gay in the white lotus … I heard that episodes 5 and 6 are the ones that fall between them. Can all episodes launch tonight?

@culkinco wrote: “Incest gay in the white lotus … I’m a bit intrigued.”

@undonekingdom published: “I need to see White Lotus for the plot of incest.”

@Fieafag Chimed: ‘I want Loto Blancos brothers to kiss. It is not incest if you cannot get pregnant.

The similar excitement resonated among the fans of the monsters, who saw a shower scene between the Lyle and Erik brothers so clearly sensual, even romantic.

SBB is an area of ​​psychology and sexual abuse, despite the “research that indicates that it is one of the most common ways of sexual abuse,” Dr. King-Hill continues, pointing out that SBB’s stories allocate to viewers who “insult victims of this type of abuse who are trying to recover and heal a drink.”

So why do these stories appear so often? On the one hand, as Rottenberg tells Metro: “In the case of incest (and here it is different from House of Dragon, which is science fiction), it is also about seeing broken taboos but in a mediated form.”

He continues to explain that as popular culture thrives more and more in sensational media “they have to make more and more extensive to surprise and excite their audience.

“Social networks theorists have been saying this for a while,” he continues. “To attract attention in a similar economy, the content must be increasingly striking.”

Dr. King-Hill agrees that this taboo exists when it comes to SSB and incest, but does not believe that programs like White Lotus commit to him in a productive way.

“We need to eliminate taboos so that people can inform when they are being abused,” she says. “We need to remove stigma and create safe spaces where people can inform.”

But, he continues, saying the problem: “You need attention in the right way, and this is not the correct way.”

In fact, it is difficult to argue that there is not at least an aspect of support in the representation of the white lotus of the conventionally beautiful lust of the Ratiff brothers for others.

Rottenberg finally agrees, theorizing that stories like this, or romantic love murderous between the twins Cersei and Jaime Lannister in Game of Thrones, or, more recently, Rhaenyra Targaryen and his uncle Daemon Targaryen in the dragon dragon house.

Some spectators, fortunately, are finding the most worrying trend than deliciously scandalizing. @NaguMOSDAYS wrote in X: “Okay, so I saw the white lotus and honestly I think it has to do with the fact that people are unable to recognize incest as abuse, especially with regard to this program.”

The Reddit @krustomer user published in a thread on the program: ‘As a victim of incest, this character is incestuous. This season could be too triggered to see, especially if they simply avoid the theme ‘.

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