Conclusion
The dictum that "blood is thicker than water" may be found in one form or another throughout the entire civilized world. The language used to state the popular epigram will of course vary widely from country to country around the face of the globe, but the essential meaning remains the same.
To the persons whose case histories have been presented in this book, however, the phrase might well be interpreted as possessing a much more specific and personal significance. It is blood, after all, which establishes the relationship of the members of a family to each other. And it is the blood relationship of one person to another which makes them guilty of incest whenever they indulge in sex with one another. In our examination of the five case histories presented in this book, we have dealt with a certain subgroup of sexual deviations involving young females who participate in two very clearly delineated sex practices-incest and orality. There are many persons guilty of incest who have no urge whatsoever to make oral sex contacts with each other and there are undoubtedly even a greater number of persons who regularly indulge in oral sex without any incestuous ties. But the young girls in our studies share precisely those two characteristics-the performance of oral (mouth-genital) sex acts with members of their own immediate families. These young females, as you have learned, are the ones to whom we refer as oral daughters.
After assessing the intimate details of the sex lives of these oral daughters, what can we say we have discovered about them as a group? Do they share other characteristics not immediately recognizable as relevant to their identification as members of that group? What similarities, what differences, may be noted among them? Are they actually suffering from a specific psychological or physical malady? May such a condition be environmentally precipitated?
These are questions which may not necessarily be answered identically even by experts, but at least the consideration of such problems allows the concerned individual to form his own opinions about the matter. And the many facts in these first-person case histories cannot help but shed light on the often troubled lives of these young girls and their families.
Consider these possibilities: Claire, in Chapter One, might have found another outlet for her admittedly precocious sex interest if her father had not used alcohol to excess; Jenny, in Chapter Two, might not have embarked upon incestual practices with her brother-and later with her father-if a more responsible attitude towards sexual promiscuity had been engendered in her at an early age; the incestual inclinations of Rona, in Chapter Three, might have been nipped in the bud had it not been for the unhealthy influence of Lisa, her mother; young Debbie, in Chapter Four, might not have developed such a craving for oral sex, to say nothing of incestual acts, if her father had not wantonly forced her to fellate him when she was barely into her teens; the family of Davy, Joana and Jill, in Chapter Five, might have discovered healthier pursuits than incestual mouth-genital contacts if the father's job had not required him to be away from home frequently.
To what extent does the study of experts suggest reasons for a preoccupation with oral sex or a penchant for incest? In Sexual Behavior-Psycho-Legal Aspects, by Frank S. Caprio, M.D. & Donald R. Brenner, LL.B., we are given the results of one such study. The authors state, "In a study of 203 incest cases, Dr. S. Kirson Weinberg observes that overcrowding in homes raises the incidence of this crime. He also found that father-daughter incest occurred more frequently where the father had dominated the household; mother-son incest where the mother dominated and sibling (brother-sister) incest where parental domination was weak. Dr. Weinberg observes that generally the aggressive participants in incest are sex deviants inclined to drunkenness; they are impulsive, high-strung, nervous, irritable, lonely and moody. Some are psychotic. In many instances the incestuous relationship includes various 'perverse' practices such as fellatio, cunnilingus, and sado-masochistic acts."
It is interesting to note that Dr. Weinberg's investigation indicated a degree of correlation between incest and the oral acts (fellatio and cunnilingus), and that he observed rather broad personality similarities among practitioners of incest, as well.
Authors Caprio and Brenner also point out, in the same book, a characteristic encountered in some of the case histories in this book-homosexuality: "The problem of incest is interrelated with homosexuality. Unconscious incestuous urges are at the root of many heterosexual difficulties such as impotence and frigidity. It has been suggested by some psychoanalysts of the Freudian school that many sexual deviations stem from incestuous conflicts and fixations."
We must also recognize that orality is a definite physical phenomenon, while incest is to some degree a legal phenomenon. In other words, whether a person participates in oral sex contacts depends on nothing more than his or her innate sex desires-but with incest the line of demarcation is not so clear. Right here in the United States, for example, a marriage between persons related in the same way may be legally permissible in one state while being legally forbidden in another.
What is important is to determine whether a given young girl classified as an oral daughter is suffering from physical or emotional ills. If such is the case, professional assistance may be secured for the girl. If, on the other hand, there is no observable trauma to hinder the girl's physical or social development, then it may be useless to attempt to alter the circumstances of her life which make an oral daughter.
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