fauxcest

From faux (“fake”) +‎ -cest (“incest”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfəʊ.sɛst/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfoʊ.sɛst/

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• Hyphenation: faux‧cest

fauxcest (uncountable)

1. (BDSM, pornography) A type of sexual roleplay where participants who are not actually related engage in fictional incestuous scenarios.

   Synonym: pseudoincest

   • 2016 February 9, Lynsey G, “Why Women Watch “Fauxcest” Porn”, in Refinery29:

     The field of nominees for “Best Taboo Relations Movie” was teeming with fauxcest films, and Keep It in the Family — a series of explicit vignettes directed by Jacky St. James that feature stepfamily members getting it on — come out on top.

   • 2020-08-10, Anna Iovine, “The disturbing underbelly of the 'step' porn trend”, in Mashable‎^[1]:

     "Fauxcest" porn is taboo — but it goes much deeper than that.

   • 2023, Bernadette Barton, The Pornification of America, page 76:

     Further, after news outlets began reporting on the rise of fauxcest porn in 2015, 39 images suggesting fauxcest began to appear in mainstream media.

2. (pornography) A genre of pornography depicting this type of sexual activity.
   • 2016 July 14, Mark Hay, “Datagasm”, in Aeon‎^[2]:

     Even when sites get their targeting right, they might still have a financial interest in drawing in a demographic that is not you. If Pornhub is targeting more women (as they say they are), they might try pushing more story-heavy movies — which today often means fauxcest.

   • 2017 May 5, Aurora Snow, “‘Fauxcest’: The Disturbing Rise of Incest-Themed Porn”, in The Daily Beast:

     Leading adult content providers GameLink.com reported a 178 percent average increase in the consumption of “family role-play porn,” while 1 in 10 purchases made by young adults on the site were for fauxcest titles.

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