Mackenzie Phillips: Incestuous Sex with Father John Phillips Wasn't Consensual
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"I'd like to reframe my word consensual," she told Joy Behar on the talk show host's Headline News show. "As I was writing the book I thought this word – it kept sitting wrong with me, but I used it for lack of a better word. And since then I have been schooled by thousands of incest survivors all across the world that there really is no such thing as consensual incest due to the inherent power a parent has over a child. I wouldn't necessarily call it a consensual relationship at this time."
Phillips also told Beyar that since she wrote her book "High on Arrival" and discussed the decades long, drug-fueled affair with her father on Oprah last September, many incest survivors have thanked her for bravery in speaking out.
"You didn't ask for an army honey, but you got one now," she said one person messaged her in a social network.
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PREVIOUSLY ON CRIMESIDER
September 24, 2009 - Mackenzie Phillips On Oprah: Why She Slept with Her Father and Why She Stopped
September 24, 2009 - Chynna Phillips Believes Mackenzie Phillips Had Sex with Father for 10 Years
September 24, 2009 - John Phillips of Mamas and Papas Slept With Daughter Mackenzie Phillips, Says New Book
September 20, 2009 - Mackenzie Phillips and John Phillips: Incest and Drugs Bombshell