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Mackenzie Phillips says incest was not consensual

During an appearance this week on CNN’s The Joy Behar Show, Mackenzie Phillips says that although she referred to the sexual relationship she had with her father as “consensual” in her book, High on Arrival, she has since realized through meeting with other survivors of incest “that there really is no such thing as consensual incest, due to the inherent power a parent has over a child.” She goes on to say that she’s received an incredible amount of support from other incest survivors since she went public with her story. Phillips adds that she took a lot of responsibility for her relationship with her father in her book because she was trying to preserve her father’s (John Phillips of “The Mamas and the Papas”) memory. ~Alexandra Heilbron