To answer your main question, there is no rational or sensible reason that the media keeps referring to this woman as "Woody Allen's adopted daughter." It could be said that it's so it's clear that whatever he did, it wasn't incest, but so the fuck what. It was child abuse. As your friend morningapproach says above, incest might make people squick, but if it's between consenting adults, these days there are ways to handle that without ending up with inbred children. But if it's child abuse, well, that's horrific.
I also think that another reason she's referred to as his "adopted daughter" is that the media always makes that distinction, and I think that's wrong. I completely understand why adoptive children and parents take issue with it.
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Date: 2014-02-05 11:47 am (UTC)I also think that another reason she's referred to as his "adopted daughter" is that the media always makes that distinction, and I think that's wrong. I completely understand why adoptive children and parents take issue with it.