Christmas was fetish season #7 – Beastiality – Beast is best!
Posted on | January 4, 2009 | 10 Comments |
So after the excitement of Christmas and New Years has died down, we can get back to talking about fetish season again. I’ll be changing the poll later so people can vote on what they would like to re-discuss of my old topics. I hope everyone has had a great Holiday season, whatever your religion ^^.
In one of my original fetish month posts on Furry, I concluded that Furry fetishists are not into bestiality and that most people who are into Furry vehemently separate themselves from those kinds of people. So let’s delve into the opposite side of things now in this week’s Fetish season post on bestiality.
Introduction
It’s probably safe to say that even more than incest and perhaps even child pornography, bestiality has been (though perhaps not currently is) one of the global taboos. Interestingly though, bestiality not only causes feelings of disgust and repulsion in the public, but also humour. Bestiality has been a common joke theme for a long time – with certain nationalities taking most of the fall (The Welsh, where I live, though I couldn’t comment on other regions). And so the key questions we should be asking is – Where does our disgust for interspecies relations come from and why do some people blatantly ignore them?
Bestiality specifically refers to sexual acts between humans and animals, with such individuals engaging in such acts known as zoosexual. Zoophilia refers to people who have sexual feelings towards animals (but don’t necessary act on them). Zoosadism refers to people who get off on inflicting pain on animals – often also involving sexual acts. Bestiality is currently not specifically outlawed in most countries, though in many it is illegal through charges against animal welfare or crimes against nature.
Zoosexuality is commoner than one would think, though is difficult to quantify (especially since zoophilia may not result in actual acts of bestiality and many people would not be prepared to admit their zoosexual fantasies – even for an anonymous survey). Of all the studies quoted on Wikipedia, the only ones of use are the Kinsey Report, which stated that 40-60% of rural teenagers had had a sexual experience with livestock at some point (though this may not be as extensive as thought) and another study in the Adolescence journal in which 7.5% of university students in 1982 admitted to having had at least one zoosexual experience. Obviously living in the country increases rates of zoosexuality as does any psychiatric history.
History of Zoosexuality
It’s likely that religion has had the greatest impact on marketing bestiality as a taboo subject, since before the spread of the major religions there seemed to have been mixed views on the topic. The Romans and Greeks were obviously not in the habit of punishing transgressors, being as their legends frequently involved gods turning into animals and having their ways with Earthly women. As such it was often re-enacted in Gladiatorial blood-fests in full gory detail. There is also evidence that other religions who worshipped nature incorporated bestial acts into their religions rituals and other mythology such as of the Norse gods also incorporated bestiality legends. And needless to mention, bestiality is rather rampant in anime, from the anonymous tentacle rape to the fantasy creatures such as fishmen, trolls and goblins that hentai seems to love at the moment.
However, passages in the Bible, especially in Leviticus state that no man or woman shall lie with a beast on pain of death (of both the person and the beast), which was used to condemn zoophiles as Christianity and Judaism spread throughout the world. Buddhism does not specifically denounce it, but it is probably forbidden for the harm it brings to the animals during the act. Islam is also similarly hazy about the subject.
It was probably the spread of religion laying down laws about who men and women could have sexual relations with that made people think more about bestiality and its practitioners as being “evil”. Since religion was projecting a picture in which only normal sexual relations were permitted, it became of moral importance to observe these laws and deviant sexual practices such as bestiality (and homosexuality etc.) were shunned or outlawed.
The attraction of zoosexuality
So let’s recap – in the introduction I hinted at a figure that said around 8% of young adults had had a zoosexual experience (sample size 180). But then bestiality has been demonised or outlawed for a long time, so what exactly is it that makes these people strive to continue their interspecies hijinks?
The first conclusion that a lot of people would make is that it is a replacement mechanism. In other words, a rural farmboy who mostly spends his days alone or with his family tending the animals with little contact with the opposite sex finds no outlet for these burgeoning sexual desires and ends up sodomising the livestock. Or a teenage girl, dissatisfied with ugly mean boys who turns to her pony for some love and comfort. Oh OK. In the last example she probably would have turned to the stable boy. Others would see it purely as an overflowing of affection for the animal, stepping over the boundaries from an animal lover to a zoophile. And of course, the cynics would see it as purely pleasure seeking behaviour.
However, there has been a fair amount of research done in the subject, mostly around the 1960s by a notable few social scientists, Miletski, Masters and Beetz, who examined the relationships that zoophiles had with their animals and whether this impacted on the care of the animal, the reasons for its beginning and so on and so forth. Their most notable agreements were that:
- Zoophiles can often display real rather than transferred emotions onto their partners (discrediting the replacement hypothesis)
- Many zoophiles have had long-lasting human relationships as well as animal ones
- Zoophilia does not equal zoosadism
- There is a significant “latent” zoophilia not admitted to by the population
Currently, research accepts that zoosexuality is not a psychiatric disorder in its own right, and many zoophiles lead normal lives with families. Kinsey suggested that zoophiles are rated on a scale of 1 to 6 where 1 represents the group of individuals to which animals hold no attraction and 6 are those who solely have sex with animals, with most occupying the space inbetween. In short, it is similar to what one would use for rating homosexual interest. Some would say that zoosexuality is a valid alternate sexual orientation similar to homosexuality, just much harder for other people to come to terms with.
My opinion after reading the literature on the subject is that there is a considerable body of evidence that zoophilia and zoosexuality exists and that there are a considerable number of individuals who would score greater than 1 on the Kinsey scale, though would never act upon it. If we therefore consider the scale of normality being what the greatest proportion of the population does, then perhaps it isn’t so abnormal after all. However, the important issues would be making sure that zoophilia did not lead to other transgressions such as animal abuse, trespassing (to get at your loved one) or as in the case of Catherine II of Russia – being trampled to death by a stallion.
Remember – Practice safe sex at all times, children…
The Yuribou perspective
And so we come to my perspective on things – Love suggested that I make a list of animals with a view to which was the best one, if you were going to have an interspecies relationship. For interest’s sake, I’ve also included ones that crop up in hentai and eromanga
- Dog – Man and apparently woman’s best friend as well; the obedience is what makes him attractive, and everyone knows that dogs will hump just about anything anyway, so you’re definitely in there. I’d say they were the sluts of the animal world. Not including the bonobos, of course
- Cat – Err, not sure you’d have much luck there. Generally disinterested in everything, so probably won’t be interested in you having your way with them either… Oh, did I mention they had claws? Sharp claws? Best steering clear of them. In fact, best steering clear of the entire cat family
- Horse – Ahh, the trusty stallion, comfort to all horse-obsessed teenage girls. I mean, what did you think the suger lumps were for? Did you really think they ate them out of their hands? Think again o naive one… Not really known for their staying power, as they come faster than a virgin in a supermodel. Oh, and look out for getting trampled. And the internal injuries.
- Sheep – The Welsh staple. best thing about them is that they are completely disinterested and they don’t have claws. Also, they have a comfy wool coat you can nestle into, so it feels like they are loving you right back. In their completely disinterested kind of way.
- Bonobo – They’ll have sex with anything. Sluts.
- Dolphin – Don’t laugh – apparently it’s quite common. Since they’re quite intelligent, if you’re interested and in the water with them, they may see it as an opportunity to get their rocks off with someone new. Just bring a snorkel. and some extra strength underwater lube.
- Whale – Whale penis is BIG
- Octopus – Contrary to popular Japanese belief, octopus tentacles are not penis shaped and do not ejaculate. However, if you disguise your vagina as a particularly hard to open jar, you may tempt an octopus who is swimming around waiting to prove his manliness by opening it. But he probably won’t be interested by what’s inside. Sorry.
- Lobster – Yes, I know their tails swish madly when they are distressed. Just buy a vibrator you sad sad woman.
- Mermaids – Yeah, I know Ariel from the Little Mermaid was probably a lot of teenagers’ wet dream, but have you actually thought about it? Yeah, she could probably give a wicked underwater blowjob, but she’s a fish from the waist down…and what does that mean? External fertilisation of course…oh, and the men take care of the babies. Think about that the next time you watch it.
- Trolls – Hentai trolls are probably a good choice if you are a girl, since they seem to have a penchance for tight human females. If you can look past their ugly, fat exterior, inside, you’ll find someone that just wants to be loved. Repeatedly. Until you’re sore and walk like someone shoved a pole up your arse. Which they did.
- Fishmen – Since they are men below the waist, sex is a-ok. Just try not to let him kiss you or he’ll slobber all over you. And how exactly does he breathe out of water? I guess we’ll never know…
- Minotaur – Do not attempt this outside of fantasy, since his enormous manliness will rip you apart like a ripe persimmon. Everyone knows girls in anime stretch like silly putty, so the only thing they have to be worried about is being accidentally poked in the eye by a stray horn.
- Werewolves – They’re not quite as obedient as dogs, but I’m guessing that they fill a girl up better than a Batchelor’s Cup-a-soup. Always be aware that safety involves wearing a claw proof bodice at all times when engaging in hijinks on a full moon.
- Vampires – They’re too busy being emo and swooning to have any interest in human females, I’m afraid. Bring a hot water bottle for snuggle times.
Hmm, I feel that I am missing some important mythical creatures. Since it’s important to have dating information on these animals, if you feel that there is an animal fictional or non-fictional that should be included on this list, then please poke me on the comments and I’ll add it afterwards complete with dating tips and dos-and-don’ts…Feel free to discuss as well!
See you next week!
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January 5th, 2009 @ 3:24 am
What about a Centaurus?~
Mh thats one of the Fetishes I’m really not interested in… having sex with animals is just disgusting. I can stand a big mount of things but enjoy them is something else and bestiality is one of these.
By the way I think the scale should go further forward and back. I mean there are the ones that even hate most kind of animals 1, the ones who see them as a thing or won’t ever put attraction on them 2-4 while its 5 who describes the usual individuals and 6-10 stands for the one discussed on the post.
The Yuribou perspective of the vampires seems a bit wrong to me, in the oldest storys of vampires they prefer to bite virgins – there never really was a reson for that, so maybe their actually very sexual active to begin with.
I’m really looking forward to discuss the old fetishes. Because I haven’t discussed them in the past.
So, theres nothing more to say from my side.
January 5th, 2009 @ 8:56 am
Bestiality as a fetish does make sense to me, even if it doesn’t attract me much. However, there are a couple of sides to it, at least in my view.
Firstly, there’s the wild, untamed, crazy side, involving minotaurs and stallions and rather large penises. The attraction for that comes from the idea of raw power, perhaps part of the Domination and Submission set of fetishes. This kind of stuff I imagine doesn’t get acted out that often, as most horses probably aren’t that interested, with minotaurs being hard to find.
Then, the cuter, personal side. The dog you’ve known since you were a child, your pet kitty. I think this is kinda related to the furry fetish, something cuter and linked to the nice, kind animal. I imagine its also more practical, although still a little weird to act out in real life.
Those are just my two cents. Thanks for the information about this though, Yuribou, its very interesting!
January 5th, 2009 @ 3:12 pm
miscellany…
where on the scale does “i dig the pron, but wouldn’t do it, unless mb if i was a chick not a dude” go?
plz to remember that CP was invented in 1978, and is not comparable to anything in terms of public outrage prior to that
solution to the mermaid problem: dolphin-based mermaids–best of both worlds
have you read Midas Dekkers’ Dearest Pet? there’s horse porn in cave paintings
where on the scale do girls who ride horses b/c the bouncing gets them off go?
the anita blake series, probably the most popular “mainstream” erotica going right now, has been flirting with full-blown (tho sentient) bestiality for half a dozen books or so–the weres in that world are three-form, and anita happily bangs them in human and half-man-half-beast form, but has not yet (afair) done anyone in full-beast form.
you know where the Minotaur came from, right?
thrall-jaina fanfic. ’nuff said
January 5th, 2009 @ 3:14 pm
oh yeah–one of the first things i got off the net, back in ‘94 on my dad’s university vms account, was a horse-sex manual courtesy of some gopher site. (the second thing was a bunch of incest stories from usenet, which i think pretty much explains the course of my interests since…)
January 6th, 2009 @ 12:15 am
Well I dont know if you ment to overlook this but I don’t know if you would consider miko to yoju (death panda) beastiality since its about a guy who turns into a panda then has it with quite a few characters (in panda form) ^.^; but of course it is by uziga waita so you can guess what happens in it.
also in meguro teikoku’s katei no jijou theres a chapter about the mother/daughter with dogs,plus the 4th volume ikenie fujin by hirohisa onikubo had a few panels of beastiality.
January 6th, 2009 @ 5:24 am
A cat is fine too.
January 6th, 2009 @ 7:18 pm
Wow – there’s a horse sex manual (well, if theres a dolphin sex one, I wouldn’t be surprised)
And strictly, furries are people who indulge in anthropomorphism fetish – dressing up as animals and leading an animal like lifestyle and are separate from bestialists – so I am told…
Bestiality is really common in hentai…
February 11th, 2009 @ 11:12 pm
Got two SciFi books for you:
Turning Point by Lisanne Norman (Cat/Human People with humans)
Starfarers by Vonda N McIntyre (Dolphin/Human with Human and threesome of main chars)
Not quite straight but the theme is there.
I surprised myself with the dolphin article link. Sucks to be female.
February 13th, 2009 @ 12:35 am
Yeah…if you want to have sex with dolphins, that is.
June 15th, 2010 @ 10:57 pm
ware