It also bothers me when people compare adult, mature animals to human children. A human child is just that -- a child. Immature. Not biologically or psychologically ready for sexual activity. Meanwhile, a mature adult animal is just that -- a mature adult. Even if no other animal is going to break out a calculus textbook, that doesn't make them children. You can use 'child' as a /metaphor/ for 'animal' with some validity, but don't get too carried away and forget that it's a metaphor!
Finally, with true rape, there is suffering. Animals don't hide their suffering like humans do. They express it somehow, even if only by going effectively catatonic and refusing food and water. So are you going to tell me that the same animals you're telling me are no better than human children are somehow able to exhibit the emotional complexity necessary to completely hide any pain they might be experiencing when there's no urgent survival-related reason to do so (that is, a nearby predator which might hear -- and keep in mind, not all expressions of pain have to be noisy.)
It just doesn't work for me, I'm sorry. I'm not saying it's impossible for a human to rape an animal, or that all animal-human sex is consensual, but I also think that the idea of animals consenting to sex with humans is too easily dismissed out of hand without real empirical data. If nothing else, this would be a fascinating research project.
I am intrigued by your comment, very fascinating indeed. Though, I think it's better to be safe than sorry. Why risk something that may or may not seriously hurt an animal for mere sexual gratification?
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It also bothers me when people compare adult, mature animals to human children. A human child is just that -- a child. Immature. Not biologically or psychologically ready for sexual activity. Meanwhile, a mature adult animal is just that -- a mature adult. Even if no other animal is going to break out a calculus textbook, that doesn't make them children. You can use 'child' as a /metaphor/ for 'animal' with some validity, but don't get too carried away and forget that it's a metaphor!
Finally, with true rape, there is suffering. Animals don't hide their suffering like humans do. They express it somehow, even if only by going effectively catatonic and refusing food and water. So are you going to tell me that the same animals you're telling me are no better than human children are somehow able to exhibit the emotional complexity necessary to completely hide any pain they might be experiencing when there's no urgent survival-related reason to do so (that is, a nearby predator which might hear -- and keep in mind, not all expressions of pain have to be noisy.)
It just doesn't work for me, I'm sorry. I'm not saying it's impossible for a human to rape an animal, or that all animal-human sex is consensual, but I also think that the idea of animals consenting to sex with humans is too easily dismissed out of hand without real empirical data. If nothing else, this would be a fascinating research project.
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I am intrigued by your comment, very fascinating indeed. Though, I think it's better to be safe than sorry. Why risk something that may or may not seriously hurt an animal for mere sexual gratification?