Why is consent questioned in Zoophilia but not in eating meat?
We say that you cannot have sexual intercourse with an animal because animals don't give consent. But we don't bring up the consent conversation when we order steak or other meats that goes on our dinner plate. Or lunch plate. Or breakfast.
If you hate zoophilia because the sex may contiminate the meat (don't know it does) then i understand. But that is not what i am heading for; im heading for the consent area and the emotional feelings.
We feel emotional that humans are having sex with animals because we think it is rape; that the animals is not consenting. But why not bring that emotion to the fact that we butcher animals for food. I know humans need meat for nutrition but now we have substitutes.
I think that if we are all right with eating meat. Then i think it is hypocrite of others to be against zoophilia unless they worry about the contimination. Sigh.
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In nature animals eat each other, humans with the exception of vegetarians are no different, but our uses of the animals do not stop at food, there are drugs, clothing, chemicals...etc that are harvested from animals, our diets are dependent on them, and they are raised specifically for this purpose. On the other hand what would we do with the animals once we stopped harvesting them for meat? Although bestiality or cross-species sex is something readily observed in nature, it has no biological purpose, species are defined by their lack of an ability to procreate. Animals are also not sentient and have no voice, a person having sex with them is exploiting them for sheer personal pleasure and not sustenance like eating meat. Besides the fact that it is dirty (literally) and animals carry parasites, the fact remains that like pedophilia, bestiality is exploitation of an innocent for pleasure. If that isn't morally wrong what is? The only valid argument for why bestiality is illegal is because of what you mentioned, animal cruelty. I guess eating meat is more acceptable because the animals are bred for slaughter and are allowed to live out a good chunk of their lives, whereas the argument on against bestiality is that you are causing the animal to suffer rather than directly killing it. But another thing comes to mind. But I have always wondered what happens legally when the animal instigates the sex with a bestiality enthusiast. 1
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I think the argument here is survival. In the past eating meat has been essential to survival and still is to many. Rape and sex with animals is not. Rape is usually only a source of pleasure and bares little benefit to human lifestyle. However eating meat is an essential source of nutrition to many and ensures survival of what is considered the 'superior species'. Bestiality is the deliberate abuse of an animal for mere entertainment. Food is a necessity, and we slaughter animals for food in a way that is supposed to cause minimal suffering. The question I would ask is why recreational hunting is allowed while bestiality is not. The former seems a lot crueler than the latter. I do think there is a moral gray area when it comes to animals in heat taking the initiative in having sex with a human though... that isn't really abuse, and I'm not sure it should be illegal. 1
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We don't have substitutes to food itself. We have substitutes to meat (we always had, vegetarianism is not a modern thing), but they still involve killing living things. If there were a way for us to stay alive, healthy, and sated without killing anything for food, that would swing me in favour of banning slaughterhouses and farms. But that's still purely speculative. I say this question is invalid. The people who care about animals being at the mercy of a Zoophiliac probably also care about animals being slaughtered for food. And the rest of us might both not care about animals being slaughtered, and wouldn't fret about an animal's consent, if it were to be put at the mercy of a Zoophiliac. Though quite a few might find the practice disgusting. 1
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