Quote of the day, the bestiality edition

[kat_lair]

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“Interspecies sexual assault is the product of a masculinity that sees women, animals and nature as objects that can be controlled, manipulated and exploited. Listen only to some of the sexist language that prepare the way for bodily sexual assault […] When a man describes women as ‘cows’, ‘bitches’, ‘(dumb) bunnies’, ‘birds’, ‘chicks’, ‘foxes’, ‘fresh meat’, and their genitalia as ‘beavers’ or ‘pussies’, he uses derogatory language to distance himself emotionally from, and to elevate himself above, his prey by relegating them to a male-constructed category of ‘less than human’ or, more importantly, ‘less than me’." (Beirne, 1997: 327)

Full Ref:
Beirne, P. (1997). Rethinking bestiality: towards a concept of interspecies sexual assault. Theoretical Criminology 1, 317–340.

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Comments

[avictoriangirl]

Don't forget the phrase, "Chasing tail". :P

[kat-lair.livejournal.com]

Ah yes...There's some interesting philosophical arguments about how taboo against bestiality has nothing to do with protecting animals and everything to do with maintaining definitional limits of humanity.