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

[kat-lair.livejournal.com]

Nod yeah, it's the consent issue that people will hopefully arrive at. What was interesting about some of the articles was the point they made about how the taboo about bestiality isn't about protecting animals but about defining the limits of humanity, our distinctiveness and elevated position, reflecting the Judeo-Christian anthropecentric worldview... Which yes, condemned the involved animals to death alongside the human. Both often got hung and burned...