Man charged with Sexual Abuse of Chickens

[Fausty]

Originally Posted by CWDW

Ok is it just me, or is this just a weird conversation overall? I can't find jerking off a stallion or any other animal just "for fun" appropriate or acceptable. Hell, I think that artificial insemination thing is pretty creepy too!
Call me crazy if you want to.

Crazy! You're absolutely crazy!

No, you're not crazy. The conversation is "weird." Lots of folks do think AI is creepy, so you are hardly alone. Those of us who have grown up around dogs and horses and been part of breeding and raising youngsters and that sort of thing all of lives sometimes have a hard time figuring out why "normal" people think it's all so "creepy." To us, it's just part of everyday life and never seemed weird or creepy or dirty or strange - but we're in a minority, and growing more so over time as folks in general are farther and farther removed from any connection with life outside of outer two-leggers. To them, "animals" are those cute drawings in Disney cartoon movies - not actual, living, complex beings like us.

Still, it really is true that humans aren't the only critters who reproduce sexually. Amongst the social mammals, in fact, our mating behaviors and general approach to reproduction at a biological and social level are quite consistent with everyone else. Yes, we think of ourselves as "unique" in 10,000 ways - though we have to keep changing the criteria to keep up with advances in cognitive ethology. I remember, as a youngster, being "taught" in high school biology that "animals cannot think, they only have instincts and no emotions." That was utter hogwash then, and has now been proven as such many times over.

Anyway, yes, it's "weird" to think that other creatures have sexual lives. Horses come in two genders: male and female - gasp! Dogs "breed" to make baby dogs, and they enjoy it - gasp! I'm still not sure how this got to be "weird, " simply to point it out, but you are correct - it IS weird in mainstream society.

Then again, saying it's ok to kill and eat something but not to touch it "in the special place" is sort of weird too - at a more fundamental level.

Regards,

Fausty