Rethinking Bestiality
Towards a Concept of Interspecies Sexual Assault
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8090432 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Piers Beirne (0000-0001-9525-9784, University of Southern Maine, Portland, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 317-340 |
| Publication date | 1997-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Theoretical Criminology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1362-4806 • E-ISSN: 1461-7439 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1362480697001003003 |
| OpenAlex | W2012662500 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 29 |
| References cited | 11 |
This paper seeks to introduce a view of bestiality which differs radically from both the anthropocentrism enshrined in the dogma of Judaeo-Christianity and also from the pseudo-liberal tolerance fashionable today. I argue that bestiality should be understood as `interspecies sexual assault' because the situation of animals as abused victims parallels that of women and, to some extent, that of infants and children and further because (1) human-animal sexual relations almost always involve coercion; (2) such practices often cause animals pain and even death; and (3) animals are unable either to communicate consent to us in a form that we can readily understand or to speak out about their abuse. The paper offers a typology of interspecies sexual assault, including sexual fixation, commodification, adolescent sexual experimentation and aggravated cruelty
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| Unique citing works | 29 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,04 |
| Citation span | 1998 - 2026 (29) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 29 |