What the hell is *informed* consent as it applies to an animal? Informed consent as it applies to a person is often cited as the reason a child cannot say "yes" to sex with an adult.....even if they DO say "yes" with their body responding. They may be PHYSICALLY mature and want to have sex, but are not EMOTIONALLY mature enough to understand the risk of pregnancy and STD's.....not to mention that they are not capable of understanding that as they get older they may regret what they did in a moment of youthful passion. They may grow up to feel taken advantage of by the older person and even though they ENJOYED the sex, may feel "dirty" or otherwise have guilt about it.
An animal is TOTALLY different! They will never grow up and feel guilty for what they did. They seek pleasure for it's own sake without intellectualizing the decision! They will never have regrets or feel they were taken advantage of by their sexual partner....whether human or another animal! They do not worry about whether they will get pregnant (and of course with a human partner it is not even possible). Human STD's cannot be passed to them (and vise-versa).
That old erroneous *informed consent* crap is why people are so confused and equate sex with a FULLY adult and mature in mind and body animal with that of raping a child. As long as an animal doesn't try to get away or otherwise vocalize or lash out when approached for sex, then THAT IS all the CONSENT that is warranted.....PERIOD! Everyone has the right to their own opinion about this.....but not the right to spread lies and misinformation!
Do you think that animals can give consent?
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What the hell is *informed* consent as it applies to an animal? Informed consent as it applies to a person is often cited as the reason a child cannot say "yes" to sex with an adult.....even if they DO say "yes" with their body responding. They may be PHYSICALLY mature and want to have sex, but are not EMOTIONALLY mature enough to understand the risk of pregnancy and STD's.....not to mention that they are not capable of understanding that as they get older they may regret what they did in a moment of youthful passion. They may grow up to feel taken advantage of by the older person and even though they ENJOYED the sex, may feel "dirty" or otherwise have guilt about it.
An animal is TOTALLY different! They will never grow up and feel guilty for what they did. They seek pleasure for it's own sake without intellectualizing the decision! They will never have regrets or feel they were taken advantage of by their sexual partner....whether human or another animal! They do not worry about whether they will get pregnant (and of course with a human partner it is not even possible). Human STD's cannot be passed to them (and vise-versa).
That old erroneous *informed consent* crap is why people are so confused and equate sex with a FULLY adult and mature in mind and body animal with that of raping a child. As long as an animal doesn't try to get away or otherwise vocalize or lash out when approached for sex, then THAT IS all the CONSENT that is warranted.....PERIOD! Everyone has the right to their own opinion about this.....but not the right to spread lies and misinformation!