Module 13.1 Flashcards
Sexual abuse
Unwanted sexual activity
-force, threats, take advantage of victims unable to consent, may know each other
Animal sexual abuse
Contact or interaction between an animal and person, when the animal is being used for the sexual stimulation of that person or another person. Considered more precise and encompassing than either bestiality or zoophilia.
Associations with animal sexual abuse
Early warning sign for psychological dysfunction
Correlations b/w childhood sexual abuse and animal sexual abuse
Linked to violent sex offenders
Types of sexual interactions with animals
Masturbation
Receiving/performing oral sex
Vaginal/anal intercourse
Receiving anal intercourse
Sodomy w foreign objects
Types of animals abused
Dogs
Cats
Horses
Cows
Chickens
Sheep
Goats
Bestiality
Used to mean sexual activity between a person and an animal. Further understood to mean using animals as sex objects without emotional attachment.
Opportunistic zoophile
person who would be content with sexual activity with humans but will have sex with an animal if the opportunity arises.
Necrozoophile/necrozoobestialist
A person sexually attracted to dead animals.
Zoophile/classic zoophile
Used to mean sexual activity between a person and an animal. Further understood to mean sexual fixation on animals; zoophiles prefer animals over people as their sexual partners.
Zoophile by proxy
individual forced into a sex act with an animal by a human partner.
Zoosexualist
Claims an emotional as well as a perceived mutual sexual attraction to or perceived mutual relationship with an animal. Synonymous with zoophile.
Zooerasty
Sexual contact with animals and a lack of emotional connection with an animal
Zoosadism
An extreme form of sexual abuse that involves great suffering. A zoosadist derives sexual pleasure from sadistic activities with an animal such as torture. Sadism includes acts of genital mutilation.
