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Abstract

This article presents a study of 114 self-defined zoophile men who were researched primarily through the use of an on-line questionnaire. We describe how the participants acquired the identity label of zoophile, what it meant to them, and their relationships among themselves. Also examined are how they eroticized animals and how human and feral characteristics combined to form this object choice. Finally, participants' sexual profiles with animals and humans, and how the balance of animal and human desires creates different forms of zoophilia, are described.

Scientific Letter: Zoophilic recidivism in schizophrenia: a case report

“…As observed in a survey of persons with Zoophilia, most begin during adolescence. 6 This case report supports that finding.…”

“…Mr. A's increasing intimacy with animals while withdrawing from his family members might be attributable to the "friendly and nonjudgmental" nature of animals. 6 Schizophrenia and sex offending may be mediated by several factors likely to be relevant in creating Zoophilic recidivism in schizophrenia: a case report circumstances that are associated with committing a specific sex offence at a particular time. Certain psychosexual variables hypothesized to be associated with sex offending, such as cognitive distortions, lack of empathy, deficient social skills and deviant sexual fantasy, were found in this case.…”

An Exploratory Study of a New Kink Activity: “Pup Play”

“…Indeed, participants discursively distanced themselves from zoophilia in two ways: 1) they emphasized the human aspects of pup play when discussing its sexual nature; and 2) they stressed the playful and instinctual nature of pup play when discussing imitating animal behaviors. Further highlighting the distinction between pup play and zoophilia, Williams and Weinberg (2006) provide interview data with men who identify as being zoophilic, and their 25 participants' narratives of emotional and sexual desire for animals stand in contrast with our participants' disavowal of zoophilia-also highlighting the absence of sexual or emotional desire for dogs in our own participants' narratives. While zoophiles may also engage in pup play, none of the participants in this study disclosed any sexual desire for dogs.…”

Childhood and adolescent sexual behaviors predict adult sexual orientations

“…Aronsson, Lind, Ghirlanda, & Enquist, 2011;Bereczkei, Gyuris, & Weisfeld, 2004;Enquist, Aronsson, Ghirlanda, Jansson, & Jannini, 2011;Nojo, Tamura, & Ihara, 2012). In their study of male zoophiles, Williams and Weinberg (2003) found data showing interspecific sexual imprinting in humans. The first experience was often with an animal (as early as 14 years of age) of the same sex and species that they preferred many years later.…”