RETRACTED ARTICLE: Digital Ethnography of Zoophilia — A Multinational Mixed-Methods Study

Abstract

This study presents the largest analyses of zoophiles in modern history, using mixed-methods approach, uncovering their daily activities, sexual preferences, and help-seeking behavior.

Social Scientific Analysis of Human-Animal Sexual Interactions

“…However, although the web is a forum for outcry, it has also become a space for confluence and the defence of this sexuality [ 92 , 93 , 94 , 95 ]. Individuals who practice this form of sexuality offer positive interpretations, labelling themselves zoosexuals or simply zoos, and creating a ‘‘zoo community’’ [ 96 ].…”

“…Individuals who practice this form of sexuality offer positive interpretations, labelling themselves zoosexuals or simply zoos, and creating a ‘‘zoo community’’ [ 96 ]. Some members of these networks are becoming aware that their sexual preferences do not constitute an anomaly, merely a different sexuality, and they argue that they are an unacknowledged sexual minority [ 94 , 95 ]. In this context, some researchers are beginning to talk about zoophilia as a sexual orientation [ 28 , 97 , 98 ].…”

“…The development of these zoo communities on the Internet has enabled researchers to access such sexual practices more easily [ 92 , 93 , 94 , 95 , 99 , 100 ]. If we can overcome moral barriers, we have the opportunity to make visible, analyse and understand an approach to human-animal relations that, to date, has been largely ignored.…”