Zoophilia
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Zoophilia, from the Greek ζωον (zôon, "animal") and φιλία (philia, "friendship" or "love"), is a paraphilia, defined as an affinity or sexual attraction by a human to an animal. Such individuals are called zoophiles. The more recent terms zoosexual and zoosexuality describe the full spectrum of human/animal orientation. A separate term, bestiality (more common in mainstream usage and frequently but incorrectly seen as a synonym; often misspelled as "beastiality"), refers to human/animal sexual activity. To avoid confusion about the meaning of zoophilia — which may refer to the affinity/attraction, paraphilia, or sexual activity — this article uses zoophilia for the former, and zoosexual activity for the sexual act. The two terms are independent: not all sexual acts with animals are performed by zoophiles; and not all zoophiles perform zoosexual acts.
Examples in art
- One ukiyo-e[1] woodblock print from Utagawa Kunisada's series, "Eight Canine Heroes of the House of Satomi", 1837
- 19th century preoccupation with human animal contact
- User:Jahsonic/dark fin de siècle fascination with human female/ape contact
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