There's a lot of discussion in the zoo community and interested parties about what certain words mean. Generally, it is said that because said community is disorganized and often less than stable, there is no agreement on what means what.
I'd like to change that. We don't have a definitive lexicon, so I'll attempt to put one here.
Anthrosexuality
A sexual orientation towards humans. The opposite of zoosexuality, although the two are not mutually exclusive.
Bestiality
The sexual use of animals. Bestiality and bestials/bestialists, unlike zoophilia and zoophiles, give no regard to the emotions or desires of the animal, and there is no emotional attachment. First used in the seventeenth century, it's now the usual term used in legal documents.
Faunoiphilia
Sexual arousal from watching animals mating.
Fence-hopping
Having sexual interactions with an animal that is not yours, without the permission of the animal's legal owner.
Horse-ripping
Rather explicit abuse of horses in an often sexualized context that has unfortunately become common enough that it has its own term. Unfortunately one of the big reasons zooerasty is still illegal in many places.
Zooerasty
Zoosexuality in practice, ie the act of a human having sex with an animal. cf pederasty
Zoophilia
(1) A romantic attraction to animals. An emotional attachment is necessary (-philia meaning love) and a sexual attraction is generally implied. It does not, however, need to be present, nor does an individual need to have had a partner to be a zoophile. cf nyctophilia, etc.
(2) A paraphilia involving animals, used in a clinical context. cf necrophilia
Zoosadism
Bestiality, but above and beyond a simple lack of concern for the animal partner in being explicitly physically abusive.
Zoosexuality
A sexual orientation towards animals. May cover either zoophilia or bestiality, but, like zoophilia, does not necessitate an existing relationship. Sometimes used today to mean someone who prefers animals, as opposed to someone who will orient towards animals but prefers humans.
I'd like to change that. We don't have a definitive lexicon, so I'll attempt to put one here.
Anthrosexuality
A sexual orientation towards humans. The opposite of zoosexuality, although the two are not mutually exclusive.
Bestiality
The sexual use of animals. Bestiality and bestials/bestialists, unlike zoophilia and zoophiles, give no regard to the emotions or desires of the animal, and there is no emotional attachment. First used in the seventeenth century, it's now the usual term used in legal documents.
Faunoiphilia
Sexual arousal from watching animals mating.
Fence-hopping
Having sexual interactions with an animal that is not yours, without the permission of the animal's legal owner.
Horse-ripping
Rather explicit abuse of horses in an often sexualized context that has unfortunately become common enough that it has its own term. Unfortunately one of the big reasons zooerasty is still illegal in many places.
Zooerasty
Zoosexuality in practice, ie the act of a human having sex with an animal. cf pederasty
Zoophilia
(1) A romantic attraction to animals. An emotional attachment is necessary (-philia meaning love) and a sexual attraction is generally implied. It does not, however, need to be present, nor does an individual need to have had a partner to be a zoophile. cf nyctophilia, etc.
(2) A paraphilia involving animals, used in a clinical context. cf necrophilia
Zoosadism
Bestiality, but above and beyond a simple lack of concern for the animal partner in being explicitly physically abusive.
Zoosexuality
A sexual orientation towards animals. May cover either zoophilia or bestiality, but, like zoophilia, does not necessitate an existing relationship. Sometimes used today to mean someone who prefers animals, as opposed to someone who will orient towards animals but prefers humans.
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