Friday, July 20, 2012

The Anthrosexual Questionnaire


I came across again a piece titled, "The Language of Sex: The Heterosexual Questionnaire" by one M. Rochlin.  It made me giggle, so I thought I would adapt some of it for use here, as well as add a few of my own things.  1-18 are from the original questionnaire, which was obviously meant to highlight heterosexism, turning on their head a lot of questions that, at the time, were being asked of and about homosexuals.  Please note that, although it may seem like it sometimes on this blog, I'm not trying to pick on or appropriate the LGBT movement; I simply admire their ability to make an entire culture stop and think for a moment about their ideals pertaining to sexual morality.  I am also not trying to "convert" anyone to exclusive zoosexuality.  I do not even believe this is possible, nor, in our current cultural climate, is it particularly desirable.  I simply hope that you find this list entertaining and perhaps a little thought-provoking.
  1. What do you think caused you to be attracted to men and/or women?
  2. When and how did you decide you were only attracted to humans?
  3. Is it possible that your anthrosexuality is just a phase you may grow out of?
  4. Is it possible that your anthrosexuality stems from a neurotic fear of animals?
  5. Is it possible that all you need is a good non-human lover?
  6. If you've never slept with an animal, how do you know you won't prefer that?
  7. Why do you insist on flaunting your sexual attraction to humans?  Can't you just be who you are and keep it quiet?
  8. Why do anthrosexuals place so much emphasis on sex?
  9. Why do anthrosexuals feel compelled to force others into their own lifestyle?
  10. Nearly all child molestors are primarily anthrosexual.  Do you believe it's safe to expose children to anthrosexual people?
  11. Men and women think very differently.  Can a hetero-anthrosexual relationship really work?
  12. With all the societal support marriage receives, the divorce rate is spiraling.  Why are there so few stable relationships among anthrosexuals?
  13. Disease transmission from animals to humans due to sexual activity is much lower than that between humans, due to the lack of cross-species STIs.  Is it really safe for someone to maintain an anthrosexual lifestyle and run the risk of disease and pregnancy?
  14. How can you become a whole person if you limit yourself to compulsive, exclusive anthrosexuality?
  15. Considering the menace of overpopulation, how could the human race survive if everyone were anthrosexual?
  16. Could you trust an anthrosexual therapist to be objective?  Don't you feel he/she might be inclined to influence you in the direction of his/her own leanings?
  17. Have you looked into methods, such as aversion therapy, that can be used to cure your anthrosexuality?
  18. Do anthrosexuals hate animals?  Is that why they are anthrosexual?
  19. How can you be certain that your human partner is consenting to sexual intercourse?
  20. Humans fake enjoyment of sex with great frequency: 60% of women and 25% of men state that they have faked orgasm.  How likely do you feel it is that your human partner is not getting anything from your sexual relationship?
  21. Are you attracted to humans because animals do not find you attractive?
  22. If your partner does not explicitly say, "Yes, I want to have sex," it is rape.  Do you consider yourself a rapist?
  23. Some people are, let's face it, pretty stupid.  Do you believe it would be wrong for you to have sex with an intellectually inferior individual?
  24. With rape being this common in the human world -  one in four women are raped at least once in their lifetimes (Greenberg, Bruess, Haffner, 2000) - is it fair to say that humans do not have a real idea of sexual consent?
  25. Do you think that, during a woman's "time of the month," she is capable of giving proper consent?
  26. You can injure your human partner during sex: roughly one third of American adults being injured during intercourse every year (according to medical insurance companies).  Is having sex safe for both you and your partner?
  27. Power differences are commonly large between human partners: many marriages include only one spouse who works to keep food on the table.  Is it wrong for such a couple to have sex with this power difference?
  28. Humans are notoriously unconcerned about nature.  Don't you think it's better to become more intimate with the non-human world?
  29. In South Carolina and Michigan, oral sex, even between heterosexual married couples, was illegal prior to 2003.  Do you feel that couples who practiced oral sex in these states prior to 2003 were perverts or criminals?
  30. Anthrosexual intercourse is disgusting.  Why would you ever want to do it in the first place?

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