Out the gate this post will be kinda loaded so stay with me. This post is 21+ so if youre a minor or young adult, respectfully, take a hike.
So if thats not your fancy then this post is a pass
So recently I had someone accuse me of being a zoophile
Something that I will say out the gate doesn't hold any merit whatsoever. A lot of the "evidence" they sited, is faulty "they're gross and I dont like them so they're this now". I didn't even want to entertain this person bc any time I do there's always a continuation of their incessant harassment and stalking. Hell, I wouldn't even be surprised they're reading this since nothing escapes their depravity but I digress.
One of the reasons they sited as me being zoophilic was my take on fantasy sex toys and in particular the knotted ones.
I'm always of the mindset of "do no harm and no harm will be done on you" kinda wolf but maturing especially in college when I had to take courses on the psychology attraction and -inevitably- they mentioned paraphilias, I learned a lot of flaws that came with this mindset bc I used to believe that fantasy toys were indicative of some sort of malicious desire.
Come to learn, it's not as black and white.
For one, zoophilia is described as the persistent interest in animals sexually, so it would make sense to say "oh if a toy is vaguely shaped in an animalistic way then its bad" but then I learned about anthropomorphism.
Anthropomorphism is the act of artistic renditions of attributing human aspects to otherwise non-human creatures. Yall aren't strangers to furries, but thats why anthro yiff is not registered as "exploitative material" to law enforcement or the FBI.
Having crushes be it romantic or sexual to anthropomorphic creatures is not zoophilic bc youre attracted to the human aspects of said creature rather than the animalistic traits, something someone who has zoophilia would gravitate towards.
Animals cant consent, beastiality is harmful bc the animal is not intellectually developed to consent- let alone communicate consent. It's psychologically proven they have the mental age of a human 3 year old at best. It's harmful because the illness makes sufferers experience intrusive thoughts in taking control from a less intelligent form of life, making it inherently abusive as thats a power dynamic that cant be compensated for.
Now if this were an anthropomorphic creature who can speak, think like an adult, and is within their ability to consent then that wouldn't be zoophilic bc to have zoophilia you'd have an inclination to take advantage of a life form that CAN'T do that.
"But that doesnt answer the question of why have non-human genitals"
In which i say, you can anthropomorphize that as well.
Im gonna be a bit vulgar here but stay with me, if I put a knot on a human member, thats not an animal peen bc thats been anthropromorphized to look separate from animal accurate parts.
And I can say as someone who has grown up with dogs and works with animals, a lot of the fantasy toys you'd see in some store like spencers arent accurate...like at all.
Just trust me on that and dont go searching for weird shit 💀
So long as they aren't incredibly referencing the real thing or god forbid, live casting/scan casting. AND they're anthropomorphic i see no problem with knotted fantasy toys bc at the end of the day monsters don't fucking exist (and if they did I would gatekeep them from all you monster fuckers and keep them for myself)
A shop i love to buy from, Wandering bard, anthropomorphizes their toys bc they're based on DND monsters. The werewolf one they have is an anthropomorphic creature not accurate to any living creature (and also werewolves dont exist unless you count me but god didnt bless me with a kidney crushing shlong).
Werewolves are man, wolf hybrids. I love werewolves but in the way a furry loves them.
Im not into the twilight werewolves bc those are...Just wolves. I like the vanhesling werewolf bc a muscle bod makes my head dizzy. I love werewolves bc there's something hot about a man who also so happens to be a blood lusting monster by night.
This post was just a build up to tell you how much I love werewolves. Thats it.
But in all seriousness, let's not lessen the definitions of zoophilia and beastiality and why these things are a serious topic and trivialize them by likening them to what is essentially a silicone butter sock.
And to compare the two really distracts away from actual abuse that still is happening till this day (cough cough whats happening at MFF). Like let's please focus on actual harm on animals people are getting away with and stop witchhunting the monster fuckers.
This rant is so fucking unserious anyways bye.