Cassidy, Rebecca. 2009. Zoosex and other relationships with animals. In: Hastings Donnan and Fiona Magowan, eds. Transgressive Sex: subversion and control in erotic encounters. 13 Oxford and New York: Berghahn, pp. 91-112. ISBN 978-1-84545-539-2 [Book Section]

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Zoosexuality, a sexual orientation towards animals, is one of a number of identities that emerged on the Internet during the 1980s and 1990s, alongside distinct but related groups of furries, plushies and therians (weres). The anonymity of the Web created a space in which people who enjoyed sexual relationships with animals could discuss their activities unencumbered by the anxiety of discovery. By the mid-1990s, one could marry one's animal partner at the First Church of Zoophilia, receive practical instructions on how to have sex with a wide variety of species of animals, and conduct a discussion as to the pros and cons of 'coming out' as a zoo.

Item Type:	Book Section
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	Anthropology
Dates:	Date Event 2009 Published
Item ID:	5621
Date Deposited:	24 May 2011 14:10
Last Modified:	16 Jun 2017 10:51
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/5621

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