This entire article is hilarious

[LemmingofGlory]

As for whether it should be legal and/or accepted by society like homosexuality... I personally think it should, just so I can protect myself. I would imagine that the late discovery of beastiality in a relationship could ruin it, much like the late discovery of homosexuality. If we force people to stay in the closet about beastiality, by law or shame, we're more likely to lack critical information until it's too late. Ultimately whether it's punished or not, people will still perform the acts. I'd at least like to have a better idea of who's into it and who isn't. :ph34r:

Now when you say "discovery of beastiality" in the relationship, do you mean discovering that your partner (1) has sex with animals or that your partner (2) has an interest in sex with animals?

If it's (1), then your analogy to homosexuality is on shaky ground. I wouldn't even call it homosexuality, precisely, unless the person is homosexual; I'd call it same-sex sex. Your partner discovering that s/he is homosexual would effectively end the relationship since said partner would be overwhelmingly likely to leave to pursue a same-sex relationship. Discovering that your partner has sex with animals and is not interested in leaving the relationship for a relationship with an animal would not be analogous to the "homosexual" situation because you alone would be interested in ending the relationship.

If it's (2), then it'd be analogous to discovering your partner has an interest in same-sex sex but is not homosexual; i.e. your partner is still interested in you. I don't think this is a good case to argue "Change society so I don't get surprised" because your partner is not dating you because it's the "in" thing to do. Your partner isn't dating you because s/he is really a closeted homosexual who hasn't admitted it yet. Your partner is dating you because your partner is interested in you. If discovering that your partner has a sexual interest which you find gross (scat, anyone?) is enough to leave 'em, that's just gonna happen sometimes.

In short, there's a difference between relationships that fail because one partner loses interest and relationships that fail because a closeted partner never had any real interest. Homosexuality needs to be accepted because it falls into the latter category. Coprophilia, beastiality, coulrophilia, et cetera are the former.

-Lemmy