Is it ethical to have sex with a dog?

Posted By Jane on January 19, 2000

Q. Is it ethical to have sex with a dog? How can the dog be consenting?
- Ella Frederick

A. Dogs love to serve their masters. In fact they LIVE for it. How could one mis-read a dog’s consent? A dog is a powerful intelligent creature that is capable of communicating its boundaries very clearly. Often when people need help guarding their own boundaries they enlist the skills of a dog. I do presume you’re talking about a big dog – for a small one is completely un-imaginable! I actually tried to have sex with a dog in a dream once and the dog would have no part of it! It was clear. One could certainly rape a dog, and that is NOT ethical. The rape of any creature is a crime as horrible as murder. I am not suggesting or encouraging sex with any unconsenting animal.

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