Bestiality and various geographic areas
Bestiality is the act of engaging in sexual relations with an animal. In addition to being repulsive and being a sexual taboo in societies, bestiality can cause harm to both animals and humans.[2]
In areas of the Western World where there is a significant amount of atheists and evolutionary belief, there have been notable problems related to bestiality (see: Atheism and bestiality and Evolutionary belief and bestiality and Bestiality and secular Europe).
A 2015 Jerusalem Post article indicates "Copenhagen has for long been the bestiality capital of Europe and has attracted many tourists mainly visiting to have sex with animals. Legislation against this practice was only enacted this year."[3]
Vice News, a global news channel which broadcasts documentaries about current topics, reported in 2014 concerning secular Europe:
| “ | Bestiality is having a weird renaissance in Europe. Perhaps ironically, it kicked off when activists succeeded in banning the practice in places like Germany and Norway. In the background, something else emerged simultaneously: an animal-sex-tourism industry, which has been blossoming in Denmark.[4] | ” |
On July 1, 2013 the Daily Mail reported that bestiality brothels were spreading quickly through Germany.[5] In addition, the Daily Mail reported that there "are even 'erotic zoos' which people can visit to abuse animals ranging from llamas to goats."[6]
In 2014, according to Danish journalist Margit Shabanzahen, a Danish man who ran a business catering to people who have sex with horses said that he had buses of people arriving at his business.[7]
In February 2010, the UK news website Metro reported:
| “ | Given the illicit nature of the product, precise figures on animal pornography video sales are difficult to find, but the Dutch newspaper Algemeen Dagblad, in a 2007 survey, found that distributors in the Netherlands were responsible for some 80 percent of bestiality videos worldwide.[8] | ” |
Below is a list of areas where bestiality has recently posed notable problems and has been reported in news outlets:
- Secular Europe and bestiality
- Denmark and bestiality
- Germany and bestiality
- Netherlands and bestiality
- Sweden and bestiality
- Britain and bestiality
- Australia and bestiality
- Washington state and bestiality
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First "bestiality rights" organization was founded in secular Europe
The first so called "bestiality/zoophile rights" group, called Equality for All, has its roots in secular Europe and formed in the '90s.[10] It is located in the Czech Republic. According to a 2010 Eurobarometer poll, 16% of Czech citizens responded that "they believe there is a God" which the lowest rate among the countries of the European Union.[11]
In 2005, the Pew Forum reported:
| “ | According to a 2002 Pew Global Attitudes survey, there are striking differences in public opinion between the U.S. and European countries on issues such as the importance people attach to religion in their lives and the linkage they perceive between belief in God and morality. The survey shows that a large majority of Americans consider religion important in their personal lives and closely associate religion and morality. Furthermore, Pew Forum surveys over several years show that Americans are generally more comfortable with religion playing a major role in public life. In contrast, Europeans generally place much less importance on religion in their lives, and general indicators show that major churches in Europe are declining in terms of membership, recruitment of clergy, financial contributions and overall public influence. The Pew Forum convened distinguished experts Peter Berger, John Judis and Walter Russell Mead to analyze these differences between the U.S and Europe and to assess their impact on transatlantic relations.[12] | ” |
Bestiality in the wake of various irreligious nations passing anti-bestiality laws
The article The problem of individuals in irreligious nations engaging in bestiality may not have been largely solved! declares:
| “ | I realize that many nations have significant illegal drug problem despite the illegality of various drugs. And the prohibition of alcohol was an abysmal failure in the United States. But I was hoping that various countries in Secular Europe passing anti-bestiality laws in the wake of their countries notable and embarrassing problems with bestiality largely solved the problem. It probably did, but this may not be the case.
The website Health24 recently published an article entitled Bestiality is much, much more common than you think which states:
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See also
- Liberalism and bestiality
- Homosexuality and bestiality
- Enumclaw horse sex case
- Social effects of the theory of evolution
Declarations of evolutionist and atheists on bestiality:
- PZ Myers on bestiality
- Christopher Hitchens on bestiality
- Skeptic Skatje Myers' comments on bestiality (Daughter of atheist PZ Myers)
- Wikipedia on bestiality
Notes
- ↑ Bestiality brothels are 'spreading through Germany'
- ↑
- Denmark’s Bestiality Problem: It’s Legal by Barbie Latza Nadeau, The Daily Beast, 10/14/2014
- The Crime of Bestiality/Zoophilia: Sexual Assault of an Animal
- Does having sex with animals harm anyone?
- Sex with Animals (SWA): Behavioral Characteristics and Possible Association with Penile Cancer. A Multicenter Study
- Study Links Bestiality and Penile Cancer; Women’s Health Risk Too?
- Horse sex story was online hit by Danny Westneat, Seattle Times - December 30, 2005
- The International Handbook of Animal Abuse and Cruelty: Theory, Research, edited by Frank Ascione, pages 217-218
- ↑ Suggestions for the anti-Semitic slurs list by MANFRED GERSTENFELD, Jerusalem Post, 2015
- ↑ Secular Europe's weird bestiality renaissance
- ↑ Bestiality brothels are 'spreading through Germany'
- ↑ Bestiality brothels are 'spreading through Germany'
- ↑ Godless Denmark and depravity
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Aug 20 2009 article at Browardbeach.com entitled Those Who Practice Bestiality Say They're Part of the Next Sexual Rights Movement
- ↑ Aug 20 2009 article at Browardbeach.com entitled Those Who Practice Bestiality Say They're Part of the Next Sexual Rights Movement
- ↑ Eurobarometer Poll in 2010
- ↑ Secular Europe and Religious America: Implications for Transatlantic Relations
- ↑ The problem of the irreligious engaging in bestiality may not have been largely solved!