Keith&Co.
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This 'd make an interesting anecdote on a really weird episode of the Addams Family. "Says here in the paper, some marine biologist fell into the pool at that Dolphin place in Florida, and got raped by a porpoise!" And Grandma sighs: "Ahhhhh. Grad school."Oh, yeah. First thing dolphins do when we teach them enough language to communicate with humans is ask for a hand job.Interestingly, it is possible that we live in a world where animals can give consent. I don't think the reality has ever sufficiently happened, or been recognized, nor been operated properly so as to be truly acceptable even once in history. It is not something that is, at any rate, impossible.
And what researchers do to get answers is between them and their funding. But LEGALL, we do not allow children or animals or the mentally incompetent to enter into contracts, give consent, or take responsibility for their own orgasm.
I suppose i must append "...yet." to this statement.
Yes, you must. This is why I go into the discussion of still stupid, emotionally damaging, and otherwise problematic, with a focus on whatever education leads to less young people molesting animals.
I'm not going to exactly demand people not give handjobs, but I mean, they're getting solicited for an old fashioned by a complete stranger... I wouldn't give some human hobo a handy, why would I give an aquatic hobo one? Fucker might as easily drag you down and just rape you. Or do that the next time you jump in.
Actually, I was thinking about the Addams in relation to this thread. They were about the first couple i ever saw on TV with an active and happy sex life. Other couples were either never shown in the bedroom or had twin beds. Gomez and Tish were forever just one borrowed French word away from a sincere effort to initiate hanky panky.
Unlike couples that mostly related by references to spouse abuse ("To the nearest substantial orbiting body, Adelaide!"). Totally devoted to each other, no hint of going astray. But they were presented as weird people not someone to emulate. Odd, that.
For the most part, TV, movies, all adults treated Sex as a forbidden subject my whole life. If you're under 18, it's a no-no topic. Not for public consumption, public discussion. The "Rocky Horror" episode of Glee kinda touched on this. Kids are taught that sex is bad, they shouldn't ask questions, shouldn't investigate, shouldn't understand what it is their bodies are demanding. We think we're protecting them for 18 years by not tolerating any talk on the subject.
And then, boom, you're an adult. It's all on you. No tools have been provided, no discussion tolerated, no experimentation allowed. But now you have the keys to the car that's been revving your engine for your entire puberty. Take it out for a spin, but don't get hurt.
And we still don't talk about it, because until VERY recently, everyone was convinced that no one would ever think of homosexuality if we never told them it existed. Or blowjobs. Or anal. Or speed-runs to Tijuana to find out what all the fuss is about.
We've made it a big, tempting mystery and not even given them Velma's magnifying glass to navigate it.