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| Eight Percent | ||
| A while back I watched a documentary on the Discovery Channel about the sexual politics of men throughout the ages. I learned of a particularly interesting landmark study in the 60's (Kinsey Report, perhaps?) that found 8% of all men surveyed admitted to sexual contact with an animal at some point in their lives. The survey didn't specify dog, or sheep, or gerbil. Or how each animal was violated. Though the study may appear dated, surely the percentages haven't changed that much in 4 decades. People fuck and molest animals, as alarming to the rest of us 92-(or-so)-percenters (yes, I've never copulated with an animal, (like I'd tell you if I did!)). | ||
| How much is 8% of the male population in this country, you ask? Let's see...the U.S. has a general population of around 300 million...and say half of that is male...so then 8% would roughly equal 12 million men. That's a lot of fornication. | ||
| Now, I don't want to alienate 8% of you readers out there. I'm sure the violation towards the animal wasn't ill-intended. You were drunk and one thing led to another, right? It happens, you're not alone. | ||
| Moving on, let's look at the state of Texas. During the 2002 legislative year, a bill was proposed by the state GOP that would legalize bestiality within the state. Obviously the bill was shot down in the house, but the sheer outrageousness and audacity of these conservatives is truly amazing. The sad irony is that the state has anti-sodomy laws, though rarely enforced, still soil the state's constitution with old world Christian ambiguity. And more irony for your diet, the Texas GOP has forged ahead to ban same-sex marriage by 2005. Go figure. | ||
| Recently the Swedish government changed the age of sexual consent for minors from age 12 to 18. Unfortunately for those who truly have no consent, the incidents of men buggering domestic animals skyrocketed. Now I don't have any figures with me, but the article I read claimed a rise in citations issued of sevenfold. | ||
| What does any of this amount to? I have no fucking clue! The world is crazy and people are fucking animals and the Red Sox won the World Series. I have no idea what normal is anymore. | ||