Research Study

[IrisAlthea]

Funny how the same name can refer to different things around the world.

Around here, "kissing disease" refers to mononucleosis, caused by herpes 4 and transmitted by saliva.

Heh, I just thought about the potential for confusion bwhen I saw you had already posted about it.

 

[LucyBee01]

Just completed it. Given the definitions provided, I decided, for the purposes of completing the survey, that the OP was really asking questions about dominance and submission.

Frustrating they appear to not have distinguished between dominance/submission and sadism/masochism.

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

The other matter though, is that we all have a requirement to eat, and to eat somewhat healthily and naturally, and also consider the impact of those choices not just on the animal perhaps but environmentally.

Like you this topic fascinates me, and is not far from one I spent academic time on, and I have spent time following animal production from beginning right to the end in various abattoirs.

Its comparatively easy to make ethical choices with meat, or say, eggs. Its a little harder but not impossible with milk. ( organic, fwiw does NoT mean free range, I know small organic herds that are barn kept in winter....but does barn kept been cruel? Our animals almost always have free choice and often choose barn at these same times. )

Where things get more complicated and less are bought foods....things that eggs or milk might go into. And often things people term think about. Checkout purchases never comment on ingredient source for example.......

This fascinates me as well, but I have a very different take on it. Yes, plants are more.. complicated than we know or understand. Most people don't know that mushrooms are more closely related to animals than vegetables (they produce vitamin D with sunlight, as humans do - not photosynthesis). And we humans, as animals, have evolved to eat pretty much everything. So I believe that we should. Animal, vegetable, mineral and outliers, we are made to consume much of it. If we don't, we go against our own evolution. That's like a sunflower suddenly wanting to live under a shade tree and use sun screen. It's just not what it was made to do.

I know, go ahead and hate on me. That opinion is never popular. On the flip side, we evolved beyond vegetarian state by choices that we made, so we should continue to make choices that may have an ongoing effect on our evolution. I'm ok with that as well. But right now, I was made to eat everything, and I do.

And I'm sorry, but I didn't bother taking this umpteenth survey foisted upon us

 

[researchstudent]

General Response

Thank you to those of you who have completed my survey. Each response I receive helps further my research, and gets me closer to graduation.

Please remember that this was a college-student created survey. While I have studied a good portion of the literature, as well as research methods, this is my first survey, and I am still in the learning process. All studies come with problems, including participant bias, the sampling pool, and the understanding of questions and topics. While I tried to be as unbiased as possible, I appreciate your feedback about problems with the survey.

For those of you with questions about certain wording or interpretations, I appreciate your feedback. As researchers explore this topic more in the future, more uniform definitions and interpretations will be used in these studies.

Thank you for all of the feedback, as it will not only help me, but future researchers, as well.

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

No, I agree, for example, I do not make my animals vegan, vegetarian. However, I feel I can make conscious choices in the way I buy what we eat,...its impact on welfare and environment. I don't hate you. We are entitled to different conclusions. I like you for THNKING about it. Even if we conclude differently.

I do buy "the good stuff" when it's available, and I can afford it

 

[Kajira Callista]

Was going to move it...but it looks like we are having fun so I will leave it

 

[babslovesherdaddy]

I answered the survey and I wanted to put in my two cents here for the benefit of the OP. I've always had depression on and off (bipolar). Embracing my kinky/massochistic side with the right partner has helped my depression more than anything else. Times in my life when I have tried being vanilla for long stretches at a time are some of the most depressed times I can remember. Since I've entered into a D/s relationship, even my anxiety has lessened. I used to be afraid of my own shadow practically. Now I feel safe. Sure, I still get anxiety and depression aometimes due to my own messed up chemical imbalances and other stressors. I guess what I'm trying to say is that its not BDSM that is bringing me down.