Zoo

[kiwifire51]

In my opinion, the debate about zoo is a fair one.

I understand that they can't give consent, which is problem for most people. That being said, one could argue that a male dog humping the daylights out of your leg signals a desire/approval. The issue of female animals is where I draw the line, because sex could actually be harmful to her if done improperly.

There is also a distinct difference between zoophilia (zoo) and beastiality that most people aren't aware of...

Zoophiles (zoophilia) tend to love their animal and have intimate sexual relationships with them--even to the point of kissing. They don't want to harm their partners and more likely than not will let the animal do as it pleases.

Beastialiy is more-or-less just about sex. It's what usually comes out in the media, like with farmers and cows, therefore encouraging a negative stereotype.

Anyway, rules are rules and I didn't mean to start a debate or anything lol. I do think that Lit should take the topic into consideration, but it is what it is.

 

[Hypoxia]

Humans have screwed animals for a long time. Humans have also screwed children for a long time. Does duration make these "traditional vales", like xenophobia and spouse-abuse?

I recall a powerful SF story from long ago (but not its title) about an immature immortal. She was born human in pre-Classical times but was hit by lightning or something (I forget the McGuffin) when she was ten or so, giving her eternal life -- but stuck at that age of physical development. She has lived for millennia now, mostly as a child prostitute. Would her story be banned from LIT? Is it "child pr0n" if the child's living body is ancient?

 

[Sean Renaud]

While a clever author could probably slip that past Laurel and the Mod Squad yes that would be against the rules. By Lits rules the body and mind should be 18. With your average 10 year old however you'd have the problem of describing a physically immature body, as long as the character was post puberty (or reasonably enough that the physical description sounded like a woman, perhaps petite but a woman not a girl) and she became immortal you'd probably be just fine.

Clones, Androids and other "cheap, lazy" characters still need to be programed or cloned with sufficient inteligence to be considered adults. I don't know if anybody has tested how much play room there is with an android that doesn't really understand human interactions but my guess would be that you'd have significant leeway so long as the character was more Arnie in T2 where he had the understanding of the physical aspects of humanity but no true understanding of emotions.