this is my first step into zoo community, though i have been lurking since i discovered my feelings (almost 20 years ago.) a lot of inner turmoil held me back, but with loving support from friends & my partner i feel comfortable putting myself out here now.
Too many people have been raised to have views that are considered accepting by modern society, and confuse that with themselves being accepting.
Most people never seriously confront their own capacity for bigotry. Tolerance isn't a sum of opinions. It's a pattern of thought.
@Jadeeyedwere in the future watch out for the migraine auras so you can do preventative measures. it really helps me keep a steady job and also suffer chronic pain, because i can isolate myself in a dark quiet environment and take excedrin ahead of time
@knotsramazing people forget being transgender was seen as a 'paraphilia' until recently as well.. the list is not great and the DSM is only as open minded or understanding as its authors. attraction to animals and the desire to have relationships with them is very clearly a sexuality..
@LooeyZooey also not sure if it's obvious but wash thoroughly aftwards anything that was in or near it. also properly using an enema cuts down on a lot of issues, and personally helps me relax.
@LooeyZooey it gets better! the parties involved just have to get more used to it i think and find strategies to make it easier at the beginning so there is no soreness afterwards.
Photos of countless refugee cats and dogs being clung to by the newly displaced are now in circulation. In one particularly striking instance, a family took turns to carry their large, elderly German Shepherd the last 17km to the Polish border.
@Lukaphile lol a good measure for sure. i am new so i think it would be odd to try and tell others how to do stuff. i just like being around people who know i want to have a romantic or sexual relationship with a dog and just go oh. well here's [another interesting topic] and just accept me
can someone explain the perplexing relationship between zoophile struggles account and zoo accounts on here? i would imagine that would be an account that would be blocked and forgotten but theres so many zoos who follow it lol
@LooeyZooey far too many people value animals based on how useful they are and choose to call them working within the parameters of unrealistic or misguided expectations as "intelligence" it is really infuriating.