Human-goat sexual intercourse

Human-goat sexual intercourse is a sexual activity between a person and a goat, an agile, hollow-horned, bearded ruminant mammal. Human-goat sexual intercourse is one of the more common types of bestiality; of male zoophiles, 28% admitted sexual attraction to goats, ranking fourth. In female zoophiles sexual attraction to goats is very rare or non-existent. Actual levels of sexual contact were lower than this however.Andrea M. Beetz. [http://www.fifine.org/whitefangsTexte/72-Englisch.html "Human sexual contact with animals".] ]

The phrase "goat sex" is somewhat of an internet meme. [ [http://www.gregsopinion.com/archives/003543.html "The Goat Sex Meme Never Dies".] ] There are also many urban legends surrounding goat sex (eg. AIDS first came from hippies having sex with goatsFact|date=October 2008).

Goat sex is usually performed by a male human upon a goat of either gender. Male goats do not commonly take the initiative to copulate with a human female although some cases have been reported.Havelock Ellis (2004). "Studies in the Psychology of Sex, volume 5". ISBN 1554458315. Page 33. ( [http://books.google.com/books?id=E-UOleIcXfIC&pg=PA33&lpg=PA33&dq=human+goat+sexual+intercourse&source=web&ots=X-D357ngtv&sig=l_HYRxGBNkL8XaDvmLakvGx-PrU&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=2&ct=result#PPA33,M1 Google book] )] The goat will often bleat in an unusual manner as the act is committed. [ [http://www.modernghana.com/news/165993/1/farmer-caught-having-sex-with-goat.html "Farmer caught having sex with goat"] ] Reports of the animals after being sodomized have described them as "subdued". [Taylor, Alastar. [http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article145635.ece "Man's sex with goat".] "The sun".]

History

Goat sex has been practiced since ancient times. In Egypt, the goat was viewed as the incarnation of Mendes, god of procreation, and as a ritual of worship, the male priests would copulate with female goats and the female priests would do likewise with male goats. Similar activity was also witnessed in Ancient Greece. In the Middle Ages, the goat was associated with the Devil as one of his preferred forms, often in connection with sexual deviance. Women under trial as witches were forced to confess that they had sexual contact with the Devil in the form of an animal. In this regard however the goat was of the minority of forms the devil was cited to have taken.

In South Italy and Sicily, bestiality among goat herders is said to be extremely common, "almost a national custom."The Himba are an ethnic group of about 20,000 to 50,000 people [http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0401/feature2/index.html?fs=www7.nationalgeographic.com] , living in northern Namibia, in the Kunene region (formerly Kaokoland).AllAfrica.com (October 24, 2005) "Himba in Age of Aids."] According to the ancient Bantu cultural norms, sex is both a biological need and a socio-religious practice that ensures the health and prosperity to the entire clan. The Himba treat sexual intercourse as a natural act. In the Himba game Ouruwo, children are exposed to sex education through games where they imitate the sexual acts of goats and cattle with their playmates.

There is a famous statue of the mythological satyr Pan having sexual intercourse with a goat, which was found in Pompeii. As with the rest of the erotic art in Pompeii, it shocked the Victorian sensibilities of the time. [Atiyah, Jeremy. (July 2, 2000) The Independent "Where love and anchovies are in the air." For an image, see [http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v227/mmothra/PanShe-Goat-Herculaneum.jpgnot child safe image] .]

In 1188, Gerald of Wales published "Topographia Hibernica", an illustrated manuscript.Irish Times (March 15, 2003) " [http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/weekend/2003/0315/1047089436926.html This land is our land.] " Section: Weekend. Page 55.] In addition to depicting a king mating with a mare then drinking its blood, the manuscript depicts a woman having intercourse with a goat. The manuscript is one of history's earliest propaganda tracts.

In the early 1700s, Scottish sailor Alexander Selkirk spent four years as a castaway on an uninhabited island in the early 1700s.Preston, John. (May 13, 2001) Sunday Telegraph. "Desert island dyspeptic. John Preston on the travails of Alexander Selkirk, the foul-tempered original of Robinson Crusoe." Sub-Section: Books. Review of Selkirk's Island by Diana Souhami Weidenfeld. ISBN 0156027178] Selkirk only had goats to keep him company. Without any human contact, Selkirk eventually had intercourse with goats, a form of intercourse that "lacked fraternal exchange".

In 2006 a Sudanese man was caught having sex with his neighbor's goat. As punishment the village elders forced the man to marry 'Rose the goat' because "he used it as his wife". [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4748292.stm?ls Sudan man forced to 'marry' goat] ]

Dutch film director Theo van Gogh who was murdered in 2004, had been quoted once referring to Muslims as a 'fifth column of people who preferred sexual intercourse with goats' [Hylarides, Peter C. (February 1, 2005) Contemporary Review. " [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2242/is_1669_286/ai_n13661901/pg_4 Multiculturalism in the Netherlands and the murder of Theo van Gogh.] " Volume 286; Issue 1669; Page 73.]

Popular culture

In the 2002 play "" written by American playwright Edward Albee, the character Martin, a famous architect, falls in love with a goat named Sylvia.Brown, Tony. (March 31, 2002) The Plain Dealer "Broadway blasts off. Fresh faces and old hands propel sales to a record." Section: Sunday Arts; Page J1.] Martin's intercourse with a goat becomes known to his best friend. The best friend tells Martin's suburban wife, Stevie, and their 17-year-old son, who become devastated. [North Shore Times (April 14, 2006) " [http://www.newstext.com.au/docs/NSS/2006/get.jsp?docid=NSS-20060414-1-037-4017565V7@NSW-CUMBERLAND-2006-2005 Glib play with few straight laugh lines.] " Section: 1; Page 37.]

In the 2004 comedy/horror film "Club Dread", the Juan character admits to having intercourse with a goat.Waltz. Amanda. (March 1, 2004) U-WIRE " [http://media.www.pittnews.com/media/storage/paper879/news/2004/03/01/Ae/club-Dread.May.Be.In.Fact.Dreaded-1790038.shtml "Club Dread" may be, in fact, dreaded.] "]

In 2007, American artist Paul McCarthy displayed "Cultural Gothic", a technologically complex installation of wigged, mannequin-like figures.Turner, Elisa. (April 1, 2007) The Miami Herald " [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MH&s_site=miami&p_multi=MH&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=118DE749F714F7A8&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM L.A. Art Exposed. Rubell exhibit explores West Coast scene.] " Section: M; page M3.] "Cultural Gothic" shows a father helping his son have intercourse with a goat with a strangely distanced and robotic look. The work is "a deliberately ugly reflection of the base, dehumanizing and machismo instincts in popular culture." "Cultural Gothic" served to indict of those instincts.

See also

* - A play about a man who falls in love with a goat.
*Sudanese goat marriage incident

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