This is sort of a general question about the family/household we all were raised in. Since our sexuality is in general, molded by by our parents and other family members, how did the type of attitudes affect you? That is to say, did you grow up in a household, that might classified as zoo friendly; where you had siblings, parents, etc., that were to some degree supportive of your sexual choices. Or were you in a household that were to varying degrees anti-zoo or anti-any sex behavior at all. How did it affect the degree of your zooieness, or how you came to terms with those urges and feelings? I should stress that even though I am mentioning 'family' in here its only in context of those closest to us who have influenced as we grew up. I am NOT talking about [CENSOR] experiences as such. Primarily how your family member attitudes, if any, affected your own developing zoophile nature.

For my own part, I'd have to say that I came from a pretty strict "SEX IS EVIL" kind of household evironment. All sexual behavior was strictly forbidden, dating was forbidden, friends who were members of the opposite sex were forbidden. Any kind of porno was forbidden it goes without saying, hell, we were required to close our eyes in a movie if any kind of nudity popped up. The general attitude in my house towards more 'deviant' kinds of sexuality say like, homosexuality was that my parents, father especially, would rather see up dead. Zoophilia was never discussed in any way shape or form; it was obviously soooooo beyond the pale for my parents it was never in the realm of possibility. Hence they never actively forbid it. In that sense, it probably helped me, since it wasn't strictly forbidden, I don't feel personal guilt for my attraction towards animals. I am sure though their more direct prohibitions have severly stunted me in terms of being able to persue normal human relationships.

I'de oftened wondered about this subject, because it has often in the past been pointed to as one of the main factors as to why people are pointed to bestiality/zoophilia. Lack of access to human partners. I've personally always thought this an incorrect assumption. I've known plenty of people who never had any kind of sexual activity until they were married the furst time, and yet none of them were zoophiles. So I've often wondered how much family pressure played into it versus actual, simple physical access to a human partner. All thoughts on this subject appreciated.

well i,m not that differet than you in the attatudes growing up except i did grow up in a simi rual area,(lots of animals and back than dogs generally wandered loose)

as i grew up it was animals that showed me anything i knew about sex hell my folks rearly brougt it up. when i was of leagel age)) i knew more about sexual behaviour ec with animals and nothing with humans))
back then homosexuals were still very much in the closet, and sex wanst mentioned till you were ready to leave home (or got in troube/ like my brother did)

so when they found out my older bro. was gay and i leaned heavily towards animals they whined and cried about how we,d never been taught that at home??

well true but the lack of info about growing up and sexual changes as a kid reaches adulthoon wmight have let us know enought not to find out for ourselfs about sexual things, and we might have been on the straight and narrow butas we found out these different areas we nevwer thought to be normal))

there lots more to it than that but that the 10 cent awnser


HB58

I grew up in more of a country area, and my family really didn't talk about the subject or seem to have opinions either way.... or at least push those opinions on us. During movies with nudity they might have covered our eyes sometimes, but soon didn't care that much. They somewhat tried to prescreen the movies or get the opinion of a friend whether it was acceptable. However, "normal" rated R movies were not a big deal. As for porn.... well they didn't encourage it, but figured we would be exposed to it sooner or later.... this was before most porn sites added spyware, etc to your computer. The sex topic was rarely talked about, simply tried to teach us to be responsible.

That was more my impression as I grew up, my brother might say it differently, he went through a "phase" where he thought he was bi/gay... which my dad did not support at all caused all sorts of crazy problems, while my mom was more accepting.

I have never "came out" to my family, mainly because even now I am unsure if I even have a sexual preferance.

As for why people may become zoophile... family can have an impact, but would probably not be the deciding factor.

Crazy strict families may lead someone more to experiment/consider other "options".... whether it is cause they want to rebel or something else. Something similair could be said for those "hands off" families, though instead being because of rebellion it is more curiousity since they weren't taught what was "right" (kinda like me).

There are various exceptions that can be talked about forever, but it is the person who will ultimately decide.... and the person may go through an uncertainty period that could last a couple of months.... or years.

Also, as for gays/zoos being born wired with the preferance they have..... I don't know if I believe that....maybe but, it seems to be a "crutch" to help themselves and other people feel more comfortable about their preferance, "sorry, i can't do anything about my preferance, i was born this way".

Well, there is my thoughts.

Hi,

I think it's both ways, i do believe that it can play a role, but i don't think so in my case. We have always had dogs, and growing up my parents were pretty much open minded about sex, they didn't put any "strict" no dateing rules, but made it clear that it was somethign we "shouldn't do" I guess they were more trusting that I would do what was right and never tried to "hide" it from us. My deep attraction towards dogs started when i was quite young, and developed once i reached of age. I can't really say why or what caused it, just that i have always seemed to feel this way. I had plenty of "education" on human sex/partners not via dateing but through movies, parents talking to us ect...
While my parents don't rightly know I'm a zoophile, well my step mom and dad don't know about the sex part, but they do know i love my dog's very much and that i don't go anywhere without them, and always make it well known that my dogs are always as welcome as i am, but my real mom i am almost positive she knows, but hasn't said anythign directly about it yet, like she saw my cum dripping out of my girl's pussy as we were watching tv one night, and se saw me watching one of them real good quality man with femlae dog movies and he was clearly inside the dog when she walked in, and i know she heard the tell tail creaking of my bed that can only say one thing, sex. She did talk to me about porn in her house, that she knew i watched porn that was not "normal" but she was ok wiht it as long as it was not underage, or any harm came to anyone. Then recently she made it very clear how open minded she is about sexurality, i think she was trying to get me to come out to her, but i din't want to at the time, i would like to some way find out if she'd truely accept me for who i really am, but for the time being i can live with how it is now.

but as far as growing up with my family, i can't really say they played a big role in me becomeing a zoophile, i truely think it was in my genes, i was born this way. I have never wanted or had any desired to be with a human partner. But i think one of the most important parts of it all is that I know who i am, and am happy with my life as a female dog exclusive Zoo. I have learned to quit questioning myself, and accept myself for whom i am. Once you can do that you can beocme at peace with yourself. I think that step is important for anyone in any lifestyle.

Hope to read more responses, this would be very interesting to see how it turns out


Chears,
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Tundra

Hmmm, when you put it the way you did, it makes me doubt my previous response. But it is still harder to grasp for me I guess simply because where you didn't desire a human partner, I found myself attracted to male/female animals and humans. One thing I did notice growing up was how other guys would always seem to notice how "hot" a girl was where nothing really stood out to me. Sure I could tell if a person was ugly/cute, but rarely did just seeing them turn into something sexual unless someone else brought it up. Ah, well uh, im kinda getting off topic here and could probably start a new topic with this. Maybe I just need to get into a relationship and go from there....

Also, Tundra from the way you put how the situation with your mom, it sure sounds like she knows... I doubt I would have came out at the time either.

It was simply acceptable in my family growing up. I don't really know if that was an influence in if I am or my brother and father are zoosexual, but I still find it difficult to see it as wrong so to speak. It just seems natual. You get married to a person of the opposite sex to be PC and you love and make love to who you bond with in a sexual fashion. My Dad said that anyway. I suppose sometimes that turns out to be a person of the opposite sex, but not for any of us. Luck how it turns out too, or we would all be stuck either with someone we wretch at the thought of having sex with or we would never be born. I'm just surprised to see so few other families with that moral creed.

We also don't actually talk about it. Also makes sense, being we are talking about our families sex life. So it wasn't exactly just go nuts and do whatever you want. I find it impossible to judge myself on my morals, so you'll have to look and see from my posts how much influence I really got from my family. I would dare to say I know my brother is also a member of this board though, and this board has a moral code also that must have some influence as well that ties into the family today.

Ya,

I am the same way, the hottest Women could walk down the road and i would not even notice, but on the same note, a nice big female dog could walk by and i'd defiantly notice how hot she is. I never have had even the slightest interest in humans. I'm not directly saying i was "born this way" but i'm just saying that it just seems that way as there was no real typcial cause in my growing up.


Tundra

I started off with g/f's at a very young age and used to get teased for it at school, which threw my self-esteem with girls out the window. Later in life my parents weren't supporting of me having g/f's, saying (high school and university level) all they do is waste your money and time, and then break your heart. Last g/f I had, I didn't even tell my family. I'd prefer to stick with humans as I'm embarrassed about my attraction to female dogs, but a large part of me cannot change. Part of the reason I force myself to go out with humans is almost to prove to my friends that I can do it - I think by myself I wouldn't bother as much.

I can also relate to what you guys are saying in that my friends will often point out good-looking girls and their "features"...whereas I would never have noticed or brought it up apart from thinking to myself "she's good-looking" (though I look at the face more than the features my friends are concerned about).