Messmer
Tourist
I'm actually gonna' steal that joke if someone who knows asks.
why did you become a zoophile?
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MalinkalyCutie
Tourist
I don't know if I can say anything motivated me really. Started when I was young and my friends black lab would get red rockets. Everyone would make jokes about it and yell out like "eeew red rocket!"
I found myself always staring at it for longer than normal I guess? I didn't really mind it and wasn't disgusted by it.
I would always watch my Rottweiler mate with my other dog and watch, then some years later I downloaded what I thought was a music video and it was some lady having sex with a horse.
Found it interesting and still wasn't disgusted. Started looking for it on my own after that and it sort of went from there.
I found myself always staring at it for longer than normal I guess? I didn't really mind it and wasn't disgusted by it.
I would always watch my Rottweiler mate with my other dog and watch, then some years later I downloaded what I thought was a music video and it was some lady having sex with a horse.
Found it interesting and still wasn't disgusted. Started looking for it on my own after that and it sort of went from there.
CollieMom
Tourist
You grow up with a dog that's always trying to hump you and one day you're horny enough to help him penetrate. He likes it, you like it, he can't tell anyone, so why not carry on? Same with your next dog. Then, years later, you take in another dog who wants you and fits you in ways you could never have imagined and it's impossible to believe life could be different.
Armanda
Zooville Settler
I'm looking also to find others dogs rn
Sophia_26
Tourist
Written in fate and its a question of love effection , feelings , caring which leads to come close.
Messmer
Tourist
I may have written more than I realistically should've, and you could probably skip a large majority of it, but I just wanted to get everything off my chest. I'll also leave a TL;DR for people at the bottom.
I originally posted that I was born like this but I've been doing some reflecting on my past, and I realized something personally disturbing: it's kind of... All my fault... Let's lay some ground work, I am sexually attracted to dolphins, most commonly the Common Bottlenose Dolphin. I feel zero, zilch, nada sexual attraction in regards to humans. How could is of been my fault, you ask? Let's go back, and learn about the human mind along the way.
How do paraphilias even develop? We're gonna' need to do some explaining first. Sexual attraction (any attraction) involves a complex mix of brain reward circuits, sensory systems (vision and touch), emotional processing areas, and learning and conditioning. For someone, like myself, to become attracted to dolphins instead of humans, several neuropsychological factors must be involved.
A.) Early Learning and Sexual Imprinting:
One leading theory in psychology is that of sexual imprinting: during early sexual development, certain stimuli become "imprinted" as erotically significant. My experience as an example: a child or teen with intense fascination for dolphin psychology and philosophy behind consent (e.g. though books, documentaries, experience) might later find that sexual arousal becomes linked to dolphin imagery or characteristics. Once established, these sexual preferences can become highly stable and crystallized in the mind.
B.) Conditioning of Sexual Arousal:
Some sexual attractions develop through classical or operant conditioning: if someone experiences sexual arousal while exposed to dolphin imagery or experiences (e.g. swimming with dolphins), their brain might associate dolphins with sexual excitement. For some people, repeated fantasies and masturbation involving dolphins (Guilty!) reinforces the attraction neurologically through dopamine reward pathways.
C.) Anthropomorphization and Social Cognition:
Humans are wired for social bonding. The temporoparietal junction and medial prefrontal cortex help us attribute minds and emotions to others. Some people (me) anthropomorphize dolphins strongly--perceiving them as intelligent, communicative, even flirtatious. This could create an emotional and sexual bond.
Why No Human Attraction?:
This might not explain why people like me don't feel sexual attraction towards humans, but it very easily does. Sexual orientation and attraction patterns often stabilize in adolescence. A person whose sexual imprinting or conditioning focused exclusively on animals may simply never develop erotic interest in humans because the brain was focused on imprinting interest on certain animals instead.
How?:
Hormonal influences: During fetal development and puberty, sex hormones (testosterone, estrogen) influence how certain brain regions grow and connect. These hormones help shape sexual motivation, partner preferences, body responses to sexual stimuli. This "organizational" effect is why male and female brains show some differences in sexual interest patterns -- though individual variability is huge.
Puberty: The Onset of Sexual Attraction:
Puberty brings dramatic changes: surge in sex hormones, growth of reproductive organs, new sexual sensations. Around this time, the brain's reward system (especially the nucleus accumbens and ventral tegmental area) become highly responsive to sexual stimuli. Visual images, smells, touches, or fantasies can trigger intense feelings of arousal or romantic longing. This is when sexual preferences typically crystalize.
Ages They Start and "Stop" Developing:
(I'll try and make this quick)
• Childhood (0-9)
- No true sexual attraction yet
• Pre-Adolescence (9-12)
- Hormonal changes begin quietly, causing subtle shifts in interest:
- Curiosity about romance
- First crushes
• Puberty (12-17)
- Surge in sex hormones triggers:
- Sexual thoughts and fantasies
- Physical sexual arousal
- Awareness of sexual attraction to certain people or "types"
- This is when sexual orientation and many sexual preferences start to become clearer
• Late Teens to Early 20s (17-24)
- Sexual attractions become more stable and consistent
- Specific "types" often crystallize (e.g. preferred body shapes, facial features, personalities)
- Sexual fantasies often become more patterned
Researchers often call this period the consolidation of sexual orientation and preference.
After everything I've just wrote, have you figured out why I say it's my fault? I'm gonna' tell you anyway. While growing up I would be considered a "normal" child with above average intellect, and a strange interest in academics for my age. I was really into philosophy even at a young age, around 11. But there was one thing that always bugged me, and it was the problem with animals giving consent. I never understood, if an animal is giving clear and concise consent, why is it still considered rape? I was also really into psychology at this time as well, so this seemed right up my alley, but I didn't have any resources or money for research, so I had to wait. When I was getting money of my own, at 16, I started researching, and the first animal I researched was the second smartest animal to humans, dolphins. You can probably figure the rest out, but I'll continue. I was in the midst of puberty, my hormones were the highest they'll ever be, and all I was doing was researching the intellect of dolphins and how emotional and communicative, and even flirtatious they can be. Also the subject matter, consent in regards to sex, not for humans, but dolphins, so my 16-17 year old brain, unbeknownst to me, sexually imprinted on dolphins, due to everything I was learning about them. This also wasn't helped by the fact teens during puberty have a tendency to masturbate and fantasize quite a lot, and you guessed right, none of my fantasies were about humans, they were all about dolphins, which caused my brain to, and still, associate dolphins with sexual excitement and a neurological dopamine reward pathway. So basically it's all my fault.
TL;DR:
As a teenager my academic interest in psychology and philosophy caused my brain to sexually imprint on dolphins and not humans. I was to smart for my own good.
But still, this has caused me to realize that it's all my fault. It's my fault I'm this way. I would be "normal," I wouldn't have to hide who I am if not for what I did, and there's nothing I can do about it. My brain's already too developed to have any drastic changes made to it. I can't do anything about, and it's all my fault.
I originally posted that I was born like this but I've been doing some reflecting on my past, and I realized something personally disturbing: it's kind of... All my fault... Let's lay some ground work, I am sexually attracted to dolphins, most commonly the Common Bottlenose Dolphin. I feel zero, zilch, nada sexual attraction in regards to humans. How could is of been my fault, you ask? Let's go back, and learn about the human mind along the way.
How do paraphilias even develop? We're gonna' need to do some explaining first. Sexual attraction (any attraction) involves a complex mix of brain reward circuits, sensory systems (vision and touch), emotional processing areas, and learning and conditioning. For someone, like myself, to become attracted to dolphins instead of humans, several neuropsychological factors must be involved.
A.) Early Learning and Sexual Imprinting:
One leading theory in psychology is that of sexual imprinting: during early sexual development, certain stimuli become "imprinted" as erotically significant. My experience as an example: a child or teen with intense fascination for dolphin psychology and philosophy behind consent (e.g. though books, documentaries, experience) might later find that sexual arousal becomes linked to dolphin imagery or characteristics. Once established, these sexual preferences can become highly stable and crystallized in the mind.
B.) Conditioning of Sexual Arousal:
Some sexual attractions develop through classical or operant conditioning: if someone experiences sexual arousal while exposed to dolphin imagery or experiences (e.g. swimming with dolphins), their brain might associate dolphins with sexual excitement. For some people, repeated fantasies and masturbation involving dolphins (Guilty!) reinforces the attraction neurologically through dopamine reward pathways.
C.) Anthropomorphization and Social Cognition:
Humans are wired for social bonding. The temporoparietal junction and medial prefrontal cortex help us attribute minds and emotions to others. Some people (me) anthropomorphize dolphins strongly--perceiving them as intelligent, communicative, even flirtatious. This could create an emotional and sexual bond.
Why No Human Attraction?:
This might not explain why people like me don't feel sexual attraction towards humans, but it very easily does. Sexual orientation and attraction patterns often stabilize in adolescence. A person whose sexual imprinting or conditioning focused exclusively on animals may simply never develop erotic interest in humans because the brain was focused on imprinting interest on certain animals instead.
How?:
Hormonal influences: During fetal development and puberty, sex hormones (testosterone, estrogen) influence how certain brain regions grow and connect. These hormones help shape sexual motivation, partner preferences, body responses to sexual stimuli. This "organizational" effect is why male and female brains show some differences in sexual interest patterns -- though individual variability is huge.
Puberty: The Onset of Sexual Attraction:
Puberty brings dramatic changes: surge in sex hormones, growth of reproductive organs, new sexual sensations. Around this time, the brain's reward system (especially the nucleus accumbens and ventral tegmental area) become highly responsive to sexual stimuli. Visual images, smells, touches, or fantasies can trigger intense feelings of arousal or romantic longing. This is when sexual preferences typically crystalize.
Ages They Start and "Stop" Developing:
(I'll try and make this quick)
• Childhood (0-9)
- No true sexual attraction yet
• Pre-Adolescence (9-12)
- Hormonal changes begin quietly, causing subtle shifts in interest:
- Curiosity about romance
- First crushes
• Puberty (12-17)
- Surge in sex hormones triggers:
- Sexual thoughts and fantasies
- Physical sexual arousal
- Awareness of sexual attraction to certain people or "types"
- This is when sexual orientation and many sexual preferences start to become clearer
• Late Teens to Early 20s (17-24)
- Sexual attractions become more stable and consistent
- Specific "types" often crystallize (e.g. preferred body shapes, facial features, personalities)
- Sexual fantasies often become more patterned
Researchers often call this period the consolidation of sexual orientation and preference.
After everything I've just wrote, have you figured out why I say it's my fault? I'm gonna' tell you anyway. While growing up I would be considered a "normal" child with above average intellect, and a strange interest in academics for my age. I was really into philosophy even at a young age, around 11. But there was one thing that always bugged me, and it was the problem with animals giving consent. I never understood, if an animal is giving clear and concise consent, why is it still considered rape? I was also really into psychology at this time as well, so this seemed right up my alley, but I didn't have any resources or money for research, so I had to wait. When I was getting money of my own, at 16, I started researching, and the first animal I researched was the second smartest animal to humans, dolphins. You can probably figure the rest out, but I'll continue. I was in the midst of puberty, my hormones were the highest they'll ever be, and all I was doing was researching the intellect of dolphins and how emotional and communicative, and even flirtatious they can be. Also the subject matter, consent in regards to sex, not for humans, but dolphins, so my 16-17 year old brain, unbeknownst to me, sexually imprinted on dolphins, due to everything I was learning about them. This also wasn't helped by the fact teens during puberty have a tendency to masturbate and fantasize quite a lot, and you guessed right, none of my fantasies were about humans, they were all about dolphins, which caused my brain to, and still, associate dolphins with sexual excitement and a neurological dopamine reward pathway. So basically it's all my fault.
TL;DR:
As a teenager my academic interest in psychology and philosophy caused my brain to sexually imprint on dolphins and not humans. I was to smart for my own good.
But still, this has caused me to realize that it's all my fault. It's my fault I'm this way. I would be "normal," I wouldn't have to hide who I am if not for what I did, and there's nothing I can do about it. My brain's already too developed to have any drastic changes made to it. I can't do anything about, and it's all my fault.
Ashtara
Zooville Settler
How horny is that
Well, I can’t say that anything motivated me. It was just an attraction I’ve had since I was very young. I’ve always really loved my pets and love to make them feel good. I do believe that it’s just part of who I am.