Psychology of sex - Total No. of Records in System :: 2032

SEXUAL DEVIATIONamong soldiers at the front compelled to live an abstinentlife; and the goat has been mentioned in this connectionboth in medieval days and among the troops of the GreatWar.But it isby no means only their dulled sensibilities, orthe absence of women, which accounts for the frequencyof bestiality among peasants. A highly important factor isA large number of animals have been recorded astheir constant familiarity with animals. It is scarcely surprisingthat peasants should sometimes regard animalsas being not only as near to them as their fellow humanbeings, but even nearer.employedin the gratification of sexual desire at some periodor in some country, by men and sometimes by women.Domestic animals are naturally those which most frequentlycome into question, and there are few ifany ofthese which can altogether be excepted. The sow is oneof the animals most frequently abused in this manner.Cases in which mares, cows, and donkeys figure constantlyoccur, as well as goats and sheep. Dogs, cats, andrabbits are heard of from time to time. Hens, ducks, andespecially in China, geese are not uncommonly employed.The Roman ladies were said to have had an abnormalaffection for snakes. The bear and the crocodile are alsomentioned.The social and legal attitude towards bestiality has reflectedin part the frequency with which it has been practiced,and in part the disgust mixed with mystical andsacrilegious horror which it has aroused. It has sometimesbeen met merely by a fine, and sometimes the offenderand his innocent partner have been burnt together. Inthe middle ages and later itsfrequency is attested by thefact that it formed a favorite topic with preachers of thefifteenth and sixteenth centuries. It is significant that it