Zoophilia in Men: A Study of Sexual Interest in Animals

@article{Williams2003ZoophiliaIM,
  title={Zoophilia in Men: A Study of Sexual Interest in Animals},
  author={Colin J. Williams and Martin S. Weinberg},
  journal={Archives of Sexual Behavior},
  year={2003},
  volume={32},
  pages={523-535}
}
This article presents a study of 114 self-defined zoophile men who were researched primarily through the use of an on-line questionnaire. We describe how the participants acquired the identity label of zoophile, what it meant to them, and their relationships among themselves. Also examined are how they eroticized animals and how human and feral characteristics combined to form this object choice. Finally, participants' sexual profiles with animals and humans, and how the balance of animal and… Expand
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