How can you be asexual towards rats? (self.zoophilia)
submitted 2014-08-27 15:38:55 by Ferlove

I was watching this documentary about zoophilia, and this guy said he was asexual towards rats. I've been really confused about this, how can you be asexual towards rats? Do he misspeak or does he mean that he's bisexual towards rats? Or does he mean that he doesn't get turned on by rats, and if he does why do he even mention it? My head hurts. The documentary It starts out with the guy talking.

danpetman 2 points on 2014-08-27 17:18:19

Just guessing, but I suspect he means he's attracted to rats in a way that most people would consider unusual, but that it's not sexual, in the same way that an asexual person can be attracted to one individual more than others, just not in a sexual way.

Ferlove 1 point on 2014-08-27 18:38:32

Still don't get it

ZoroasterTheCat 2 points on 2014-08-27 21:46:34

Yeah, I think the guy just misspoke. You can't be asexual towards anything.

[deleted] 5 points on 2014-08-27 19:00:21

Maybe he means he has a platonic love toward rats.

Or he finds rats attractive but doesn't attempt sex with them.

I guess he likes rats a lot.

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ShadowOfMars 1 point on 2014-08-27 21:11:27

Rats are beautiful mammals. Sexual intercourse is impossible due to scale, but that's the only barrier. It makes sense that a zoo-exclusive person would find them attractive and even form a romantic bond.

Yearningmice Equus 1 point on 2014-08-28 00:47:38

I think asexual is used in the tumblr sense here. A definate attraction without sexual interest. It's not normally used as a verb though...

wright-one ursidae canidae pantherinae 1 point on 2014-08-29 06:31:51

he didn't use it as a verb, actually. the phrasing was "i'm ... asexual towards rats."

but i agree with your assessment.. that's likely what he meant, IMO.

Yearningmice Equus 1 point on 2014-08-29 22:00:10

Yea, the way get spoke it seemed to me it he was searching for a verb, like "I am sexual with..." But no really good word fit except maybe platonic, but that would imply no difference than say a brotherly love, which I am sure te isn't trying to say...

But yea...

wright-one ursidae canidae pantherinae 1 point on 2014-08-29 06:32:57

thanks for bringing this article and documentary to our attention. i don't have a very high opinion of vice from the "asses of the carribean" thing, but i thought both the article and the documentary were well done.

manbear666 1 point on 2014-09-12 00:29:58

He likes to look at rats while masturbating, but you obviously can't fuck a rat, you can only think about it.