actuallynotazoophileok, I lied 2 points on 2015-08-19 09:42:31
the awkward moment when annalisa kisses the cow a bit too long...
zoozooz 1 point on 2015-08-20 08:02:29
After sleeping a night over it I have decided that I am not happy with it.
Sure, it is a book for very young children, so what level of detail would I expect? But still I feel like this sort of stuff is specifically aimed at early "teaching" of a romanticized version of the origin of the milk the children are supposed to consume.
The reality of milk production looks very different: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dairy_cattle#Management. That's the question what I can expect from a children's book. Like all mammals, cows produce milk for their calves. But in this story calves are remarkably absent. What happened to it/them?
I wouldn't be so critical, but I have seen related topics on /r/vegan that made me think about it.
I know there are a lot of other issues with it. But I was focusing more on this idea about an attractive cow not being loved by a human (child in this case) because she is a cow. The things the little girl says remind me of a lot of the reactions that zoophiles get when the subject of zoophilia is brought up among non-zoos on the Internet. I saw a parallel there.
zoozooz -1 points on 2015-08-20 11:26:34
being loved
Being loved or being kissed as a means to coax her to provide milk?
Yes, I see the parallel of "never" and then "being curious". But still, something bothers me about the storyline...
ursusem 2 points on 2015-08-21 04:49:04
Just checking, but are you arguing with me for the sake of arguing with me or do you actually really care to discuss this?
zoozooz 1 point on 2015-08-21 09:00:58
I don't want to argue much. I just wanted to say that it doesn't sit right with me that the cow is only kissed in the first place because people want something from her.
/r/zoophilia archive
the awkward moment when annalisa kisses the cow a bit too long...
After sleeping a night over it I have decided that I am not happy with it.
Sure, it is a book for very young children, so what level of detail would I expect? But still I feel like this sort of stuff is specifically aimed at early "teaching" of a romanticized version of the origin of the milk the children are supposed to consume.
The reality of milk production looks very different: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dairy_cattle#Management. That's the question what I can expect from a children's book. Like all mammals, cows produce milk for their calves. But in this story calves are remarkably absent. What happened to it/them?
I wouldn't be so critical, but I have seen related topics on /r/vegan that made me think about it.
Here are a few where it's more obvious:
https://np.reddit.com/r/vegan/comments/1q8oj2/i_want_to_be_bacon_when_i_grow_up_childrens_book/
https://np.reddit.com/r/vegan/comments/2k1iao/amazon_is_selling_a_horrible_childrens_book/
https://np.reddit.com/r/vegan/comments/1zcem1/found_in_a_vintage_book_store_a_page_from_a_1913/
etc. etc.
By searching for these topics I also found this article: https://np.reddit.com/r/vegan/duplicates/37qjmp/george_monbiot_its_time_to_wean_ourselves_off_the/
I know there are a lot of other issues with it. But I was focusing more on this idea about an attractive cow not being loved by a human (child in this case) because she is a cow. The things the little girl says remind me of a lot of the reactions that zoophiles get when the subject of zoophilia is brought up among non-zoos on the Internet. I saw a parallel there.
Being loved or being kissed as a means to coax her to provide milk?
Yes, I see the parallel of "never" and then "being curious". But still, something bothers me about the storyline...
Just checking, but are you arguing with me for the sake of arguing with me or do you actually really care to discuss this?
I don't want to argue much. I just wanted to say that it doesn't sit right with me that the cow is only kissed in the first place because people want something from her.
Which I did now.