The current debate over bestiality has obvious parallels to a myriad of evils: transsexuality, lesbianism, homosexuality, metrosexuals, bisexuals, transvestites, necrophilia, etc. I post a representation of The Thinker by Rodin as an icon of rationalism. Rationalism is the theory that the exercise of reason, rather than experience, authority, or spiritual revelation, provides the primary basis for knowledge.
It is a sobering insight to remember that "The Thinker" resides above Rodin's famous work, "The Gates of Hell". This stunning work was executed by Rodin as an artistic expression of the vacuity of reason. The portico of hell, over-thought by reason, is held up by twisted humans in various throes of sexual passion.
Need proof of the failure of rationalism? Read the article below, on Beastiality.
Beastiality: Sundance Film Festival, 2007
There is presently considerable debate in psychology over whether certain aspects of zoophilia are better understood as an aberration or as a sexual orientation. The activity or desire itself is no longer classified as a pathology under DSM-IV (TR) (the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association) unless accompanied by distress or interference with normal functioning on the part of the person, and research has broadly been supportive of at least some of zoophiles' central claims. Critics point out that that DSM-IV says nothing about acceptability or the well-being of the animal, and many critics outside the field express views that sexual acts with animals are always either abusive or unethical. Defenders of zoosexuality argue that a human/animal relationship can go far beyond sexuality, and that animals are capable of forming a genuinely loving relationship that can last for years and which is not functionally different from any other love/sex relationship.
