Animal Abuse

Within the last few years, many societies are becoming increasingly aware of what qualifies as abuse and its effects on the victim. Domestic violence and physical abuse has long been accepted as wrong by the general population, but such abuses as sexual and emotional have stayed in a grey area until recently. Societal outrage at unsatisfactory sentences on rape and sexual assault cases, mental health being treated as the real disease it is, and understanding that men can be victims just as easily as women, have starting really tearing down the victim-blaming mentality and putting more accountability on the perpetrator. As a society, we have defined rape as anything that hasn’t been consented to; and defined consent as anything that has been …show more content…
Physical abuse, passive or active neglect, lab testing, to name a few, have been discussed widely on mainstream media, and therefore people have renounced eating meat or any animal by-product, boycotts of SeaWorld and other establishments such as circuses have taken place, even the tradition of bull fighting in Spain has been condemned. While the physical welfare of animals, another living creature on this plant, has become so important that there has been subsequent creation of an entire movement dedicated to animal rights. The emotional welfare of animals, other than mostly domesticated house pets, is less considered and thought of compared to physical wellbeing, and even far less than that is the possible sexual abuse of an …show more content…
When it comes to addressing issues like these, the first done is making sure everyone understands the definition of consent, next question asked should be, “Can all parties consent?” followed by, “Did all parties consent?” Between humans we understand that consent needs to be informed and even verbal and therefore those under a certain age cannot give consent, those in a position of automatic submission cannot consent (i.e.: inmates and guards), those who are intoxicated or unconscious cannot give consent, those who say the word “no” have removed consent from the table. So how can an animal give consent? Most animals cannot speak and even if they can, there is a limit of understanding they may have as to what is about to transpire. Squeals and cries of assumed pleasure could be those of pure terror. Very few species of animals have sex for pleasure so, like in human, sexual stimulation and the end result of climax does not always equal