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Just to clarify when i mentioned the word relationship I was using it in a very general sense. it is a term a lot broader then a sexual relationship. For example a parent would have a relationship with a child and i have a relationship with my friends and co-workers. The term does not necesarilly indicate it is sexual as it is not with the above ones with people i mentioned.

I do have a rabbit companion and while i would say it is an emotional relationship (I love him and he can spend a long time licking me) their is no sexual attraction or element of it.

 

As for sex I do think we do have to consider ethics of the situation. I think it comes back to the issue of concent and is the animal truely a knowingly concenting partner in this in a way that they can make a choice. I don't beleive so and this is where the comparison with pedophilia is coming from. Their are certainly differences here both physically and emotionally but i don't think it is much different in this respect. It is a compeltly different situation from a adult sexual relationship (a hetrosexual or homosexual one) where both partners are concenting.

 

And i do think ethics has to be the guiding principal here. Not what someone wishes to do (or feels the urge to do).