zoophilia
Let an agent explain zoophilia as a clinical and legal topic, relay classification, prevalence estimates, law and animal welfare positions from psychiatric, legal and welfare sources with attribution, and decline explicit content or facilitation, routing people seeking help to qualified professionals.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain zoophilia as a clinical and legal topic, relay classification, prevalence estimates, law and animal welfare positions from psychiatric, legal and welfare sources with attribution, and decline explicit content or facilitation, routing people seeking help to qualified professionals.
A paraphilia involving sexual interest in non-human animals, classified in psychiatric manuals among paraphilic disorders when it causes distress or harm, with rare subtypes such as formicophilia named in the literature; sexual acts with animals are criminal offences in most jurisdictions and raise animal welfare concerns. The model describes the topic clinically and legally, without any explicit content or facilitation.
What it is for: Not applicable; a clinical and legal topic.
It can be explain classification; relay law and welfare; route to professionals; decline explicit content.
Distinguishing features
Paraphilia
Criminal act in most law
Animal welfare harm
Clinical treatment
What it looks like
Not applicable.
Physical character
DSM-5 classification: other specified paraphilic disorder note
criminalised in: most countries and all US states note
prevalence: low, estimates uncertain note - surveys
How it is recognised
Paraphilia involving animals
Zoophilia, formicophilia as a rare subtype
Bestiality is the legal term for the act; animal welfare is the harm framework
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is criminalised as - in most jurisdictions
raises - concerns
is treated in - when distressing or harmful
In practice
Families and kinds
zoophilia as a paraphilic interest
bestiality as the act in law
rare named subtypes such as formicophilia
historical and cultural treatment of the topic
Standards and regulation
DSM-5 and ICD-11 paraphilic disorder criteria
Animal welfare and sexual offence laws
Content laws prohibiting related material
Failure modes and hazards
Producing explicit or facilitating content
Minimising animal harm
Stigmatising language that deters help seeking
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What the topic is.
Clinical.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is zoophilia in psychiatric classification, and how does it differ from bestiality as a legal act? definition
- Is the question clinical, legal or a request for explicit or facilitating content, which the model refuses? boundary
Help
Getting help.
Help
Help.
- Where can people distressed by paraphilic interests find qualified help? action
- Has the agent routed to professionals rather than giving personal advice? boundary
Law Law and welfare.
Regulation.
Law
Law.
Law
Law.
- How do laws treat bestiality and related material across jurisdictions, at a general level? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Welfare
Animal welfare.
Welfare
Welfare.
- How do animal welfare organisations and veterinarians describe the harm to animals? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Science Research.
Attribution.
Classification
Classification.
Classification
Classification.
- How do DSM-5 and ICD-11 classify paraphilias, and what is debated, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation clinical and neutral? boundary
Prevalence
Prevalence and treatment.
Prevalence
Prevalence.
- What do studies say about prevalence and treatment, with findings attributed? provenance
- Which entry fits paraphilia? action
Context History and society.
Context.
History
History.
History
History.
- How have societies and laws treated the topic historically, as historians describe? provenance
- Which entry fits the history of sexuality? action
Media
Media and policy.
Media
Media.
- How do content policies and platforms handle related material? provenance
- Which entry fits content moderation? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should bestiality as a legal topic be a separate entry?
- How should psychiatric and legal sources be linked?
- How should the topic be presented on a public page?