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aposiopetic
2007-01-11 07:22 am UTC (link)

Do adult animals not have the ability to recognize sexual intent, and react with either consent or objection?

I could be completely talking out of my ass here (and I'm sick and it's late, so please also forgive the possibly horrible analogy I'm going to make), but no, I don't think can (always) recognize sexual intent. An animal's frame of reference is completely different to that of a human's. If they're presented with a situation that they don't understand, either by observation or being hardwired for it, then it's hard for them to consent to it (or, alternatively, consent to it without realizing all of the rammifications). For example, like when creepyguy apparently covered his dick in oats. The horse was thinking, "Ooh, a snack :D" and went along with it, while the guy was thinking "Blowjob! She loves me ♥" The horse went along with it, but I doubt that it knew that it was involved in a sexual act at the time.

Heck, if people can miss intent (example: my icon could appear to be waving at someone in an attempt to bring them closer when she is instead going "Is Glinda going to have to ~~slap~~ drown a bitch?"), then it's definitely easy for animals to miss it.

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