# Loving Animals: Historical Reflections on Bestiality, Zoophilia and Post-Human Love

- Institution: Gresham College
- Speaker: Professor Joanna Bourke
- Year: 2020
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: History, Literature and writing
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/loving-animals)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Adult profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

What is meant by ‘love’ between human and nonhuman animals? Why is sex with animals such a taboo? It is only in very recent years that some people have begun to undermine the absolute prohibition on zoosexuality. Are their arguments dangerous, perverted, or simply wrongheaded?

## Lectures

1. [Loving Animals: Historical Reflections on Bestiality, Zoophilia and Post-Human Love](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/loving-animals/4076d895dcce) (YouTube)