But You Screw One Goat!: Difference between revisions

This is almost always played for laughs, rather than titillation. It works partly because actual bestiality is rare enough to seem less "[[Reality Is Unrealistic]]" than other acts considered perverted, similar to the unreality of [[Big Ball of Violence|cartoon violence]] — yet common enough that it's [[Truth in Television|more plausible]] (and perhaps less gross?) than [[I Love the Dead|necrophilia]]. We don't normally worry about the goat, because of said unreality and our [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?|moral distance from animals]]. Since the animals in question are not anthropomorphized and are usually the more "comical" ones found in nature (goats, sheep, chickens), you're even likely to avoid the wrath of the [[Furry Fandom]]. Also, there are not (yet?) "Bestiality Pride" parades of the type that would inspire letter writing campaigns against the trope's use.

 

 

For some reason, the [[Land of My Fathers and Their Sheep|Welsh]] appear to be the most [[Acceptable Target]] for this trope, especially concerning sheep. The same also commonly applies to people from Dumfries and Aberdeen among the British. Also, Australians and New Zealanders seem to be fond of accusing each other of excessive fondness for said animal. Sometimes also alleged toward Bedouins and other groups who have long nights alone in the desert with no company except goats and camels. The American version is usually aimed at rednecks.