%0 Journal Article
%T Love Has (NO) Boundaries: Researching a Sexual Taboo
%A Dafna Shir-Vertesh
%J International Journal of Social Science Studies
%D 2013
%I 
%R 10.11114/ijsss.v1i1.63
%X Sexual and emotional attraction humans feel towards animals, also known as zoophilia, is perhaps the most controversial facet of human-animal relationships. In this article I explore this seemingly ultimate transgression of interspecies boundaries and probe the Israeli cultural encounters with it. I discern how the stated concerns for normative sexuality and animal rights masquerade the underlying factors in the zoophilia taboo, and reveal the cultural implications of human-animal sexual love in Israel. My fieldwork reveals not only the limits of acceptable human-animal love, but also the limits of legitimate research, and the consequences entailed for those who resolve to challenge them.
%U http://redfame.com/journal/index.php/ijsss/article/view/63