Fear of the Animal.

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 Is eating out of a dog bowl unhygienic?

  Is running on all fours a mockery of athleticism?

   Should wearing an over-clothing tail be confined to sex?

    Does wearing a collar indicate some secret ownership of one’s body?

 Of course, wearing a collar saying “Daddy” indicates something, and eating from a dog bowl containing dog food would be unwise, but otherwise?

 All of the questions can be answered with “no”.

 The only circumstance, safety permitting, when they can be responded to with “yes” is if there is some social stigma or taboo to make them undesirable. You wouldn’t think that though, given how vociferously much of society will decry any animal-originated act.

 Where does this animosity come from then? What’s the harm from partaking in harmless acts everybody has already encountered in different contexts?

 Fear.

 Fear of the Animal.

 It is not the fear of an animal: no lions peek through office parks’ fences; no wolves prowl on Broadway.

 This is fear of the Animal: the opposite to that which we deem “human”.