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It's weird roleplay as some form of escapism. If it's consenting adults I put it alongside abuse and rape roleplay fantasies common in the bdsm community. It CAN be problematic the way some people engage with it, just like bdsm, but probably is not when it's approached by people engaging in it properly? I put the question mark there because I can't really say with complete certainty without deeper investigation and experience that I simply do not have.
How is a person, pretending to be a species that can't consent, less suspect than a person pretending to be a child that can't consent?
I see the bear roleplay as "weird but not wrong", but I have no experience with speciesplay. I do however have experience of being asked to do ageplay but not having that in myself.
Not trying to struggle session or anything, just trying to philosophize. I suppose a guiding value here is "the mind is prevalent over the body".
Two different things.
One is titillating content for consumption where sex with an animal is made "ok" by creating a scenario in which it's not just an animal but actually a ~~3000 year old vampire~~, you get me.
The other is not fiction at all, it is two adult human beings in a private bedroom doing consenting roleplay with one another.
I generally agree with others pointing out that the perspective on this changes because bears could rip a person in half. If you substituted it for a dog though with no other changes...
