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Bestiality Linked to Penis Cancer

Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 10:06 pm
by moi621 (imported)
As sad as it might be :( for your favorite lamb, horse, cow, pig or chicken, continuing the relationship could cost most dear.

http://gizmodo.com/5857174/sex-with-ani ... nis-cancer

By Kristen Philipkoski ( a jealous chick of course )

Nov 7, 2011 6:00 PM

Sex With Animals Will Give You Penis Cancer

Researchers studied 432 men between 18 and 80 years old in rural Brazil, 118 of whom had penile cancer. Of those with the disease, 35 percent reported that they had had sex with horses, cows, pigs, chickens, and other animals. And those are just the ones who admitted it.

The scientists, who published their work in the Oct. 24 issue of the Journal of Sexual Medicine, also asked the men if this was a habit or a one-time thing. "Zoopilia" was a regular indulgence for 59 percent of them, who had sex with animals over a period of between one and five years, while 21 percent did it for more than five years. Some did it daily, others monthly.

Stop reading now if you thought or wished desperately it couldn't get any more disturbing: Men who had sex with animals also had higher rates of sexually transmitted diseases, and the researchers think that might be because they're all having group sex. More than 30-percent practiced sex with animals in groups. This is not done alone in a remote stable—it's a party!

Why does bestiality cause cancer, you ask? Stênio de Cássio Zequi, urologist in Sao Palo and lead author on the study explains it to LiveScience thusly:

"We think that the intense and long-term SWA practice could produce micro-traumas in the human penile tissue," Zequi said. "The genital mucus membranes of animals could have different characteristics from human genitalia, and the animals' secretions are probably different from human fluids. Perhaps animal tissues are less soft than ours, and non-human secretions would be toxic for us," he explained.

Dear lord. Oh and did you think this was just something that happened in Deliverance land? Think again. A 2003 study published in in the Archives of Sexual behavior found that of 114 self-defined zoophiles (Greek for animal lovers) in the United States, Australia, New Zealand and Europe, 36 percent lived in big cities and 83 percent had been to college. Nearly half worked in informatics or technology, and some of them earned high incomes.

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I wonder 💡

would a condom constitute safe sex with the critter?

Moi

Re: Bestiality Linked to Penis Cancer

Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 10:22 pm
by DeaconBlues (imported)
Now I know what all of you are gonna say about me and that cow, but honestly, the way that cow was dressed, she was askin' for it!😄

Re: Bestiality Linked to Penis Cancer

Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 8:11 am
by gunnutz (imported)
I sure hope Artificial insemination doesn't constitute sex with animals!

Re: Bestiality Linked to Penis Cancer

Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 9:48 am
by C&TL2745 (imported)
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moi621 (imported) wrote: Tue Nov 08, 2011 10:06 pm Why does bestiality cause cancer, you ask? Stênio de Cássio Zequi, urologist in Sao Palo and lead author on the study explains it to LiveScience thusly:

"We think that the intense and long-term SWA practice could produce micro-traumas in the human penile tissue," Zequi said. "The genital mucus membranes of animals could have different characteristics from human genitalia, and the animals' secretions are probably different from human fluids. Perhaps animal tissues are less soft than ours, and non-human secretions would be toxic for us," he explained.

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Moi

I'm wondering whether it might be a virus. HPV has been linked to cervical cancer in women for quite some time, and I understand there's now evidence that it can lead to penile cancer in men. That seems more plausible to me than a cow's being a Sandpaper Sally. Just a thought....

Sandi

Re: Bestiality Linked to Penis Cancer

Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 10:28 am
by JesusA (imported)
I don’t know whether to thank you for posting this or not. Anyway, the original academic article is not yet published, but is available on line to subscribers to The Journal of Sexual Medicine, where I’ve published three articles so far, all about voluntary eunuchs. Be happy no journalist has picked up on them yet!. Apparently (no surprise) it was mostly teenage boys having sex with animals. The mean age for first and last episode were 13.5 and 17.1 years of age. Here’s the full title, long list of authors, and the abstract:

Sex with Animals (SWA): Behavioral Characteristics and Possible Association with Penile Cancer. A Multicenter Study

Stênio de Cássio Zequi PhD, Gustavo Cardoso Guimarães PhD, Francisco Paulo da Fonseca PhD, Ubirajara Ferreira PhD, Wagner Eduardo de Matheus PhD, Leonardo Oliveira Reis MD, Giuliano Amorim Aita MD, Sidney Glina PhD, Victor Silvestre Soares Fanni MD, Marjo Denisson Cardenuto Perez PhD, Luiz Renato Montez Guidoni MD, Valdemar Ortiz PhD, Lucas Nogueira MD, Luis Carlos de Almeida Rocha PhD, Gustavo Cuck MD, Walter Henriques da Costa MD, Ravendra Ryan Moniz MD, José Hipólito Dantas Jr. MD, Fernando Augusto Soares PhD, Ademar Lopes PhD [The authors are located at 12 different hospitals scattered throughout the entire country.]

Article first published online: 24 OCT 2011

DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2011.02512.x

ABSTRACT

Introduction.  Zoophilia has been known for a long time but, underreported in the medical literature, is likely a risk factor for human urological diseases.

Aim.  To investigate the behavioral characteristics of sex with animals (SWA) and its associations with penile cancer (PC) in a case-control study.

Methods.  A questionnaire about personal and sexual habits was completed in interviews of 118 PC patients and 374 controls (healthy men) recruited between 2009 and 2010 from 16 urology and oncology centers.

Main Outcome Measures.  SWA rates, geographic distribution, duration, frequency, animals involved, and behavioral habits were investigated and used to estimate the odds of SWA as a PC risk factor.

Results.  SWA was reported by 171 (34.8%) subjects, 44.9% of PC patients and 31.6% of controls (P < 0.008). The mean ages at first and last SWA episode were 13.5 years (standard deviation [SD] 4.4 years) and 17.1 years (SD 5.3 years), respectively. Subjects who reported SWA also reported more venereal diseases (P < 0.001) and sex with prostitutes (P < 0.001), and were more likely to have had more than 10 lifetime sexual partners (P < 0.001) than those who did not report SWA. SWA with a group of men was reported by 29.8% of subjects and SWA alone was reported by 70.2%. Several animals were used by 62% of subjects, and 38% always used the same animal. The frequency of SWA included single (14%), weekly or more (39.5%), and monthly episodes (15%). Univariate analysis identified phimosis, penile premalignancies, smoking, nonwhite race, sex with prostitutes, and SWA as PC risk factors. Phimosis, premalignant lesions, smoking, and SWA remained as risk factors in multivariate analysis. However, SWA did not impact the clinicopathological outcomes of PC.

Conclusion.  SWA is a risk factor for PC and may be associated with venereal diseases. New studies are required in other populations to test other possible nosological links with SWA.

And the gem piece from the text of the article:

SWA was practiced with the same animal by 38.0% of SWA practitioners, with similar rates reported by PC patients and controls (34% vs. 39.8%, respectively; P = 0.638). The number of animals involved per individual ranged from 1 to 7. The animal types most often cited were mares (N = 80), followed by donkeys (N = 73), mules (N = 57), goats (N = 54), chickens (N = 27), calves (N = 18), cows (N = 13), dogs (N = 10), sheep (N = 10), pigs (N = 6), and other species (N = 3). Chickens were more frequently involved in the south and southeast of the country, with only three reports in the northeast, where donkeys dominated the reports. Higher SWA rates were found in the northeast (45%), with the highest rates in Piauí and Maranhão.

Re: Bestiality Linked to Penis Cancer

Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 1:32 pm
by justjustin (imported)
It sounds like the sort of thing that could be made up. - That anyone doing anything so horrible should get cancer, so maybe they made it up.

Re: Bestiality Linked to Penis Cancer

Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 4:46 pm
by moi621 (imported)
justjustin (imported) wrote: Wed Nov 09, 2011 1:32 pm It sounds like the sort of thing that could be made up. - That anyone doing anything so horrible should get cancer, so maybe they made it up.

Note the author in upload #1

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moi621 (imported) wrote: Tue Nov 08, 2011 10:06 pm By Kristen Philipkoski ( a jealous chick of course )
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:)

BTW I do not believe it is made up. But, those who do it with critters just may be more promiscuous with their own species to acquire cancer of the penis the old fashioned way, without circumcision. ;)

Re: Bestiality Linked to Penis Cancer

Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 4:56 pm
by tugon (imported)
If you are a bottom does the animal have to worry?

Re: Bestiality Linked to Penis Cancer

Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 6:55 pm
by Sweetpickle (imported)
Sheep79 could be in big trouble, he'll never find a date now.

Re: Bestiality Linked to Penis Cancer

Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 7:54 pm
by Lasander (imported)
Chickens? And instances are more common than dogs? Blows my mind... Question though, what are the numbers of bottoms vs tops? I am assuming tops are only counted but I wonder if there would be a difference in cancer and VD rates in the bottoms.