People are strange...

So a 1 year old animal (the age many animals such as dogs reach sexual maturity) can consent to sex, but a 15-17 year old human (since the age of consent is often 16-18) can't? A 15-17 year old human is infinitely more intellectually and socially advanced than a 1 year old animal. But people, even intelligent people, or perhaps especially intelligent people, will come up with all kinds of crap to justify their own interests and make themselves feel superior to others. I'm not even excluding us from that since we are human like everyone else, although I think the validity of the argument is on our side here. Dogs are much more submissive and compliant than children, especially female children, in my experience. Dogs are much more approachable if they belong to others and you have much more access to and control over them. If you own a dog/animal, it would be very easy to get away with having sex with them. Nothing against people who happen to be attracted to animals, but the thought of some dog fucker "pitying" me is pretty comical.