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SUMMARY:Man's Best Friend - A Skeptical look at Bestiality
DESCRIPTION:Come join us on February the 11th for an alternative evening of Valentine’s entertainment as we discuss one of the most taboo topics of them all… Bestiality. \n\nView event on Facebook or Meetup\n\nIn 2005 a man named Kenneth Pinyan was anonymously dropped off at a Hospital in Washington\, where he was later found dead in the emergency room. The man had died from a perforated colon from receiving anal sex from a full grown horse. In the following investigation the police were lead to a rural Enumclaw-area farm\, which was known on the internet as a destination for people who wanted to have sex with livestock. There\, they seized hundreds of hours of videotapes of men engaging in bestiality and the incident became known as the Enumclaw horse sex case. The case became infamous and lead to a rapid passing of a bill which made bestiality punishable by up to five years in prison… \nBut what is bestiality? What drove these men to commit the sexual acts they did? Why do people engage in it? How is it defined? And why is it so reviled? \nStoryteller and skeptic James Williams will be taking a thorough and entertaining look at the murky world of bestiality; disentangling fact from fiction and discussing its bizarre history\, zoology\, humanity and philosophy. Humans\, deer\, monkeys\, seals\, dolphins\, pigs\, cattle\, dogs and more. A world of Minotaurs\, Gods disguised as swans and terrifying sounding grizzly–polar bear hybrids. What separates us from the animals? What makes us human? \nAbout the speaker:\nJames Williams is a storyteller\, science communicator and skeptic based in Bristol who specialises in critically discussing dark and taboo topics with humour and irreverence. An enthusiastic humanist and scientific skeptic\, he cares deeply about science\, education\, critical thinking and social justice. His series of talks on taboos have appeared in venues across the country and covers other taboo topics such as cannibalism and necrophilia… \n\nDoors at 7.15\, kickoff at 7.30\nThis is event is free to attend\, although we will be asking for donations at the end of the talk. Participants are under no obligation whatsoever to donate\, however please rest assured that the money we collect doesn’t end up in anyone’s pocket – it is used to fund our overhead costs\, and travel/accommodation for our speakers who come from further afield. \n\nAccessibility: As per the policy of the Admiral Bar\, access to the venue “can only be provided to patrons who are sufficiently mobile and capable of independently evacuating premises\, or with the minimum of assistance”. Unfortunately\, this leaves the basement inaccessible to most wheelchair users. \n
URL:https://glasgowskeptics.com/event/mans-best-friend-skeptical-look-bestiality
LOCATION:72a Waterloo Road\, Glasgow\, G2 7DA\, United Kingdom
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