Animal RolePlay by Dark Princess

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Animal roleplay 

May be either a non-sexual or an or erotic sexual role play. it may also be called petplay, ponyplay, ponyism, kittenplay, or pup-play. One or more of the participants takes on the role of a real or imaginary animal in character, and sometimes a partner will act as another animal, or, in a sexual context, may take the role of rider, trainer, or caretaker or even breeding partner.

 

The principal theme of animal roleplay is usually the voluntary or involuntary reduction (or transformation) of a human being to animal status, and focus on the altered mind-space created. The most common examples are probably canids such as pup, dog, wolf.  Felines such as cat, kitten lion or Equines pony, horse. Animal roleplay is also used in a BDSM context, where a person may be humiliated by being treated as an animal.

 

It ranges from the simple imitation of a vocal whinnying of a horse to the barking, panting or playful nudging of a puppy, or playful behaviour of a kitten, to crawling around on all fours and being fed, or petted, by hand. It is simaliar to ageplay, taking on a role that one feels spiritually appropriate or which allows nurturing.

 

Public participation in human animal roleplay is varied. A couple could inconspicuously role-play a loving pet play scene in public, but it would look like one partner is merely stroking the other's neck innocently to the casual observer. In the case of many convention-going furries (animal characters with human personalities and characteristics.) and some BDSM fetishists one partner may wear a dog collar with a leash attached.

 

Infomation taken from Wikipedia