Classification of Massen for Zoophilia

Extent of Involvement

Grade

incidental experience and/or latent

1

voyeurism (mixoscopic zoophilia or faunoiphilia)

2

rubbing against or other physical contact with an animal as a source of pleasure (frotteurism)

3

masturbating using an animal as a tool

4

animal as a surrogate object for a behavioral fetish (may involve sadism or sadomasochism)

5

fixation on a specific animal, breed or type (animal as fetish)

6

physical contact and affection for an animal but not used as a sexual partner (in love)

7

use of an animal as a sex partner but as a surrogate for a human one

8

preference for an animal as a sex partner (deliberate and voluntary)

9