10-12-2017, 01:46 AM
My vote is yes, but I don't think it's a simple yes.
I think that it's posible to change behavior enough that one would no longer see non-humans as a viable sexual partner. That said, I don't imagine it would be easy to do as there are likely numerous influences which would affect a person's orientation, with not all people arriving at the same result (zoophilia) from the same causes. It may not work in all cases and I think it would be even more difficult to reassign the sexual desire in another direction, say to a typical heterosexual relationship.
This to me opens up another question, why would it be desireable to do so? Where there is no harm being done, I don't think it would ever be warranted. In cases where social pressures or the like are the driving factor, I think it would be easier to get the individual to resolve those conflicts instead.
Like many, I have a history of failed attempts to "be normal", I do not know if strong positive interactions with humans or negative ones with non-humans would have altered that, but I am open to the possibility that it could have.
Studies done raising young sheep with goats and young goats with sheep have shown that species preference is certainly maleable among mamals, that early influences in the environment can have dramatic effects.
