# Sex with zombies: rape, necrophilia, or okey-dokey? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [March 31, 2007, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-with-zombies-rape-necrophilia-or-okey-dokey/398192 "2007-03-31T05:59:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2007, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-with-zombies-rape-necrophilia-or-okey-dokey/398192/21 "2007-03-31T21:08:47Z")
Nevermind, I misinterpreted your last sentence as ‘that is sex without consent and therefore rape’ rather than reading ‘in such case it is only rape if the zombie does not consent’. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2007, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-with-zombies-rape-necrophilia-or-okey-dokey/398192/22 "2007-03-31T21:30:39Z")
[QUOTE=DocCathode] RE Voudoun Zombies The horror of these zombies hinges on the loss of consent and an existence of unending slavery. They may be people- though stripped of memories, personality, free will and volition. They cannot consent. Any sex with them must be statutory rape. [/QUOTE] Nitpick: “Statutory rape” refers to sex between an adult man and a girl below the legal age of consent for sex. If a man has sex with a woman who cannot give consent for some other reason – e.g., she is drugged or drunk or unconscious – that is simply rape. (Anglo-American common law and most statutes based on it define “rape” as something a man does to a woman. If a woman forces herself on a male by any means, or has sex with an underage male, that is a crime, but in most jurisdictions it is a different crime, not rape, probably “sexual assault”; same if a man forces himself on another man.) ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2007, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-with-zombies-rape-necrophilia-or-okey-dokey/398192/23 "2007-03-31T21:43:34Z")
[QUOTE=DocCathode] Nevermind, I misinterpreted your last sentence as ‘that is sex without consent and therefore rape’ rather than reading ‘in such case it is only rape if the zombie does not consent’. [/QUOTE] Yes; I worded that awkwardly. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2007, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-with-zombies-rape-necrophilia-or-okey-dokey/398192/24 "2007-03-31T21:45:56Z")
Am I the only one in this thread wondering about the lubricant properties of maggots? ---
**Author:** ![ArizonaTeach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/45deac/32.png) [@ArizonaTeach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArizonaTeach)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2007, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-with-zombies-rape-necrophilia-or-okey-dokey/398192/25 "2007-03-31T21:56:04Z")
Only if they’re married first, you immoralists. ---
**Author:** ![priapus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@priapus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/priapus)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2007, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-with-zombies-rape-necrophilia-or-okey-dokey/398192/26 "2007-03-31T22:53:15Z")
The whole thing sounds kinda gooey ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2007, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-with-zombies-rape-necrophilia-or-okey-dokey/398192/27 "2007-03-31T22:55:54Z")
[QUOTE=ArizonaTeach] Only if they’re married first, you immoralists. [/QUOTE] MINISTER: Do you take this shambling re-animated anthrophagous cadaver to be your lawful wedded wife, to love, honor and cherish, for better or for worse, forsaking all others, until death do you . . . waitaminnit . . . ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2007, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-with-zombies-rape-necrophilia-or-okey-dokey/398192/28 "2007-03-31T22:57:43Z")
I think the OP has way to much time on his/her/its hands. I mean, how bored does one have to be in order to consider the legal ramifications of sex with zombies. Break out the original Kingston Trio’s first album and listen to _Zombie Jamboree_; all questions are answered therein. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2007, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-with-zombies-rape-necrophilia-or-okey-dokey/398192/29 "2007-03-31T22:59:59Z")
The amount of fascination I have found on the Internet regarding zombie porn always astounds and worries me. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2007, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-with-zombies-rape-necrophilia-or-okey-dokey/398192/30 "2007-03-31T23:00:54Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] The amount of fascination I have found on the Internet regarding zombie porn always astounds and worries me. [/QUOTE] [Could be worse.](http://www.stopclownpornnow.org/) ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2007, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-with-zombies-rape-necrophilia-or-okey-dokey/398192/31 "2007-03-31T23:20:56Z")
[QUOTE=Autolycus] I think we can safely assume the living person is male, because I doubt a male zombie can perform. [/QUOTE] And yet again, we see, the Sapphic undead get no respect. ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2007, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-with-zombies-rape-necrophilia-or-okey-dokey/398192/32 "2007-03-31T23:32:14Z")
[QUOTE=Cervaise] And yet again, we see, the Sapphic undead get no respect. [/QUOTE] It may not even be that simple, either; I believe that soft tissues may become bloated with decomposition gases post-mortem, resulting in marked tumescence of certain structures… ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2007, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-with-zombies-rape-necrophilia-or-okey-dokey/398192/33 "2007-03-31T23:43:33Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] Nitpick: “Statutory rape” refers to sex between an adult man and a girl below the legal age of consent for sex. If a man has sex with a woman who cannot give consent for some other reason – e.g., she is drugged or drunk or unconscious – that is simply rape. (Anglo-American common law and most statutes based on it define “rape” as something a man does to a woman. If a woman forces herself on a male by any means, or has sex with an underage male, that is a crime, but in most jurisdictions it is a different crime, not rape, probably “sexual assault”; same if a man forces himself on another man.) [/QUOTE] Actually in most states women can be convicted of statutory rape just as men can (though they usually get lighter sentence). However the FBI still considers it impossible for a woman to commit rape or a man to be raped :mad: . The Zombie Survival Guide mentions zombiphilia. Basically it’s says that while it’s likely that the solanum virus can be sexually transmitted it’s pointless to warn against attempting intercourse with a zombie since the only people who’d want to do so are clrealy so deranged as to be unconcerned with their own safety. Now could someone get bitten and while dying from the infection get raped and transmit the virus to their rapist? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2007, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-with-zombies-rape-necrophilia-or-okey-dokey/398192/34 "2007-04-01T16:12:35Z")
[QUOTE=Siam Sam] Someone’s finally hit upon a form of sex that I don’t think is popular in Thailand. [/QUOTE] Actually now I think about it I may have had some practical experience of this judging by the lack of reaction from one of my exes. No sorry a Zombie is an animated corpse so its necrophilia as is sex with a Vampire no matter how hot. ---
**Author:** ![GomiBoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@GomiBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GomiBoy)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2007, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-with-zombies-rape-necrophilia-or-okey-dokey/398192/35 "2007-04-01T18:26:51Z")
And here I was thinking this thread coudn’t possibly get worse, and certainly didn’t belong in GD, until I saw this: [QUOTE=BrainGlutton] Am I the only one in this thread wondering about the lubricant properties of maggots? [/QUOTE] And now I just reach for the bleach. MY EYES! THEY’RE BURNING!!! AND THE BLEACH ISN’T WORKING!!! ---
**Author:** ![GomiBoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@GomiBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GomiBoy)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2007, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-with-zombies-rape-necrophilia-or-okey-dokey/398192/36 "2007-04-01T18:30:12Z")
[QUOTE=Lust4Life] Actually now I think about it I may have had some practical experience of this judging by the lack of reaction from one of my exes. No sorry a Zombie is an animated corpse so its necrophilia as is sex with a Vampire no matter how hot. [/QUOTE] And the prize for most wildly inappropriate username posting in a thread goes to… **Lust4Life** in the thread titled ‘_ **Sex with Zombies: rape, necrophilia, or okey-dokey?** _’ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-with-zombies-rape-necrophilia-or-okey-dokey/398192.md?page=1)