Pets. Ok. I know we cannot compare the social norms of today against those of 150 years ago. We can agree to that.
But if we love our slaves as we do “pets”, I would hate to be your sweet Golden Retriever bitch.
My point is that just the term slave should be enough to turn your stomach, today, 50 years ago, 5000 years ago.
I know there “have always been slaves.” But it has always been morally wrong. I appreciate our founding fathers had to swallow some of their feelings about this. They should have split right away, after the revolution. Settled it then and there.
You all can try to have it make sense. But it will never be right. You do not have the right to own another person. And, if you sleep with it, it is either a person or you are an abomination of the worst kind.
What is it?
Actually, a master who abuses his slaves sexually IS an abomination of the worst kind.