It's for important science after all

It is a time that has come.

Haha. I'm such a furry.

Based on what I've read, what goes on behind closed doors is of nobody's concern. As sentient beings, they can choose their consent as a free creature. Slaves, OTOH, are bound to their masters. Much depends on the society.

Deity in training, Touya Mochizuki, while he is engaged to several women where harems are common, still, stood by, and encouraged his one friend to confess his love for a beastkin, and, eventually, they married. As for age, again, it depends on the society. We often look down our noses at marriages where the bride has yet to reach puberty, but little more than a century ago, many states had an age of consent for females as young as 10. Not just southern, "redneck" states, either, but the liberal California in it's early statehood. With catlike intensity that starts early, I would assume catgirls may be ready to play the beasts with two backs much earlier that their human counterparts: Especially if you spay them.

Depending on the locale, the species can freely intermingle, but due to various genetic differences, human/beastkin copulation does not always result in a mixed species. If inter-species mating resulted in offspring, there would always be pluses and minuses. A single pregnancy can produce one to ten offspring, which can add a drain on the household budget. One plus, though, is that the youngsters are more easily potty trained: a box of sand in the corner of their room can replace thousands of diapers a year in an average household.(I've seen kids still wearing diapers up through the age of 4, and not just pull ups)

Even without the sexual aspect of having a catgirl, there are other good points. While they involve physical interaction, it would not be considered lewd within our own culture. If you've ever had a cat lay on your lap while watching TV, you see it has a calming effect on you. Both of my cats were cuddled up near my head this morning when I woke up with a feeling of peace. Brushing their fur is not only enjoyable for them, but also relaxing for their human. If you are like me, and carry most of your stress in your shoulders, cats seem to instinctively recognize that and, without a prompt, will start kneading those sore muscles. We won't even start on the effect of their purring to humans.

Yes, we need to drop this war on drugs and put that money into something that will make america great again: the creation of catgirls!

One thing we need to do is figure out if they are sentient or not, and how we should treat them based on their sentience/non-sentience. They probably will be, and if they aren't, it will probably be very unnerving, and sexual relations between catgirls and humans would basically be bestiality masquerading as something that isn't bestiality.

If they are sentient, then how should they be treated. Should they be treated the same way as human beings, or should they be treated differently based on their differences (which could be very major or very minor, depending on the "type" of catgirl we're talking about). If they are to be treated differently, how so?

Is it right to "own" them, due to the fact that we technically created them, or is it just a reiteration of slavery?

I fully support this line of research, and it would be awesome if catgirls existed (or rather, it will be awesome when catgirls exist), but it will open up so many moral, ethical, and philosophical questions...

"Jerry Was A Man" by Robert Heinlein will give a good idea of how we would deal with anthropomorphic creatures. Catgirls, by their very nature, would possess some Human DNA, and, as such, would be more sentient than the average house cat. Depending on the shape of their mouths, speech will be sometimes difficult to understand, but not totally impossible. Still, conversations with them would be no more difficult that speaking with an average 8-9 year old.

Initially, they would be sterile. but work would continue to make it possible for procreation other than just recreation. But that would be generations from the first viable and available cat girls. The moral, ethical, and philosophical implications to the creation of catgirls will be highly volatile. Religious leaders will shout from the pulpit that they are an abomination and the work of the devil. Womens rights advocates would be marching in the street against them because men would choose them over human females: possibly jeopardizing our species propagation. Even catgirl housekeepers would find life with a female master to be difficult, as, I'm afraid, such owners would abuse the catgirls out of spite and jealousy. There are still women that believe that that copulation for population is the only way to go. Look at the Dugger family. These women would fuel the moral fight against Catgirls. At least until they were elderly widows or middle aged divorcees/single women. What we jokingly refer to as cat ladies. (note: now that I'm a single male, I have two cats, and if circumstances allowed, I'd have a few dozen) These older, mature women, no matter how much they would have fought against Catgirls in their prime, would appreciate the companionship of one. While I won't rule out a bit of lesiban cross species action, it really wouldn't be necessary. Just someone they could talk to and get a response.

Would they be used as live sex dolls? I can guarantee that, even if not everyone so chose. Even sterile, these cat girls would invariably go into heat on occasion if not spayed. Any guy that owned them, no matter how moral his stance, would find himself forcibly raped if he did not initiate the act himself. This could prove a problem in household with young boys going through puberty. At a time when they're the horniest and their chance of sex is almost nil, outside a little self abuse (or a LOT) would upset the balance of nature as they stayed home on Friday nights instead of sniffing around their female>

Here is how to deal with one of those problems. Catboys, there...now the human females can have anthropomorphic cats too. As for the bad joke that is religion...well I don't know, burn the pope?

>classmates. Young girls would have to up their game, becoming so morally loose that they would need to be on some form of birth control before starting Jr. Hi, lest they go through pregnancy and puberty at the same time.

Catgirls will change the way we look at the world. Personally, I'm for it.

Sie ist sehr schön.

Ja. Ja, ist sie.

That wasn't very good German (it should be "sie ist"), but have an upvote for trying. It's more than most Americans do.

Großmutter spoke very little German around us kids, other than when she swore. No wonder though, as she was somewhere like 3 or 4 generations removed, and I haven't studied any languages other than my own native English. Yeah, Google translate is my friend.

I live in area with a large Amish and Mennonite population. Because of the structure of the German they speak (very different dialect from either High or Low German) in English, they would say my reply, "Yes. Yes, is she".

Because I'm more concerned about communicating, I put a shortcut to google translate on my bookmark bar. I have been well rewarded for even taking that step, because, regardless of the language, the average person will reach out and try their best in English to communicate. I did this IRL when I drove taxi and had several Spanish speaking passengers.