r/drama: CNN: 'Inside the misunderstood culture of furries'

CNN: 'Inside the misunderstood culture of furries'

1 2018-11-19 by WeWuzKANG5

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1 WeWuzKANG5 2018-11-19

The furry community has a message for the rest of the world: Their culture is not about sex.

Take longtime furry Joe Strike. When he puts on his reptilian costume, Strike transforms from self-described "pretty mellow guy" to a character he calls Komos. "I become very sinister — very forceful and intimidating," says Strike, author of a book on the fandom called "Furry Nation."

Yikes, oh and FYI:

For example, a "greymuzzle" is an older member of the furry fandom. "Bronies" are fans of the "My Little Pony" toy, TV and movie franchise. A "therian" is someone who feels an intense spiritual identification with a nonhuman animal. A "babyfur" is interested in age play and young or childlike characters. Milfurs are furries who are current or past members of the military. Here's one more: Furries who are into costumes are called fursuiters. And yes, #FursuitFriday is a real hashtag on social media.

Mayocide now:

"Demographically, it's mostly white. They tend to be sort of middle class and they tend to be what you think of as nerds," says MacEwan University instructor Dr. Courtney Plante

Dancing is also big among fursuiters. In addition to costume dance events at conventions, nightspots have been getting involved. For more than a year now the Eagle Bolt Bar in Minneapolis has been hosting "Suit Up Saturday," where 20-30 fursuiters, show up every week, the bar says. An overwhelming percentage, 84%, identify as male.

No shit

But what does research say about fursuiters and sexual fetishes? "We find that, with most furries and their fur suits, there's no sexual element to it for the vast majority of fursuiters," says Plante. >"It's because they want to be a cartoon character in the real world."

I'd love to see this research.

A lot of furries have some kind of bullying history. Researchers found they reported "significantly more bullying than the average person." According to furscience.com, 61.7% of furries reported being bullied from the ages 11-18.

Otherwise known as "natural selection"

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1 rationalhuckleberry 2018-11-19

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1 WeWuzKANG5 2018-11-19

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