Life by Association: Getting Furry

The term "furry fandom" is also used to refer to the community of people who gather on the Internet and at furry conventions. This led to the formation of a discussion group that met at science fiction conventions and comics conventions. The specific term furry fandom was being used in fanzines as early as , and had become the standard name for the genre by the mids, when it was defined as "the organized appreciation and dissemination of art and prose regarding 'Furries', or fictional mammalian anthropomorphic characters".

During the s, furry fans began to publish fanzines, developing a diverse social group that eventually began to schedule social gatherings. By , there was sufficient interest to stage the first furry convention. Allegorical novels, including works of both science fiction and fantasy , and cartoons featuring anthropomorphic animals are often cited as the earliest inspiration for the fandom. According to a survey from , most furries believe that visual art, conventions, literature, and online communities are strongly important to the fandom.

Fans with craft skills create their own plush toys, sometimes referred to as plushies , and also build elaborate costumes called fursuits , [16] which are worn for fun or to participate in parades, convention masquerades , dances, or fund-raising charity events as entertainers.

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Furry fans also pursue puppetry , recording videos and performing live shows such as Rapid T. Rabbit and Friends and the Funday PawPet Show , and create furry accessories , such as ears or tails. Anthropomorphic animal characters created by furry fans, known as fursonas, [20] are used for role-playing in MUDs , [21] on internet forums , or on electronic mailing lists. There are also several furry-themed areas and communities in the virtual world Second Life.

Role-playing also takes place offline, with petting , hugging, and "scritching" light scratching and grooming common between friends at social gatherings. Sufficient interest and membership has enabled the creation of many furry conventions in North America and Europe. A furry convention is for the fans get together to buy and sell artwork, participate in workshops, wear costumes, and socialize. The Internet contains a multitude of furry websites and online communities, such as art community websites Fur Affinity , Inkbunny , SoFurry and Weasyl ; social networking sites Furry 4 Life , FurNation ; and WikiFur , a collaborative furry wiki.

Usenet newsgroups such as alt. There are several webcomics featuring animal characters created by or for furry fans; as such, they may be referred to as furry comics.

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One such comic, T. The phrases furry lifestyle and furry lifestyler first appeared in July on the newsgroup alt. The Usenet newsgroup alt. They have defined and adopted an alternative meaning of the word furry specific to this group: In their survey, Gerbasi et al. When compared with the general population, homosexuality and bisexuality are over-represented in the furry fandom [15] by about a factor of Of the US population, about 1. Sexual attraction to furry characters is a polarizing issue.

The survey specifically avoided adult-oriented websites to prevent bias. Furries have a slight preference for pornographic furry artwork over non-pornographic artwork. A portion of the fandom is sexually interested in zoophilia sex with animals , although a majority take a negative stance towards it. The older, lower results, which are even lower than estimated in the general population, were due to the methodology of questioning respondents face-to-face, which led to social desirability bias.

Early portrayal of the furries in magazines such as Wired , [51] Loaded , [52] Vanity Fair , [53] and the syndicated sex column " Savage Love " focused mainly on the sexual aspect of furry fandom. She learned that the restrictions were intended to prevent misinformation, and reported that the scandalous behavior she had expected was not evident.

Milwaukee Brewers broadcaster Jim Powell was sharing a hotel with Anthrocon attendees a day before the convention and reported a negative opinion of the furries. Samuel Conway , CEO of Anthrocon , said that "For the most part, people give us curious stares, but they're good-natured curious stares.

We're here to have fun, people have fun having us here, everybody wins". Despite some concerns and warnings by staff that there could be a seriously negative culture clash if the two groups interacted, the refugee children were on the whole delighted to meet the convention goers who seemed like cartoon characters come to life. According to Furry survey , about half of furries perceive public reaction to the fandom as negative; less than a fifth stated that the public responded to them more negatively than they did most furries.

2.10 Furry Motivation

The International Anthropomorphic Research Project, a team of social scientists from various disciplines led by Plante, Reysen, Roberts, and Gerbasi, has been collecting data on the furry fandom using numerous methodologies. Their publication collects several peer-reviewed and self-published studies into a single volume. Minors were not included in the study for professional ethics reasons. One of the most universal behaviors in the furry fandom is the creation of a fursona — an anthropomorphic animal representation or avatar. Nearly half of furries report that they have only ever had one fursona to represent themselves; relatively few furries have had more than three or four fursonas; in part, this is due to the fact that, for many furries, their fursonas are a personally significant, meaningful representation of their ideal self.

The most popular fursona species include wolves, foxes, dogs, large felines, and dragons. Data suggest that there are generally no associations between personality traits and different fursona species. Inclusion and belongingness are central themes in the furry fandom: On average, half of a furry's friends are also furry themselves.

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