![]() However, it’s worth noting there are many marginalized statuses within the furry community. In other words, if you removed all the sexual content, there would still be a furry fandom. While sex can certainly be a part of the furry fandom, the majority of furries are motivated by reasons of social belonging, not sexual motivations. Humans can find intimate connections when they gather, but it’s not usually the reason they engaged in the activity. Well, all kinds of people go to conferences sometimes they have sex there. For most people - furries included - these aren’t exactly conditions that put them in the mood.” Do furries go to conventions for sex? It would be like trying to have sex wearing a winter coat inside a spacesuit.Īs my colleague, Courtney Plante, says: “For most folks, dehydration, lack of feeling or seeing anything, overheating and clumsiness are not conducive to sexual arousal. Remember, fursuits are prohibitively expensive, custom made, hard to clean, hot and bulky. Do they do it in their fursuits?įor the most part, they do not. The inclusive nature of the furry fandom means that, for many furries, it’s a safe place where they can be their most authentic selves. These are not the kinds of species that would use litter boxes, anyway. However, most furries’ fursonas are wild and mythical animals, such as foxes, wolves and unicorns or hybrid species, such as a kangaroo-dragon. Many of the litter box rumours also fixate on cats. I have seen dog bowls and giant straws used to feed furries at a restaurant, but this was an inside joke between a small local business and Anthrocon - an annual furry convention held in Pittsburgh which brings millions of dollars to the local economy and raises thousands of dollars for animal-related charities. But are litter boxes an integral part of the furry fandom? We’ve never observed litter boxes at any of the dozens of furry conventions we’ve attended internationally. ![]() Is it possible that somewhere someone has asked for a litter box? Anything is possible and I can’t disprove a negative. Have you met sports fans who wear their team’s jersey at a special event, such as a game, or a music fan who wears their favourite band’s branded T-shirt? Most people wouldn’t wear this kind of fan paraphernalia to work or a job interview, and some wouldn’t wear it at all. Another 50 per cent of furries own furry paraphernalia - a furry T-shirt, ears, collar or tail - that communicates their furry interests to others. Some fursuits are phenomenally engineered with fans, cooling packs and LED lights built into them.įursuits are usually worn on special occasions - a parade, meet-up or convention. While many furries have no interest in acquiring a fursuit at all, they can also be prohibitively expensive. Having a fursona doesn’t mean that a furry owns a fursuit (a mascot-like outfit), and only 15 to 25 per cent of furries have them. In the same way that cosplayers typically don’t believe they are actually Spiderman, furries don’t think they are their fursonas. But that’s not quite right.įurries don’t identify as animals they identify with animals. Some believe they dress that way all the time. Many people think that furries dress up as animals. Fursuitsįor many furries, the fandom is a way to build social connections with others. Research also indicates that a fursona can help facilitate interactions with others and result in more social confidence. The product of deep reflection, fursonas can represent idealized versions of the self that are imbued with positive characteristics, like being sociable, funny and less anxious.įursonas can be a safe, functional way for furries to explore who they are as people, including their gender identity and sexual orientation. What’s a Fursona?Ībout 95 per cent of furries develop their own unique avatar-like character called a fursona. In its most distilled form, furries are a group of people who formed a community - or fandom - because they have a common interest in anthropomorphic media, friendships and social inclusion. Furries do a similar thing, but with a twist.įurries are people who have an interest in anthropomorphism, which specifically refers to giving human characteristics to animals. Have you heard of cosplay, where people costume as characters? They might dress up as a storm trooper or superhero and attend a comic book convention to have fun with friends. (Furscience), Author provided The basics: What’s a furry? Fursonas can be a safe, functional way for furries to explore who they are as people.
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