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[-] FirstPitchStrike@kbin.social 42 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think it's the fact that furries tend to bring their kink public. I have not consented to engage in your sex games. If he showed up to a ceremony in leather and a ballgag no one would be ok with it, but the fur suit is the equivalent and I'm expected to applaud.

[-] Serinus@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago

the fur suit is the equivalent [of] leather and a ballgag

I mean, no. It's really not.

I do get what you're saying and generally agree otherwise. That one was just a bit much.

[-] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

I agree. I’ve seen furries in public and while I find them odd, I never saw any of their costumes as inherently sexual.

[-] BaroqueInMind@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago

They do, though, and therein lies the non-issue.

[-] yuriy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

except they don’t though, where are you coming up with this?

say someone is attracted to women, right? is every female body they see gonna be viewed exclusively through a sexual lens?

some people get kinky with ropes, are those inherently sexual too? where’s the line?

[-] Jimbo@yiffit.net 9 points 1 year ago

The fursuit is the equivalent??? I'm actually laughing rn people think this???

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 9 points 1 year ago

bring their kink into public

But it's not a kink for them.

[-] randon31415@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

You sound like the kind of person that wants to ban drag story time at the libraries because "kids shouldn't be exposed to someone's kink"

[-] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works -5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

So the distinction I feel here is that women are people. If a man wants to dress like a woman, sure, most people can interact with women in public, whatever. If you want to call them both, broadly, a form of cosplay, then drag is a costume that doesn't fundamentally change much. Animals aren't people.

[-] yuriy@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago
[-] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 year ago

I mean, Halloween is explicitly a cosplay event which subverts social norms. I think it's pretty disingenuous to conflate Halloween with typical daily interaction

[-] yuriy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

furry meet ups are explicitly a cosplay event which subverts social norms. i think it’s pretty disingenuous to conflate people with hobbies with sexual deviants.

[-] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 year ago

Oh sure, meetups are one thing. I'm only talking about out in public.

[-] Pizza@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

A big part of this misconception is actually from That Episode. You can actually google the phrase That Episode. No need to even specify the show, just those two words are enough (but the show is CSI). There's a bunch to read into if you'd like, but the important bit is that a big part of public opinion - which has only recently begun to change, and only in some parts of the internet - comes from That Episode's portrayal of furries

[-] PsychedSy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I mean if someone gets off by not hurting or interacting with you then your consent isn't important. What happens in someone else's head is theirs. How they act toward others is important. Feel free to be skeeved out, tho.

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