• SinAdjetivos@lemmy.world
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    15 天前

    a case of gender expression, not gender identity.

    When those don’t align that’s usually referred to as dysphoria/dysmorphia. That’s what the fursuits are for, just like HRT, tattoos, piercings, clothing, etc.

    I just want it to be recognized for what it is.

    What it is, or what you perceive it to be? I don’t disagree that fetish is a part of it, but that’s true of any gender/sexuality etc. It’s like flattening down all homosexuality to leather daddies.

    Then what are heterosexuality and homosexuality defined by?

    Pornographic material: Pornhub has entirely separate sites for “straight” and “gay”. Would adding a “furry” site really feel all that strange or out of place?

    sex toys, roleplay scenarios: I don’t think that’s as strongly correlated as you’re suggesting. Pony/pet play is big in the BDSM community and bad dragon toys were far from exclusively for furries. Unless you have something else in mind I’m unaware of?

    Shared hobby: What exactly is the hobby all furries share?

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      15 天前

      fursuits are for, just like HRT

      I think this vastly disregards the lifelong impacts of gender dysmorphia and is frankly kind of flippant.

    • CompassRed@discuss.tchncs.de
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      Then what are heterosexuality and homosexuality defined by?

      Pornographic material: Pornhub has entirely separate sites for “straight” and “gay”. Would adding a “furry” site really feel all that strange or out of place?

      Porn categories do not define sexual orientations, so I do not understand your point. Sexual orientation is a description of the sexual characteristics of yourself and the people you are attracted too, neither of which are decided by whether or not either of you are furries.

      sex toys, roleplay scenarios: I don’t think that’s as strongly correlated as you’re suggesting. Pony/pet play is big in the BDSM community and bad dragon toys were far from exclusively for furries. Unless you have something else in mind I’m unaware of?

      Shared hobby: What exactly is the hobby all furries share?

      I’m not claiming all furries do all those things. I’m saying that all of the characteristics that make someone furry sexual are covered by the categories I listed. None of the categories I listed are relevant to whether someone is heterosexual or homosexual.

      Also, the hobby that many furries share (I never said all) is fur suiting.