vultureculturecoyote:

rowan-lupine:

Genuine question?

Why is any community subculture pertaining to do with animals (especially those including animal cosplay, roleplay or identity.) heavily sexualized by outsiders?

It’s actually dangerous to associate groups that have absolutely fucking nothing to do with bestiality with the illegal act, or paint them out to be “kinks”, it’s so bizarre?

Furries aren’t inherently sexual.

Otherkinity/Therianthropy is never sexual.

Pet-regression isn’t petplay.

idk what pet regression is but yeah furries and therians are definitly not a fetish… I try to tell people this all the time but they just INSIST that since I made a fursuit and draw animals that I must be a sexual deviant. Which is harmful considering i’ve been in the furry fandom since I was 12.

Mostly it’s just different kinds of roleplay. Exploring an alternate personality through a fictional character is an entirely healthy and normal thing for people to do. I’m pretty sure every kid ever has drawn at least one picture of themself as something not human, it’s a normal part of imagination. That’s a thing people do.