FSE

Furry search engine

formerly SoFurry search engine

A school project by Timer Wolf on FA

1. What is your IRL biological gender? (male, female, other (be specific)) Male
2. What is your IRL sexual orientation? Straight
3. What is your ethnicity IRL? white
4. What country/state do you live in? Connec ticut
5. How old are you IRL? 57
6. Do you own or wish you owned a fursuit? If so, why?Yes; two. Opinion:
7. Do you think stereotypes about furries are correct in any way? Yes; A LOT of furries ARE young, gay, males who are video gamers.
8. In what ways do you think they are wrong? It's not always about the yiff.
9. What do you think it means to be a furry? An appreciation of/for the anthropomorphic. Period.
10. Do you think that the furry community challenges any norms of society? Which ones and how?Where do I begin? I think EVERYTHING about furry is a challenge of the status quo.
11. Do you think women are more "free" inside the furry community? In what ways?Not really. There's a lot of undersocialized, over hormoned 18 year olds out there.
12. Do you think homosexuality is more acceptable inside the furry community? In what ways? In EVERY way; furry IS a gay community, for the most part.
13. Do you think heterosexuality is repressed inside the furry community? How and/or why? I think the assumption is that most male furs are gay. As a straight, but tolerant fur, I've never felt any pressure.
14. Do you think heterosexuality is still as dominant as it is outside of the furry community? I think that the culture here is basically gay oriented. .
15. Do you see any kind of power struggles or hierarchies inside the furry community? Describe them. Not so much any more. There seems to have been a pro yiff/anti yiff schism a few years ago, if Youtube posts are to be believed
16. In what ways, if any, do women benefit from being in the furry community? Same as the rest; it's a community of like minded indibviduals.
17. In what ways, if any, do LGBT benefit from being in the furry community? Well, Gayness is the norm here....
18. In what ways, if any, do minority groups benefit from being in the furry community? The fandom has a large African-American community
19. Do you think all groups of people, such as women or LGBT, are welcome in the furry community? Yes! Furries are VERY open minded, as they should be.
20. Do you think that society as a whole could benefit from any ideals found in the furry community? What might they be? Yes. The tolerance and openess would be refreshing.
21. Do you have any other comments on the furry community relevant to sex, sexuality, gender, gender equality, etc.? I've enjoyed my three years in the fandom. I've felt well accepted as an old, white, straight guy.