"the sexual undertones of the gathering are clear."
So are the sexual undertones of many other, more common social endeavors. Yet I don't see the sexual innuendos of common parties being reported with (unintentional? or imaginary?) undertones of shock or horror.
I observe more and more the signs of a subtle anthropomorphophobia largely present in society. Comments such as "What goes on in the convention’s hotel after the main events are over doesn’t even bear thinking about" convey a fear, and a particularly irrational one at that, of combining too much "animal" with "sex", even though any potential participants would quite clearly be sentient, sapient, and otherwise (*GASP*) human creatures.
I suppose that in a way, the author does acknowledge this. I wish it were more explicitly stated, however: we furries have been burnt many times, at both small and large scales, by press coverage and portrayals of various accuracies, with the effect (whether intended or not) of singling our group out for special (and often negative) treatment by non-furs, when I find us undeserving of said treatment (i.e., incomplete and cursory coverage constituting more than simple observation) by outsiders; thus we often react negatively to these stories, since society has conditioned us to react this way.
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Posted on July 2 at 5:09 p.m.
"the sexual undertones of the gathering are clear."
So are the sexual undertones of many other, more common social endeavors. Yet I don't see the sexual innuendos of common parties being reported with (unintentional? or imaginary?) undertones of shock or horror.
I observe more and more the signs of a subtle anthropomorphophobia largely present in society. Comments such as "What goes on in the convention’s hotel after the main events are over doesn’t even bear thinking about" convey a fear, and a particularly irrational one at that, of combining too much "animal" with "sex", even though any potential participants would quite clearly be sentient, sapient, and otherwise (*GASP*) human creatures.
I suppose that in a way, the author does acknowledge this. I wish it were more explicitly stated, however: we furries have been burnt many times, at both small and large scales, by press coverage and portrayals of various accuracies, with the effect (whether intended or not) of singling our group out for special (and often negative) treatment by non-furs, when I find us undeserving of said treatment (i.e., incomplete and cursory coverage constituting more than simple observation) by outsiders; thus we often react negatively to these stories, since society has conditioned us to react this way.
*sigh*
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