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| | '''Zoophilia''' is the technical term for the [[sexual]] attraction of [[humans]] to [[animal]]s.<ref>[https://dictionary.apa.org/zoophilia ]. Retrieved January 20, 2021.</ref> | | '''Zoophilia''' is the technical term for the [[sexual]] attraction of [[humans]] to [[animal]]s.<ref>[https://dictionary.apa.org/zoophilia ]. Retrieved January 20, 2021.</ref> |
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| − | == Zoophilia and furry ==
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| − | While some furries are zoophiles, the two terms are not synonymous. Most furries do not have any sexual interest in animals in real life, though some may roleplay otherwise in a fantasy scenario.
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| − | As most furries express some degree of sexual attraction towards anthropomorphic beings, several surveys have also asked furries about zoophilia. To date, however, no surveys have asked about bestiality.
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| − | | ''The Sociology of Furry Fandom'' (Rust, J. D., 2001)<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20050302094251/http://www.visi.com/%7Ephantos/furrysoc.html</ref> || 2% of respondents stated they were zoophiles. || 350
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| − | | ''The Furry Sociological Survey'' (Evans, K., 2008)<ref>https://www.gwern.net/docs/psychology/2008-evans.pdf</ref> || 17.2% of respondents stated they were zoophiles. || 278
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| − | | ''2008 Furry Survey'' (Osaki, A., 2008)<ref>http://www.klisoura.com/ot_furrysurvey2008.php</ref> || 18.4% of respondents stated they were zoophiles. || 7,024
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| − | | ''2009 Furry Survey'' (Osaki, A., 2009)<ref>http://klisoura.com/ot_furrysurvey2009.php</ref> || 13.9% of respondents stated they were zoophiles. || 9,024
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| − | | ''2010 Furry Survey'' (Osaki, A., 2010)<ref>http://klisoura.com/ot_furrysurvey2010.php</ref> || 13.6% of respondents stated they were zoophiles. || 4,895
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| − | | ''2011 Furry Survey'' (Osaki, A., 2011)<ref>http://www.klisoura.com/ot_furrysurvey2011.php</ref> || 13.3% of respondents stated they were zoophiles. || 4,365
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| − | | ''2012 Furry Survey'' (Osaki, A., 2012)<ref>http://www.klisoura.com/ot_furrysurvey.php</ref> || 14.9% of respondents stated they were zoophiles. || 3,267
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| − | | ''Furscience 2019 Studies'' (Roberts, S., et al., 2019)<ref>https://furscience.com/research-findings/appendix-1-previous-research/furscience-2019/</ref> || 6.9% of participants listed zoophilia on an open question about kinks/fetishes. || 827
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| − | | ''The “Furry” Phenomenon: Characterizing Sexual Orientation, Sexual Motivation, and Erotic Target Identity Inversions in Male Furries'' (Hsu, K., Bailey, J. M., 2019)<ref>https://www.gwern.net/docs/psychology/2019-hsu.pdf</ref> || 46.7% of participants reported nonzero attraction towards animals. || 334
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| − | | ''What Are Furries?'' (fek, 2020)<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20210116160156/https://whatarefurries.com/</ref> || 14.3% of respondents stated they felt any sexual attraction towards animals. || 4,790
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| − | The simple average across all surveys is 16.1%. Weighing the estimates according to sample size gives a result of 14.9%. Some important limitations of these surveys should be noted, however.
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| − | A shortcoming that affects every survey on the [[furry fandom]] is the fact that it's impossible to gather a random and representative sample of [[online community|online communities]]. As all of these surveys rely on [[w:Self-selection_bias|self-selected]] samples, they may have oversampled furries who have a greater interest in the fandom, a more positive opinion of it, or who simply spend more time online.
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| − | [[Rust, J. D.]]t's estimate of only 2% would be even lower than what's been estimated for the general population, however this is likely due to [[W:Social-desirability_bias|social desirability bias]] affecting the results, as 325 of the participants were interviewed in-person, and respondents had to provide identification plus an email address in order to participate in the online survey.
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| − | In [[Dr. Sharon Roberts]]' survey respondents were asked to list their kinks and fetishes in an open-ended question. As some zoophilies think of their attraction as a sexual orientation rather than a paraphilia or [[kink]], not all zoophiles may have listed their attraction on this question. Furthermore, only respondents who listed at least one kink were included in the total, hence furries who are [[asexual]] or don't have any kinks are not represented in these results.
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| − | [[Hsu, K.]] and [[Bailey, J. M]]'s study focused only on participants who identified as [[male]], hence their results are not generalizable to all furries. They also state that 64.7% of participants were recruited via a [[forum]] for furries. While they don't specify what forum, other surveys of the fandom suggest that very few furries participate in forums.<ref>https://sites.google.com/site/anthropomorphicresearch/past-results/international-online-furry-survey-2011</ref> It should also be noted that while 46.7% of respondents reported some level of sexual attraction to animals this does not necessarily mean that they can all be classified as zoophiles, as many researchers set a threshold of medium or low attraction to make such a classification.
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