Furry: A Lifestyle Or A Fetish

[lupestripe]

I think the furry fandom blurs the distinction between fetish and lifestyle. I guess the two aren't mutually exclusive but some consider furry as being purely a fetish whereas others consider it a lifestyle. If you consider other fandoms - anime, Star Wars, cosplay etc - is the difference between sexuality and lifestyle so clearly marked there? I am not so sure.

So ultimately, what is furry for you - a fetish or a lifestyle? Or perhaps it's a little from both. When something is spiritual, is there a real distinction between lifestyle and sex anyway?

Comments

[ember-komodog.livejournal.com]

neither, it's a hobby to me, much in the same line as playing the guitar, or enjoying video games, or cinema, or reading.

it's a hobby I invest a great deal of time into, and one that occassionally bleeds into my sexual kinks (and vice-versa), but ultimately a hobby nonetheless.

[lupestripe.livejournal.com]

I can see how people can see it as a hobby. I guess it's too intrinsic to me to be merely that - I have some sort of empathetic level with furries - but on some levels I suppose it is a hobby for me too.