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Entry 2 - Misconceptions and Species Identity

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On the surface, one can look at the Therian culture and ask, “Isn’t this just being Furry?” Given the nature of this blog, the answer shouldn’t surprise you. While there are similarities and overlaps in the Therian and Furry communities, and Therians are often time mistaken for Furries, Therians tend to be much more private and reserved when it comes to their ideology and identity. This is because they’re often misunderstood even within the Furry community, and receive more outside persecution and isolation from “normal” societies than Furries (Clegg, 4). Therians can sometimes find difficulty integrating even with Furry social circles if they explain the nature of Therianthropy. In an ongoing study done by Courtney Plante, et al, it was found that Therians make up less than 11-19% of the Furry population (Plante, 112). This can be attributed to the fundamental differences in mindset when it comes to the two.  Plante, Courtney N., et al. 7.1 Prevalence “ Fur Science! ” Unlike some ...
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Entry 1 - A Brief Overview of Therians

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  In this modern digital era, there has been an explosion of individuals who have come forward experiencing body or gender dysphoria. But what if an individual instead suffers from species dysphoria, believing themselves to be either partially, or even entirely nonhuman? It's rare, but these individuals are known as Therianthropes or simply “Therian”. If you look up " Therianthropy " on Wikipedia, you are redirected to " Shapeshifting ". Indeed, the classic use of the term therianthropy in myths and archaeological artifacts indicates actual physical changes to a human-animal hybrid. However, in the Therian community today, it is clear that physical transformation is an impossibility. A more modern definition of therianthropy is the experience of feeling or believing that one is partly or wholly non-human; mentally, spiritually, or biologically (Clegg, 2). Therianthropes believe that they possess the spirit/soul or mentality of an animal or other species either t...
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