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TFF Central => Announcements => Topic started by: Tweak on March 17, 2010, 05:28:45 PM
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Hi,
I received your email address from thefurryforum.com.
My name is Elyse and I am a Psychology student at the University of Hawaii. For class, we have to do studies to then present to class. I looked into the Development and Validation of the Attitudes about Sadomasochism Scale, which looked into how the general public perceived Sadomasochism.
For my survey, I adapted the questions from this scale, but changed it to Furry. I am interested in seeing how the general public perceives being a Furry as well as how people's preconceived notions of certain terms determine their beliefs toward a group of people.
My survey link is http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/H6RPJFJ
I was wondering if you could either post this on your site for a couple of weeks, since I have to present to my class at the end of March, or if you have any suggestions for where to post this.
Also, because of the time constraints for my survey, I am not able to ask as many questions as I wish I could but I want to definitely want to include the opinions of Furries in this study as well in order to compare answers.
Thank you in advance for your assistance,
Elyse
I received the above email today and thought you may be interested in helping Elyse with her studies. Please take a minute or two to complete the survey linked. No personal information is required.
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OK so I took the quiz and I didn't totally agree with with the definition and one of those questions made it just seem all sexual pluses I don't like how some of them are worded so it will make the answer a little off and could be taken the wrong way
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I have to agree with Sain on that. Plus, some of the questions are far too generic and assume stereotypes of sexual desires.
However, I will help this by posting it on another furry website to help it along. On a side note, you should let Elyse know about some of the input we give on this.
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The survey was alright, nothing in particular I can complain about x.x
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Yeah this survey does make assumptions. I mean the definition itself is narrow, saying that furries can ONLY be role players or sexual fetishists. It's not blatant in its narrow ideas, but can be seen as a more subconscious assumption and can therefore skew the results. it is scientifically unsound.
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I think our Survey giver could use some basic research on furries before writing another survey for them
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I think it should of been a q and a not a servey
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"Furry activity should be legal, as long as all participants are consenting adults."
BUH? Activity like drawing, making costumes, going to cons and collecting comics? I put down neither agree nor disagree since there was not an option to skip the question.
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"Furry activity should be legal, as long as all participants are consenting adults."
BUH? Activity like drawing, making costumes, going to cons and collecting comics? I put down neither agree nor disagree since there was not an option to skip the question.
read our other posts and figure it out.
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I did the same
"Furry activity should be legal, as long as all participants are consenting adults."
BUH? Activity like drawing, making costumes, going to cons and collecting comics? I put down neither agree nor disagree since there was not an option to skip the question.
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i did the survey
the results are my own and I don't feel the need to share them.
However before you ask, no i didn't put anything down against the Furry rep.
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hmm that was an odd survey. I didnt quite understand all of it..... I too agree with sain. The definition didn't really describe the bases of a furry.
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An odd survey indeed. If its to help out for something important, I am willing to help. I took the survey so I hope it helped ^_^
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i did the survey
the results are my own and I don't feel the need to share them.
However before you ask, no i didn't put anything down against the Furry rep.
I doubt that any of us thought you would do that..... unless <.< Your an undercover ninja troll D:
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Any chance the person who created the survey is asking these questions because she is looking for specific results? *picks apart the methodology* Ooo! Fun!
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If that where true then I would be quite ashamed to be apart of such thing
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/\ same here. :S
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I took it....wheeee.... :$
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Any chance the person who created the survey is asking these questions because she is looking for specific results? *picks apart the methodology* Ooo! Fun!
she can't get anything specific because her whole survey is based on the assumption of being furry to mean only something to satisfy sexual lust and fetishes.
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True that...
TWEAK!!! You should e-mail her with these suggestions and comments.
I think it would make her paper even better. :)
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You guys do know that all that 'sexual stuff' was intended right? That's what all the controversy is about so that's all that really matters, or rather that's what she wanted from the survey, so obviously it's going to ber about sexual stuff. Some question were rather direct (Do you think furries are disgusting), but it was completely valid and any implications were purely of the survey takers.
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no the survey was to demonstrate the sociological nature and impact of furries. if all the social factors aren't taken in and the base facts are wrong then the survey cannot be accurate
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Personally, I don't see where you guys were pulling the sexual stuff from, especially with the definition. The definition just says someone who roleplays as an animal or anthropomorphic being. It is vague, but I know there's a roleplay section on this forum where people participate and there's no sexual anything going on. So technically, anyone who participates in that section can be considered furry. The only thing that was directed towards sexual fetishes, I feel, is the question about legality and the question about the consenting adults. I don't see the problem with many of the other questions, honestly. Once you're a member of FurAffinity, you see how disgusting furries can be with the fetishes they allow on that site. They literally have things ranging from pedophilia to other things none of you should know about.
Lol. Now having said all of this, I am a scaly and I do participate in hanging around furries, but I suppose I'm one of the mildest forms of one given my nature. Being furry is not normal, especially when you're clumped into a pile of people who dress up in animal suits and have sex and people who condone pedophilia. That's not to say EVERYONE is like that, because as with every fandom there are extremists, but until people can give a proper image that not all furries are bad, we're stuck with that.
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Hi Alex,
Thank you very much for helping me with my presentation.
I am going to be taking the survey off of the internet today, but I wanted to thank you for your assistance.
Sincerely,
Elyse
I have forwarded your comments.
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I'm gonna have to be the voice of reason and call complete BS on this. Since I've come into the social furry world I've seen more, "Researching furries" then I can count. I honestly don't feel this is legitimate and will only serve to bite us on the hide. More often then not such research only serves to demean us instead of shedding any actual light on who and what we are. I wouldn't of even given such an invitation a second glance
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I have received another email inviting research into furries.
This one comes direct from the University of Wyoming's research department and asks merely for demographics at this stage, at no point is personal information requested and all questions are merely for demographic purposes.
Please note, like the previous request, I do thoroughly investigate these before I post them here, I check email addresses and that they come from the site they say they are from, I also look into the named researcher and would not ask for you to take part if I was not sure of their legitimacy. If you do not wish to take part, then do not do so.
Dear Webmaster,
I am an academic researcher at the University of Wyoming, conducting a study on furry fandom. My colleagues and I have discovered that there has been virtually no credible research conducted on the population demographics and culture of furry fandom. To correct this oversight, we have constructed an online survey consisting of twenty-two questions that will help create a fair and accurate portrayal of the furry fandom population. In accordance with standard research procedures our survey tool has been examined by the Institutional Review Board of the University of Wyoming and found to pose no potential harm to respondents. The survey is anonymous, with each response identified only by a random number, and the information gathered will be used solely to create academic reports on furry fandom.
We believe that furries are generally misrepresented in popular media, leading to unflattering misconceptions about those who make up the bulk of furry fandom. A sound demographic profile is the first step toward correcting those perceptions. We would like to make our survey tool available to your users in order to gather the data necessary to compile such demographics, and your assistance would be greatly appreciated. The survey is linked below, and it is scheduled to remain available in this format until August 1st, 2010.
http://www.keysurvey.com/survey/300071/1b41/
If you have any questions regarding our research please feel free to contact me at this email address, or by phone at my personal number, xxx-xxx-xxxx.
Sincerely,
Linus xxxxxxx
Sociology Department
University of Wyoming
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I enjoyed this survey, but I do have to say there is a lot of potential in it for someone to mess with the answers. The only thing I didn't know what was what on there was "Pawpet" I have never heard of that :?
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For this new survey
i didn't really know how to describe my fursona, me not having one, but thankfully they gave me the option to skip.
although I agree with White
the heck is a Pawpet
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I liked it. I wonder what a paw pet is, but due to this fandom's nature I'm fearful of searching it.
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I searched pawpet online and found out its just a puppet show online with cute hand puppets of anthro animals <3. I would buy a wolgon one xD
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I searched pawpet online and found out its just a puppet show online with cute hand puppets of anthro animals <3. I would buy a wolgon one xD
A pawpet is also involving one who has a fetish for paws, and being a paw slave for sexual and fetish means. I know because somebody had offered to be my pawpet. I tend to think this version is more then likely the one they are aiming for.
I remain skeptical of their intentions, parading "research" of furries like we are some kind of scientific anomaly. If they had any kind of sense they could easily understand its the enjoyment of Anthropomorphic things, both living and non. For both casual and sometimes fetish oriented means. Yet this fact seems to elude them as they'd rather investigate our fetishes then truly understand us. I'm sorry but I cannot be so optimistic to think this is any kind of real science or discovery. More then likely even if it were legit they would not understand the answers we gave unless they too were furries as being one is different for each individual. Its like asking why a cross dresser cross dresses, there is no logical reason save for the face it does something for that individual
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I searched pawpet online and found out its just a puppet show online with cute hand puppets of anthro animals <3. I would buy a wolgon one xD
A pawpet is also involving one who has a fetish for paws, and being a paw slave for sexual and fetish means. I know because somebody had offered to be my pawpet. I tend to think this version is more then likely the one they are aiming for.
I remain skeptical of their intentions, parading "research" of furries like we are some kind of scientific anomaly. If they had any kind of sense they could easily understand its the enjoyment of Anthropomorphic things, both living and non. For both casual and sometimes fetish oriented means. Yet this fact seems to elude them as they'd rather investigate our fetishes then truly understand us. I'm sorry but I cannot be so optimistic to think this is any kind of real science or discovery. More then likely even if it were legit they would not understand the answers we gave unless they too were furries as being one is different for each individual. Its like asking why a cross dresser cross dresses, there is no logical reason save for the face it does something for that individual
You don't have to take the survey if you don't want to. Tweak's just posting the option, and he wouldn't post anything he finds suspicious.
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I searched pawpet online and found out its just a puppet show online with cute hand puppets of anthro animals <3. I would buy a wolgon one xD
A pawpet is also involving one who has a fetish for paws, and being a paw slave for sexual and fetish means. I know because somebody had offered to be my pawpet. I tend to think this version is more then likely the one they are aiming for.
I remain skeptical of their intentions, parading "research" of furries like we are some kind of scientific anomaly. If they had any kind of sense they could easily understand its the enjoyment of Anthropomorphic things, both living and non. For both casual and sometimes fetish oriented means. Yet this fact seems to elude them as they'd rather investigate our fetishes then truly understand us. I'm sorry but I cannot be so optimistic to think this is any kind of real science or discovery. More then likely even if it were legit they would not understand the answers we gave unless they too were furries as being one is different for each individual. Its like asking why a cross dresser cross dresses, there is no logical reason save for the face it does something for that individual
You don't have to take the survey if you don't want to. Tweak's just posting the option, and he wouldn't post anything he finds suspicious.
It is an open forum is it not? I was voicing my opinion on it and nothing more.