RESULTS: May 2022 Survey on Bullying

Over the month of May, Singaporean furry media channel Global Furry Television held a survey to explore the subject of bullying – toward, from and among furries.

This survey – aptly coded PROS-02 – is the second iteration by the media channel since their COVID-19 survey in 2020.

PROS-02 is the first-ever survey on such a topic mainly focused on the Asian furry fandom.

Among the 299 datasets obtained, 226 (~75%) of them are from furries in China.

Demography

Most respondents (58.9%) are aged 11-18.
More than three-quarter of responses (86%) are from Asia. China alone makes up 75% of that
More than three-quarters of participants (82.9%) are male.
Most participants (38.8%) are bisexual. The second largest group (30.8%) marked “I don’t know

Were you bullied?

There is a popular notion that joining furry fandom means freedom from bullying. Is that the case?

Yes … and no.

Among these numbers, 84 respondents (28.1%) say they were not bullied at all before and after joining the furry fandom.

8 respondents (2.7%) start getting bullied after joining the furry fandom.

But in fact, we cannot directly assume if furry fandom directly made the “No” go up for the “After” section.

PROS-02 alone – cannot cover so many more subjective factors that could influence each participant’s reported experiences here.

How were you bullied?

Furries were beaten up, teased, ostracised, cyberbullied, sexually assaulted and had their belongings destroyed.

Respondents – who indicate they were bullied – were asked to identify if their aggressors were furries, non-furries, or a mix of both. If they don’t know, they will mark it ‘unknown’.

Then, respondents will match their bullies with what they did.

There are 675 counts of bullying before and after joining the fandom.