I think that’s a good way of seeing it, as a “transitional” phase of getting more comfortable with your real self and building a community with others going through the same thing.
The furry suits are exaggeratedly cute, so there’s no argument that they help augment someone’s attractiveness, and maybe there’s a little animal-philia mixed in there also - in an anime sense of exaggerated animal power and sensuality.
I think that’s a good way of seeing it, as a “transitional” phase of getting more comfortable with your real self and building a community with others going through the same thing.
The furry suits are exaggeratedly cute, so there’s no argument that they help augment someone’s attractiveness, and maybe there’s a little animal-philia mixed in there also - in an anime sense of exaggerated animal power and sensuality.