good-dog-girls:Good-Dog-Girls 2018 Petplay SurveyThis is a survey run by @good-dog-girls to gather
good-dog-girls:Good-Dog-Girls 2018 Petplay SurveyThis is a survey run by @good-dog-girls to gather information about the petplay community online. It was shared as much as possible, and came up with 1,606 responses after just over 2 months of surveys being taken.The text summary below does not include all data in the charts above, as it was edited for brevity. 1,606 surveys were takenPeople who took the survey heard about it from:Tumblr - 51%Reddit - 24.4%Fetlife - 15.4%Other - 6.8% (much of this was word of mouth)*chanboards - 2.4% (mostly 4chan)People who took the survey were from:North America - 71.8%Europe - 21.5%Oceania - 4.5%Those surveyed were aged:18-20 - 32.4% 21-24 - 26.4%25-29 - 20.3% 30-39 - 20.3%40-49 - 5.5% 50+ - 5.5%Those surveyed’s sex assigned at birth were:Male: 57% Female: 42.2% Intersex: 0.9%Self Assigned Gender (there was a lot of movement here)Male: 42.9% Female: 41.6% Genderfluid: 7.4% Nonbinary: 6.5%People’s sexual preferences were:Pansexual: 31.2% Gynesexual: 28.3% Bisexual: 21.8%Androsexual: 13.6% Asexual: 3.1% Androgyny: 2%FYI: 53% of those surveyed are attracted to both male and female body types! (note that bisexual was simplified to mean masculine & feminine attracted for this survey due to complexity)Top 5 countries for petplayers (by those surveyed)1. United States: 64.1% 2. United Kingdom: 10.1% 3. EU: 8.7%4. Canada: 6.7% 5. Australia: 3.8%37.4% of those surveyed are in a monogamous relationship32.4% are single and looking22% are in a polyamorous relationship8.2% are single and not looking for a relationship88.4% of those surveyed have English as a primary languagePeoples opinions on petplay in public settings:65% think that discreet petplay such as collars in public, verbal and nonverbal commands are fine.13.7% say walking pets on leashes in public, doing tricks, using pet names etc are fine as long as things are not sexually explicit10.6% say public exhibitionism of pets, visible tailplugs, training etc are fine in public as long as you follow the law7.7% believe that petplay should stay strictly in the bedroom or on private property2.9% will engage in whatever explicit petplay they want, and will deal with any consequences, legal or otherwise.People surveyed’s roles in petplay are:sub/pet/slave: 58% Switch: 21.7% Owner/Dom/me: 14.8%Undecided: 3.5% Not interested in petplay: 1.9%When asked if people have done petplay IRL or online:36.7% have done petplay in real life AND by cybering or Erotic roleplaying (ERP)31% have only done petplay in person16.4% have not done petplay with another person but hope to16% have only done petplay through cybering/ERPTypes of petplay people are into:Puppy, Wolf or other canine play: 85.2%Kitten or other feline play: 58.1%Pony or other equine play: 26.2%Hu Cow, pig play or other livestock: 21.6%Rabbit play or other furry animal: 17.6%Scalies (dragons reptiles etc): 8.9%Other petplay: 8.3%When asked what people think the biggest appeal of petplay is:Escaping the responsibilities of being a human and/or adult: 47.9%Humiliation/Degradation or being less than human: 32.6%Associating with an “Animal Spirit” or animalistic persona: 19.5%When asked if people engage in petplay roles and scenarios during sexWhen I can manage to: 45.7% Yes, Often: 26.9%Rarely: 16.4%No, Never: 11%When asked if people have an interest in, are in, or have an interest in joining a pack/pride/stable or other petplay group:Yes I am interested but not a part of a group: 60.1%No, I have not been in a group and am not interested in one: 31.7%Yes, I am part of a group: 4.5%I do not have an interest in being in a group but I have been: 3.8%When asked what petplay gear people were interested in:Collars: 95.7% Leashes: 91.6%Tail buttplugs: 82.6% Day Collars: 78.3%Animal Ears (without mask/hood): 76.9%Gags, bits etc: 75.3% Dog Bowls, Food bowls etc: 70.5% Knee pads/bondage pads for walking on all fours: 68.8%Harnesses: 63.9% Animal shaped dildos etc: 60.6%Non buttplug tails: 59.3% Dog Masks/Puppy Hoods: 45.6%Bitchsuits & other full body suits: 38.5%Fursuits: 22.6% Milking machines, breast pumps etc: 17.1%Blinders/Pony Hoofd Boots etc: 14.4% Pony Carts: 13.3%When asked their opinions on face obscuring masks like puppy hoods etc:41.4% love them and own or plan on owning one for pet or selves32.9% have no preference for or against them14.5% generally dislike them11.1% do not like them When asked if people have gone to a petplay event:61.8% have never been to a petplay event, but want to14.7% do not want to go to a petplay event12.2% have been to a petplay specific event11.3% have been to kink events but not petplay specific ones56.2% of people are embarrassed to have people not into petplay find out about their interest in petplay37.6% of people are almost never embarrassed about being into petplay6.2% are usually embarrassed when they think about being into petplay93.5% of those surveyed do not think of themselves as vanilla besides their interest in petplay. 6.5% doWhen asked if people also consider themselves a Furry:No: 48% Maybe, kinda?: 26.6% Yes: 25.4%When asked if people are also into age regression (CG/l, DD/lg etc):No: 53.3% Yes: 26.7%Peoples opinions on tail buttplugs:I have a tailplug and love it!: 41.8%Tail buttplugs interest me, but I have not used one: 38.6%Tail buttplugs are something I like seeing on other people: 11%Tailplugs look nice, but I don’t want to use them: 3.4%I am not interested in tail buttplug: 3.4%I have used a tail buttplug and did not like it: 1.9%This survey is the culmination of months of hard work, and the participation of over 1,606 people, and I could not have done it without tons of help!Thank you to @pyrowaffle for letting me toss in some of your art, and all the people in the Petplay N Stuff discord server!For those who didn’t get a chance to take the survey, we plan on doing another survey for 2019!The original survey documents currently are not planned on being released, although people can request certain information be pulled from the spreadsheets the info is from.Later this month we will release more detailed info in a less prettily organized manner.If you have questions or comments about the survey, or you want to thank the people behind it, please hop into the Petplay N Stuff Discord server:https://discord.gg/SDpbXXG -- source link