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A stand against discrimination
8 years ago
'Aluminum to me, aluminium to some. You can shine like silver all you want but you're just aluminum.' Barenaked Ladies, Aluminum
Its 2018. Its a new year.
Most anyone that follows me knows Im not generally one to be a SJW or whatever, I dont speak out about things much. Generally I just figured people need to tough up and stop taking things so seriously.
But this is a matter of importance that has bothered me for long enough. A point of contention that grew from a pet peeve into a real annoyance into something that legitimately causes me stress and concern almost every day now. It comes up so frequently that by now its serious personal issue, and if I dont at least get this off my chest I might break down instead.
The word that triggers me so terribly that my stomach knots and my hands shake is 'prey.'
Im sick of the label and all it insinuates. To think that people see me as this is disgusting. I hang around in various vore circles and this is just one of the terms they throw around like it means nothing, just another word to describe someone or their preferences. But I dont abide by that!
By calling someone 'prey' you demean them. You insinuate they are nothing more than food. That someone has no use except to be eaten.
By calling someone 'prey' you truly say that they are less than you. You are their better. The term itself is an insult of the highest order.
If you cant see me for who I am, and only as a steak or drumstick, then maybe you should get lost. I dont want to have you choosing what I am, thats for me to decide. What I am is my own choice and no one else can pick for me.
So thats what it is. 2018 will be my year to take up arms against this injustice, this discrimination, this insult! Down with the 'prey' label, forever!
Most anyone that follows me knows Im not generally one to be a SJW or whatever, I dont speak out about things much. Generally I just figured people need to tough up and stop taking things so seriously.
But this is a matter of importance that has bothered me for long enough. A point of contention that grew from a pet peeve into a real annoyance into something that legitimately causes me stress and concern almost every day now. It comes up so frequently that by now its serious personal issue, and if I dont at least get this off my chest I might break down instead.
The word that triggers me so terribly that my stomach knots and my hands shake is 'prey.'
Im sick of the label and all it insinuates. To think that people see me as this is disgusting. I hang around in various vore circles and this is just one of the terms they throw around like it means nothing, just another word to describe someone or their preferences. But I dont abide by that!
By calling someone 'prey' you demean them. You insinuate they are nothing more than food. That someone has no use except to be eaten.
By calling someone 'prey' you truly say that they are less than you. You are their better. The term itself is an insult of the highest order.
If you cant see me for who I am, and only as a steak or drumstick, then maybe you should get lost. I dont want to have you choosing what I am, thats for me to decide. What I am is my own choice and no one else can pick for me.
So thats what it is. 2018 will be my year to take up arms against this injustice, this discrimination, this insult! Down with the 'prey' label, forever!
Is the word top and bottom demeaning? Submissive and Dominate? Prey and Predator?
It isn’t about being lesser. Or being demeaned. Just look at nature, prey and predator require context. While someone might be prey, they can still put up a fight. They can still tease and satisfy. And they can even be predators to others. There’s a hierarchy, and there can be quite a deal of competition among those who are on similar levels when you look back at it all.
Now, if I were to hang out in places where I was interacting as my RL self and only using my character's name as a handle, than that might bother me. I guess it would all depend on the context of when and how that term was being used.
You're of course totally in the right to feel how you do about your own interactions with 'predators', but I hope you don't get offended or bothered too much when you see it happening to someone else who classifies themselves as 'prey', because they might actually enjoy being treated that way. To me, it really is all a matter of if the term is being used in a manner meant to be online fun between 'characters', or if it is genuinely being used in a derogatory manner towards another actual person.
You are free to not participate in vore as the prey if you are displeased with it, or at all if the concept of vore has turned out to be not what you want.
I am really curious what your expectations in vore were.}
Not a day goes by that I devour someone that I don't appreciate their life. I savor them, I often even thank them for letting me devour them.
Prey is meant to be savored and appreciated. They are more than simply "food", they are sentient living beings.
And when the great wolfy god of heaven, Amaterasu, sends her angels to scoop up their souls and take them to heaven...I trust that she will reward their sacrifice in eternity.