Why do you wear your collar, tail, ears, ect.?

[Sky Striker]

I kind of stopped wearing my collar. I still have them, but I don't wear them out in public any more. I guess when the initial thrill of it wore off I stopped seeing the point. Plus my fursona is a wolf, and we don't like wearing leashes.

[LordFenrir]

Why do I wear a tail?  I dunno, it's just...fun.  I always cheer up for some reason when I have a long soft fluffy wolf tail swinging from my trousers like a furry pendulum.  Plus it makes me a little more unique, and often cheers up the days of others passing by (especially little kids ).

[Kiboe Motegi]

to others, a collar may make you appear that you have BDSM owners, or people will see them as chokers, and assume you are the emo type

[Bai]

I wear my tail and ears at meets to get into the spirit of things, and just for a bit of fun

[Lokii Wolfaun]

I wear my collar for a non-furry reason. I'm a collared submissive, so wearing it signifies that I have someone who loves me, someone I take care of, and someone I belong to. Being collared is a subtle reminder that I need to behave in a way that would make my partner proud of me. ^-^

You sound like a wonderful sub. I'm happy that you have a loving partner in your life.

After reading everyone's responses, I think I am going to wear my collar much more often. ...*small grin*... I purchased my collar when I first got into the fandom, but was too shy to wear it out in public. (I was still very closeted...still kind of am...) But now I own a tail and am more confident about my furriness. I am going to wear them to be more confident in myself and my identity.

[Spirit]

I wear my collar for a non-furry reason. I'm a collared submissive, so wearing it signifies that I have someone who loves me, someone I take care of, and someone I belong to. Being collared is a subtle reminder that I need to behave in a way that would make my partner proud of me. ^-^

You sound like a wonderful sub.

Hmm... Is it the tuna kind? -shot-

[leathefurrylion]

i wear silver cat ears because i feel my lion ears anyway just now everybody else can see them 2! i wear my dog collar because i cant find a cat collar that fits and it remindes me of my lifelong best freind, bruce, the german shepard.

[Nicholai]

I just got a new collar!

It's a HUGE candy-apple red dog collar I picked up at the pet store for 16 bucks. 

[Shim]

I just got a new collar!

It's a HUGE candy-apple red dog collar I picked up at the pet store for 16 bucks. 

Post a pic in the collar thread  !

[Nicholai]

I just got a new collar!

It's a HUGE candy-apple red dog collar I picked up at the pet store for 16 bucks. 

Post a pic in the collar thread  !

I just ordered a fancy new tag (stainless steel, laser etched!) it should come in the mail in about a week. When it comes, I'll post pics of that, along with my three collars. 

[Kori Vixen]

I wear my blue collar all the time. I even wear it at school and so do most of my fellow furry friends.

[Minokyoko]

i wear my collar all the time, in bed, even in the shower as i feel naked with out it. Havent taken it off in the last couple years.

it symbolises who i am, furry and proud.

if i had ears and a tail i'd wear them aswell.

[Serra Belvoule]

I wear my ears when I'm cold x3
Otherwise, because it's fun!

[Onion]

Its more of a hobby to me. The furry culture is fun and inspiring. I've never meet a group of people more accepting or artfuly cultured. In a way its humbling to see such a mixure of art, culture, humanity, and acceptance. I wear a tail or ect. mainly for fun.

[Spirit]

Its more of a hobby to me. The furry culture is fun and inspiring. I've never meet a group of people more accepting or artfuly cultured. In a way its humbling to see such a mixure of art, culture, humanity, and acceptance. I wear a tail or ect. mainly for fun.

Humanity? Isn't that kind of the opposite?

[Serra Belvoule]

I've never meet a group of people more accepting or artfuly cultured. In a way its humbling to see such a mixure of art, culture, humanity, and acceptance.

Humanity? Isn't that kind of the opposite?

I'm guessing in this context "humanity" is used as being caring, warmth and etc...

[Peregrin Frisk]

Wow, I'd love to be able to wear ears and tail out in public, I think you are all very brave!

I don't own any sort of wearable furry items as yet, but I won't rule it out. Would definately love a big floofy fox tail!

Also, people sound a lot more accepting where everyone lives. I live in a small village and also work in a small village. Everyone knows each other and no one around these parts would know what a furry was if I told them. It would be easier if I lived in a big city like London, where people don't seem to take any notice!

[Arbutus]

Also, people sound a lot more accepting where everyone lives. I live in a small village and also work in a small village. Everyone knows each other and no one around these parts would know what a furry was if I told them. It would be easier if I lived in a big city like London, where people don't seem to take any notice!

On the other hand, if nobody there knows what a furry is, that means you can wear a tail and ears and not have to explain it to anyone. You can just say it's a fun costume and no one will think twice.

[Lynk]

I keep wanting to post something only to find it has already been posted by somebody else...

Wow, I'd love to be able to wear ears and tail out in public, I think you are all very brave!

I don't own any sort of wearable furry items as yet, but I won't rule it out. Would definately love a big floofy fox tail!

Yup, that's me exactly. I wasn't so keen on the idea at first (First thought: "...Whaaaaaaaat?"), but I've been thinking about it. If given the chance and my parents were ok with it (They don't know a single thing about this right now), I would certainly get some.

[Apollo]

aside from one meet i went to, Ive never worn any fur stuff out in public. I live in a very redneck city where different is bad. I also know a lot of people from multiple places and I kind of want to keep my personal life away from my public life.

I'd love to be brave enough to be able to wear a collar in public. I may wear one next time I go to the beach, but than again, my GF doesn't know I'm a fur-- although I think she'd be quite accepting of it, and may be convertible considering she had ears and a tail for Halloween and was a black cat. And if she isn't too keen on it, I can just say its an homage to Hige from Wolf's Rain (an anime she's currently having me watch). I don't have much money any more to buy stuff-- I do have a wolf tail, although I only got it because it was extremely inexpensive on furbid-- my actual fursona, the Valhund, has a more husky like tail. Never owned ears, probably wouldn't wear them.

[Serra Belvoule]

Yesterday I was wearing my tiger beanie and an old man approached me and said he loved my hat :3 I also got some interesting looks.
I don't think most people mind :3

[Minokyoko]

sad day for me today,
while getting ready to go to work, when putting a shirt on i caught my collar, breaking the clasp of it.

oh well, i was getting ready for a new one anyway,
now i have an excuse to get one,
although it was weird going to work today not wearing it, i was even asked what happened to it by a few there.

[Sancer]

I wear a tail because I want to and want to stand out. Many people around here say "omg, that's so cute etc" and I like the possitive attention. If it's negative, then it's the middle finger for them. <3~

[Boredum]

Meep! <333 I wear my tail everywhere I possibly can. I wear it at school, and people are always either giggling and saying something nice or just completely laughing behind my back. I used to wear it because it was comfortable and if I didnt have it, I would feel broken, almost.
But nowadays... There was a dean at my school who saw my tail and gave me a lecture about it. She said it was 'inappropriate' and 'offensive'. Okay, really? I've been wearing it since the beginning of the school year, and just NOW you notice?
Now I wear it for a statement. There is nothing in the rules that says I can't wear a tail. It doesn't endanger anyone, and it doesn't interfere with the education, neither. I'm fighting this! 

[redyoshi49q]

(*dons the hat of a devil's advocate*)

I wear it at school, and people are always either giggling and saying something nice or just completely laughing behind my back.
...
Now I wear it for a statement. There is nothing in the rules that says I can't wear a tail. It doesn't endanger anyone, and it doesn't interfere with the education, neither. I'm fighting this!  

If this "giggling" and "laughing" you refer to occurs in classrooms, then your dean might have a point.  A tail has an atypically high potential to be an attention magnet, and an attention magnet in a classroom detracts from the attention of other students who would otherwise be paying attention to the lecture material.

In such a case, wearing a tail in class is much like playing classical music on speakers in class.  It may help the one engaging in the activity, but for other people, it is distracting.  The one who is able to focus more while listening to classical music should instead listen to his/her music using headphones/earphones (after explaining to the instructor the purpose of the music) so that no other students are not distracted by the music.  In a similar sense, it may be appropriate for you to find something less distracting to other classmates that comforts you like your tail does.  Furry shirts, a collar, and/or a collar bracelet might qualify, but you might come up with other similar ideas.

Of course, what I have noted is only relevant in the context of a classroom; wearing a tail elsewhere on campus should not significantly interfere with anyone's education, and I don't think arguing this civilly (and I emphasize the "civilly" part; defensiveness neither sways hearts nor fosters good relations with faculty) should prove difficult.  Additionally, it's possible that your classmates are not significantly distracted by your tail (or, more precisely, they are not significantly more distracted by your tail than they would be if you wore particularly mundane attire), in which case the argued point is less relevant to the degree that your classmates are not distracted by your tail.

Regardless, I hope you find a favorable resolution to your present issue with wearing a tail on campus.