Brony essay

Often male, but female fans are not uncommon. (plural: bronies) Bronies usually show a want to be accepted as normal people, but don't appear to realise that to be treated the same as anyone else, they need to stop making sure everyone knows and remembers that they are a brony at all times, without fail.

Bronies are able to express themselves and the true way they feel without the fear of being humiliated by someone who claims to be more “manly.” Bronies are honest with themselves and others and often share intimate feelings which creates the strong sense of Brony community (Kozlovska 2015).

A common strategy for managing the Brony stigma is distancing. Bronies tend to put Cloppers aside in their own category that is not representative of the Brony fandom. They recognize that Cloppers exist but distance themselves from Cloppers by claiming that pony pornography is not what being a Brony is about.

Bronies have a more complex covert resistance to masculinity based upon the attitudes and personalities in the Brony community. Men are often expected to be tough, cool, and to not express emotions ( Kozlovska 2015 ), but the Brony fandom allows men to be more vulnerable.