Posted on 07/14/2015 8:28:23 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Sociology researchers are now insisting that we as a society start accepting people who choose to identify as real vampires so that they can be open about the fact that theyre vampires without having to worry about facing discrimination from people who might think that thats weird.
The study, titled Do We Always Practice What We Preach? Real Vampires Fears of Coming out of the Coffin to Social Workers and Helping Professionals was conducted by researchers from Idaho State University and College of the Canyons and the Center for Positive Sexuality in Los Angeles.
Most vampires believe they were born that way; they dont choose this, said Dr. D. J. Williams, the studys lead researcher and the director of sociology at Idaho State.
The study is based on the experiences of eleven real vampires which, by the way, are different from lifestyle vampires.
Lifestylers, the study explains, are people who just do things like wear fangs and sleep in coffins as lifestyle choices, and although real vampires may do these things too, they all also have one major thing in common that distinguishes them from the lifestylers:
The essential feature of real vampirism is their belief in the need to take in subtle energy (called feeding) from time to time from a willing donor in order to maintain physical, psychological and spiritual health, the study explains.
Unlike lifestyle vampires, real vampires believe that they do not choose their vampiric condition; they are born with it, somewhat akin to sexual orientation, it continues.
Williams explained that no one should be bothered by a person wanting to drink another persons blood.
Some of these real vampires prefer to feed on psychic or pranic energy while others, called sanguinarians, prefer to feed on small amounts of human or animal blood.
(Of the eleven real vampires interviewed for the study, three said they preferred psychic energy, three said they preferred blood, and five said they got energy from multiple sources.)
Williams explained that no one should be bothered by a person wanting to drink another persons blood because it is generally expected within the community that vampires should act ethically and responsibly in feeding practices, and its not their blood-drinking thats the real problem here its the fact that they have to worry that other people will judge them for their blood-drinking.
After all, the study reported that all of the participants seemed to function normally based on questions about their careers and psychiatric histories (apparently, believing you need to drink blood in order to function was not taken to be an indicator of a psychological problem) and yet nearly all participants were distrustful of social workers and helping professionals and preferred to stay in the coffin for fear of being misunderstood, labeled, and potentially having to face severe repercussions to their lives.
Ugh how unfair!
The message is to not take things at face value, to be more aware of our stereotypes and our judgments, maybe focus on commonalities that people have, Williams said in an interview with MTV.
People understand themselves in very different ways, and thats OK. Were all human. We all have a lot of things in common. I think a little more awareness of our own biases and more cultural sensitivity more compassion thats really the important thing underlying all of this, he said.
More insanity.....
I'd say more than those researchers: we, as a society shouldn't stop with just accepting them, we must comfort and accomosdate them - but in mental institutions.
But do you have to serve them lunch?
OK, just as long as we don’t have to accept university researchers...
I assume this isn’t a traditionally black college because that shiite is WAY out of line.
Well, I heard a dude call Art Bell’s program one night, and claimed to be a werewolf. Just saying...........
Might as well accept vampires. We’ve accepted zombies who shuffle their feet and mumble incoherently to the welfare office.
Demonstrate that you can turn into a bat and I’ll accept that you’re a vampire.
funny article,but postmodernist libtards insist on the erasing the boundary between what is normal and what is delusional identity beliefs in order to stop marginalizing and oppressing deviants
Coming out of the coffin!
LOL. I love it!
Assuming this isn’t satire, what do we do with people who self identify as Van Helsing?
Soon anyone who rolls their eyes when someone tells them they can’t help being a Vampire b/c they were born that way will be ostracized and destroyed.
RE: what do we do with people who self identify as Van Helsing?
If we have gun control, we can have stake control... LOL
I assume that someone who self-identifies as a vampire only appears at night?
Here I was settling in to comfortable curmedgeonhood when a flurry of recent assaults on my sensibilities overwhelmed me.
Brings to mind the Lily Tomlin line: no matter how cynical I get, I just can’t keep up.
Satire is dying ‘cause it’s just too hard to imagine something unbelieveable - it’s dying one stupid invented new civil right at a time.
RE: Assuming this isnt satire
It is NOT satire.
Reuters reports this as well:
http://in.reuters.com/article/2015/07/08/us-usa-vampires-study-idINKCN0PI00N20150708
Our colleges are fast turning themselves into LIVING SATIRES. The difference is — They actually take it seriously.
Let’s not accept idiots who identify as university sociology researchers.
I “accept” that the “vampires” are insane...as are the flunky sociological “researchers”.
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