Editing Furry fandom (section)

==Inspiration==
Allegorical novels, including works of both [[science fiction]] and [[fantasy]], and cartoons featuring anthropomorphic animals are often cited as the earliest inspiration for the fandom.<ref name="YarfChronology"/> A survey conducted in 2007 suggested that when compared with a non-furry control group, a higher proportion of those identifying as furries liked cartoons "a great deal" as children and recalled watching them significantly more often, as well as being more likely to enjoy works of science fiction than those outside of the community.<ref name="Gerbasi2008">{{cite journal | last = Gerbasi | first = Kathleen | author2 = Paolone, Nicholas | author3 = Higner, Justin | author4 = Scaletta, Laura | author5 = Bernstein, Penny | author6 = Conway, Samuel | author7 = Privitera, Adam | year = 2008 | title = Furries From A to Z (Anthropomorphism to Zoomorphism) | url = http://www.animalsandsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/gerbasi.pdf | journal = Society & Animals | volume = 16 | pages = 197–222 | doi = 10.1163/156853008X323376 | issue = 3 | access-date = 2017-03-18 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180928175726/http://www.animalsandsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/gerbasi.pdf | archive-date = 2018-09-28 | url-status = live }}</ref>