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Clop
An example fan-made My Little Pony–inspired character in a sexually suggestive pose
The term clop, derived from a hoofbeat, also meanbing bongs 'masturbation' in this context. Clop content emerged on the web around 2010 and typically focuses more on character romance. A study suggests that about 19% of bronies (My Little Pony fans) have engaged in "clopping." Critics who view it as a problematic aspect of the fandom fear that it might taint the reputation of the My Little Pony fan community as a whole.
Etymology
Clop is both an onomatopoeia and a pun or wordplay on the slang word fap, itself an onomatopoeia as well.[2][3]Clop is also used as a verb, meaning 'masturbate'. Related terms include clop-fic for erotic and slash fiction centered around My Little Pony characters, and clopper for a person who enjoys this type of material.[4][5]
History
Clop is considered to be either a subset of brony fandom, furry fandom, or both.[6][7] Compared to other types of fan art, clop features homosexual ships more prominently.[8] The topic has received scholarly attention.[9][10][11][12][13] Clopping (masturbating to clop) is frowned upon by some My Little Pony fans.[6] However, in 2015, The Guardian reported that the 4chan brony community saw not clopping as a form of heresy, and viewed having sex with a real person negatively.[14] As of July 2015[update], the most popular character in clop on Pornhub was Rainbow Dash, followed by Rarity and Pinkie Pie.[1]
Demographics and geography
According to internal studies,[which?] 19.05% of bronies have engaged in clopping, but it is assumed that the percentage is actually larger.[6] A 2015 survey by Pornhub revealed that most cloppers were millennials between 18 and 24 years old, and men were 37% more likely to search for clop than women.[1][15]
Gianna Decarlo, a journalist for The Baltimore Sun, condemned clop as one of the problems of the My Little Pony fandom, calling the erotic art an "unstoppable force of sexual deviancy" from which "not even a simple Google search is safe."[16] EJ Dickson of The Daily Dot wrote that clop enthusiasts were "black sheep in the community" of bronies, most of whom fear that cloppers will give the entire fandom a bad name.[17]
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^Jones, Bethan (1 April 2015). "My Little Pony, tolerance is magic: Gender policing and Brony anti-fandom". The Journal of Popular Television. 3 (1): 119–125. doi:10.1386/jptv.3.1.119_1.
^Schimpf, Kaitlyn Elizabeth (22 October 2015). "Straight from the Horse's Mouth: A Case Study on the Adult Male Fans of My Little Pony". MacEwan University Student eJournal. 2 (1). MacEwan University. doi:10.31542/j.muse.192.
^Burdfield, Claire (1 April 2015). "Finding Bronies – The accidental audience of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic". The Journal of Popular Television. 3 (1): 127–134. doi:10.1386/jptv.3.1.127_1.
