Glad we're all on the same page, then.
Yeah, seems like it. Just to make sure, I'll just quickly summarise my conclusion (also useful if people don't want to read my overly long posts).
* Theranophy is a societal mental disorder, not neurological.
* Typically exists amongst outcasts and misfits.
* Not widely discriminated against.
* Quite similar to the Middle Ages
Glass delusion.
* Therefore, exists, but is a delusion, like the aforementioned or the mostly-dead
clinical lycanthropy (yes, that exists, and psychologists agree on that one, too, so no arguing it). Okay, now that I think about it, I should have brought that up before.
So yes, theronphy is a literal sign of the times.
Small picky point, I'm a grammar commie, so bear with me. It's therian (note the i) and therianthropy. And unfortunately firefox recognizes neither of them. I'm kind of an ass when it comes to people spelling things correctly, sorry. Also maybe we should continue this in my thread and leave this thread to the Worst of Social Justice. (I'm of the opinion that this isn't really related to Social Justice anyway, because we're, again, not oppressed.)
Oh, derp. My eyes completely glossed over that. My bad (and I'm usually the same). And, this should be my final post on the subject, barring anyone else weighing in.