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>>Right now, the societal barrier to acceptance is too high, so we have to live a "secret life" in order to not be shunned by our peers.

Which is also why you tend to see a backlash from some anime fans to those who "make" being an anime fan a secret life, including moe fans (as moe can be related to more negative sexual aspects), and fans who are overzealous that it's not considered "normal" (like "Narutards" as an accessible example), among others. I don't think that behavior necessarily helps things though.