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I have a question, and I mean this with the least amount of ignorance that I can possibly muster. Also, to preface, this isn’t a women’s issue per say, but there’s enough sexually eclectic regulars on this sub-forum that I figured I’d post it here anyways. Plus we can have a respectful discussion here, and I’m not confident that’s the same in all other sub-forums.
I don’t understand why we need to have 6,000 different titles describing sexual preference. I’m looking for some insight from people that consider themselves something other than the progressive “traditional” labels (straight, gay, bisexual). In my mind, those three cover all of the bases. Again, not trying to be ignorant here.
Let me give an example. If you’re bisexual, by definition you’re attracted to both sexes. Why then would we need a title to define people that are also attracted to individuals who are transitioning/transitioned? If you’re already attracted to both sexes, why do you care what sex a potential partner was born as?
I just don’t get why there’s so many definitions that are - at least in my mind - describing the same preferences. Anyone who knows me knows that I have the utmost respect for everyone, regardless of imposed labels or preferences, so I’m absolutely not trying to come at this from a position of attacking a label, I’m just trying to better understand why we need to further define sexual preferences beyond the older definitions. If nothing else, this might help me better understand so I don’t have to keep googling shit to understand what the fuck it is.
I don’t understand why we need to have 6,000 different titles describing sexual preference. I’m looking for some insight from people that consider themselves something other than the progressive “traditional” labels (straight, gay, bisexual). In my mind, those three cover all of the bases. Again, not trying to be ignorant here.
Let me give an example. If you’re bisexual, by definition you’re attracted to both sexes. Why then would we need a title to define people that are also attracted to individuals who are transitioning/transitioned? If you’re already attracted to both sexes, why do you care what sex a potential partner was born as?
I just don’t get why there’s so many definitions that are - at least in my mind - describing the same preferences. Anyone who knows me knows that I have the utmost respect for everyone, regardless of imposed labels or preferences, so I’m absolutely not trying to come at this from a position of attacking a label, I’m just trying to better understand why we need to further define sexual preferences beyond the older definitions. If nothing else, this might help me better understand so I don’t have to keep googling shit to understand what the fuck it is.