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[–]worried19 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Well, if you're looking at it strictly from a biological perspective, every species is designed to reproduce. But that doesn't mean that all individual members of that species have to reproduce. And it doesn't mean that the ability to reproduce makes heterosexual couples superior over others. Straight couples can reproduce and be negligent or harmful to their offspring. The ability to create life doesn't mean that you're able to properly nurture life.

That's a very interesting way of looking at your relationship. You're not discounting the attraction to the person based on sex, but you're giving the overall humanity precedence, and I quite like that.

Thanks. Yeah, I'm attracted to my partner because of his biological sex (that's obviously a crucial aspect for sexual attraction), but it's about much more than that. I'm not attracted just to any person with a male body. I'm attracted to him also because of who he is as a person and how he relates to me. I think we relate as individuals, not as representatives of our biological sexes.

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I may have gotten carried away in emphasizing the importance of biological realities. And that's a very good point about creating life vs nurturing life. You've given me quite a bit to think on.