I'm going to say it, the stupidity you see on Reddit for example like "lesbians wear flannels and snapbacks" is on the same level of bullshit as religious groups which force it's believers to dress a certain way.

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[–]reluctant_commenter 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

COMPLETELY agree. I think many people who describe themselves as being a certain sexuality-- particularly kids, people with a mental disorder (e.g. PTSD, ASD) that makes it difficult to observe how they feel in their body, and people trying to hop on the alternative "queer community" trend-- try to justify to themselves that they are X sexuality out of a mistaken belief that people with X sexuality dress or look or behave a certain way. Not only are they neglecting to notice own bodily experiences, they are perpetrating harmful stereotypes.

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[–]ChodeSandwichtender and moist 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Manipulative TRAs and ""sex positivity"" don't help. They teach people to clench their jaws and work through whatever sex act is being asked of them because every bad feeling ever is just bigotry or being a prude or trauma responses to be fixed (unless you decide to ""cope"" with trauma by re-enacting it through a BDSM lens over and over, then suddenly it's valid and healthy.) It's disgusting.