LesbianStonewall CEO tries to debunk "myth" of lesbian extinction using poll data and gets called out. "There were 3 lesbians [...] in that poll, Nancy. 3! Out of 1127"

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[–]motss-pb[S] 21 insightful - 1 fun21 insightful - 0 fun22 insightful - 1 fun -  (8 children)

Here's some of the aggregated data:

https://i.imgur.com/atr5wqj.jpg

The data is strange. 54% of Gen Z respondents say they are only attracted to the opposite sex while 76% of Gen Z say they are heterosexual. These numbers should be the same. For the Baby Boomers these same numbers are 81% and 89% respectively. Incidentally, there were only 3 lesbians and 25 gay men included in the poll.

[–]reluctant_commenter 20 insightful - 1 fun20 insightful - 0 fun21 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

There is a lot of pressure among my age group and younger to suggest that you are "open, hypothetically" to being attracted to someone of the same sex. Like, I am probably understating it lol. E.g. "omg I saw this person of [sex I'm not usually attracted to] at the grocery store and I was amazed at how attractive they were!" A straight man never thinks men are attractive, according to this mindset-- if you think someone is attractive even if YOU personally are not attracted to them, then it means "sexuality is fluid" and you're partly attracted to the other sex. Therefore "everyone is bisexual." This is reasoning I have commonly heard.

[–]julesburm1891 20 insightful - 4 fun20 insightful - 3 fun21 insightful - 4 fun -  (2 children)

People need to understand that sexual orientation doesn’t mean you suddenly become blind. Do I acknowledge that Chris Hemsworth is an attractive guy? Yes. Does that mean I want to bone Chris Hemsworth or any other guy? Nope. Absolutely never.

[–]reluctant_commenter 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Yeah, that completely makes sense. You can see how so many people might get confused though, right? It is yet another harm resulting from language that blurs and erodes people's boundaries. Trans rights activists' re-defining and policing of language does make a difference.

[–]MarkJeffersonTight defenses and we draw the line 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I was worried their contagious and ambiguifying linguistic attitudes would lead to lower quality data like this. Makes it harder to compose arguments against them. Which is probably what they want. It's hard to debate through fog.

[–]strawberrysun 13 insightful - 5 fun13 insightful - 4 fun14 insightful - 5 fun -  (2 children)

My little sister is 18 and basically believes this. She's only ever liked boys, but she thinks Halsey is pretty so she's "pansexual" now... even though she'd never date a girl.

[–]reluctant_commenter 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah I've heard similar things from many of my friends.

[–]Rag3 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

They also include "emotional connections" to the same sex as pansexuality. TF? 🤦🏿‍♀️

[–]julesburm1891 18 insightful - 3 fun18 insightful - 2 fun19 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

54% of Gen Z respondents say they are only attracted to the opposite sex

Wow, I bet it has absolutely nothing to do with “queer” and “LGBTQ” being trendy, but meaningless buzzwords to signal how woke you are.