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[–]motss-pb[S] 21 insightful - 1 fun21 insightful - 0 fun22 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 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 -  (3 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.

[–]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? 🤦🏿‍♀️