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[–]reluctant_commenter 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

As for their reputation... well, it takes time to build a reputation, whether is a bad or good reputation. If you have a reputation, especially one that outlive time and oceans, you may deserve it.

What...? I'm not sure what you mean by this. Are you suggesting that negative stereotypes about bisexual people are true? These words are just as applicable to lesbian women or to gay men. People have reputations for all sorts of reasons... LGB people have been associated with the reputations of "perversion" and "having sexual desires caused by trauma" because straight people throughout history have shamed and condemned same-sex attraction. Those are indeed reputations that "outlive time and oceans"-- do you think they're accurate?

(I'll add for the record, I think the way you characterized sexual orientation vs. sexual preference makes sense.)