ColonizationRemember who the real victims of discrimination are

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[–]Virginia_Plain 17 insightful - 1 fun17 insightful - 0 fun18 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I don't hate them, I just think it's odd to think your criteria for wanting sex with someone (making sure you really like them first) is worthy of its own sexuality label.

Some people are up for it with no emotional attachment whatsoever. Others are, well, I guess "demisexual" if that's what you wanna call it. I think it observes a very real facet of some people's sex/dating lives, but I would compare it more to a personality type. I like to go to a party and sort of chill on the outer edges and have a beer before diving in to the socializing, but that's just an aspect of my personality.

Homosexuality, heterosexuality, bisexuality and asexuality (I do think it's a thing, just misrepresented, misunderstood, and inappropriately claimed) are all about which type of partner one is interested in. Demisexuality does not specify these things, but rather the manner in which you seek these partners.

[–]PenseePansyBio-Sex or Bust 12 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 0 fun13 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Homosexuality, heterosexuality, bisexuality and asexuality (I do think it's a thing, just misrepresented, misunderstood, and inappropriately claimed) are all about which type of partner one is interested in. Demisexuality does not specify these things, but rather the manner in which you seek these partners.

Right: "demisexuality" isn't a sexual orientation; it is, at most, the form that an individual's sexual orientation takes-- the way one's sexuality expresses itself. So, even if we're talking about a same-sex-attracted person, this has no business being included in LGB; yes, the person does... but not the nit-picky sexuality-subheading that "demi" is. No letter for those guys! "LGB" needs to be understood as, and reserved exclusively for, sexual orientations that are same-sex-attracted. So you need to be either homosexual or bisexual to qualify. The end. Everything else is either heterosexuality, asexuality (effectively the same as heterosexuality in this context, due to their mutual lack of SSA), or just the particular spin that an individual's personality puts on their sexual orientation. The latter may or may not be annoying, but either way, it doesn't rise to the level of a sexual orientation.