RE: Biphobia and hypocrisy of gays and lesbians
December 28, 2013 at 4:32 pm
(This post was last modified: December 28, 2013 at 4:40 pm by Violet.)
(December 28, 2013 at 4:18 pm)MarxRaptor Wrote:(December 28, 2013 at 3:36 pm)Violet Lilly Blossom Wrote: Kinsey scale is uselessWhere's the dislike button?
Never implemented, too cliquey, much abusable.
If you want to defend the 'kinsey scale', you're welcome to. I'll be all too happy to illustrate (for, probably the 3rd-4th time here, at least) why it is a poor system... including the observations that it doesn't account for sexual fluctuancy, its scope is arbitrarily limited to precisely one (segmented) axis, and that it utterly ignores the basis of the net-result it is measuring... coming no closer to understanding *WHY* they hold that 'sexuality', and only succeeding in saying 'hey, at the time they answered this (assuming honesty, with themselves and with the test): they kind of liked girls but were mostly into guys! TAKE 5, GENTLEMEN: that's a wrap!'. It's like a scale on if it will rain today (edit: and how hard it is expected to rain)... but completely ignorant of *WHY IT IS GOING TO RAIN*, what makes it rain hard or soft, the range by which this rain is capable of changing, and if it might hail, snow, sleet, or even steam!
But, you're welcome to give it a shot. This kind of easy 'give them a learning opportunity' thing just doesn't do it for me... nothing big or complex happening here lately (that I know of).
(December 28, 2013 at 4:23 pm)BrokenQuill92 Wrote: How should I know your sexual history? Depends on what u think counts as being a virgin.
The first portion is me being silly. Sometimes I do that.
The latter is the important bit.
(December 28, 2013 at 4:29 pm)TaraJo Wrote: True, there is some value to labels, but I think it's also possible to place too much importance on labels. I mean, Janice Raymond often refered to transsexuals as transsexuals, but was incredibly hostile towards us. On the other hand, I've met more than my share of people who call us "Shemale" or "tranny," not out of any hostility, but out of simply not knowing better. Again, labels aren't as important as the context that those labels are used in and what meaning you place on those labels.
As have I... but it remains incredibly unsettling to be called 'a shemale' for me, regardless of intent. I don't mind tranny, usually.
Pornography, and the word of mouth from such, is way too often the only guide on 'what transgendered women are'... but hey, the future is ahead, and there's hope for that to change
Please give me a home where cloud buffalo roam
Where the dear and the strangers can play
Where sometimes is heard a discouraging word
But the skies are not stormy all day
