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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2013-04-06 03:38 pm

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Re: I might be too old-fashioned for all this

(Anonymous) 2013-04-06 10:59 pm (UTC)(link)
I've always been told that is what differentiates bisexuality from pansexuality.

like, bisexuals obviously feel attraction to both sexes, whereas pansexuality supposedly encompasses attraction to both sexes as well as things like people who are in between sexes, people whose gender does not match their sex etc.

Re: I might be too old-fashioned for all this

(Anonymous) 2013-04-06 11:03 pm (UTC)(link)
to add

so what you are experiencing is not exactly weird or unheard of. And personally, as long as you phrase it respectfully (I'm only attracted to cis-males vs you're only a dude if you got a dick) most people won't have a problem with it. Yeah, maybe some SJWs, but they'd get offended at a fart in the theatre so whatever.

Re: I might be too old-fashioned for all this

(Anonymous) 2013-04-06 11:10 pm (UTC)(link)
That's actually mostly how people who aren't bisexual themselves describe bisexuality. That definition isn't all that accurate when it comes to how most bisexuals (including myself) describe their own sexuality. It's generally having two kinds of attraction - to people of the same gender of yourself and to people not of the same gender of yourself (some people always label it as heterosexual and homosexual attraction). That includes anyone who doesn't fit within the gender binary, such as people who are genderqueer.

Re: I might be too old-fashioned for all this

(Anonymous) 2013-04-06 11:28 pm (UTC)(link)
I am bisexual myself, thank you.

Personally, it is not a distinction I make (as in, to me bi = pan = bi) but if other people want to make it, it is not a distinction I particularly consider harmful to protest it (unlike, say, demisexuality). I know for me I would not be put off if my partner's sex did not match their gender, but at the same time, I have known other bisexuals who are not attracted by it.

Re: I might be too old-fashioned for all this

(Anonymous) 2013-04-07 12:19 am (UTC)(link)
Ah, I think we actually agree and I just misread your initial comment as "this is what bisexuality is" rather than "this is a distinction some people make."
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Re: I might be too old-fashioned for all this

[personal profile] inkdust 2013-04-07 12:15 am (UTC)(link)
I see mine as two kinds of attraction, but I do see it as an attraction to men and an attraction to women. I don't know yet if I'm attracted to anyone firmly outside the binary, and I won't know until I experience it. Or don't.

Re: I might be too old-fashioned for all this

(Anonymous) 2013-04-07 04:27 am (UTC)(link)
The problem with that is that there is no similar distinction for straight and gay people based on their attraction to cis- and transgender people. Why split hairs only with bisexual folks?

I think orientations are best left broad and vague. The details will get sorted out between individuals as necessary.