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fandomsecrets2013-06-13 06:47 pm
case) wrote in fandomsecrets2013-06-13 06:47 pm
[ SECRET POST #2354 ]
⌈ Secret Post #2354 ⌋
Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.
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[Kodomo no Jikan]
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[figure skating/Brian Joubert]
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[Stargate: Atlantis/ Sesame Street]
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[K project]
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[Teen Wolf]
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[Married...With Children]
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[Homestuck]
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[One Piece]
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[Game of Thrones]
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[Pokémon Black & White]
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[Phantom of the Opera 2004]
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[Iron Man 3]
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[Neverwinter Nights 2]
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[Almost Human/Total Recall 2077]
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[Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer]
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[Fire Emblem: Awakening]
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[A Bag of Hammers]
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[Without a Trace]
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[Big Bang Theory]
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[The Three Investigators]
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[Team Fortress 2]
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Notes:
Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 043 secrets from Secret Submission Post #336.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 1 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ], [ 1 - personal attack ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.
Re: Can people really define these words for themselves?
(Anonymous) 2013-06-14 02:12 am (UTC)(link)The friend of the straight-but-not-interested-in-sex girl needs to stop telling said girl how to identify. If she doesn't want to call herself ace, she doesn't have to.
I'm not entirely convinced that demisexuality is actually a "special snowflake" label. There's a girl I know from college that it seems to describe pretty well, though I don't know if she identifies with the word: she told me once that she doesn't actually know whether a person is physically attractive or not, because that doesn't factor into whether she's attracted to the person at all. This is in contrast with me, who, while I do need a strong emotional component present to overcome the squick-factor of touching another person's tongue, genitals, or rectum, I also need for there to be a physical attraction there. So my friend from college might be demisexual, but I am probably just a germophobe.
That last friend could be bi; bisexuality isn't usually 50/50, and you can have a preference for the opposite sex and still be bi as long as you also have some interest in the same sex. It might be easier for her right now (I don't know where you live or what this girl's family is like) for her to stick with pursuing relationships with men at this time. Or she might be genderqueer or genderfluid. Or she might just be appropriating the label.
Re: Can people really define these words for themselves?
(Anonymous) 2013-06-14 03:51 am (UTC)(link)Personally, I think that demisexuality could be a useful linguistic shortcut to define how you process attraction to others. The problem is mainly when people use it as an orientation or claim that it makes them queer or oppressed or something, even when they're straight. That's why lots of people call it a special snowflake label.