I like the concept of being acutely aware of what turns you on, but the idea you need to find others like you and make a flag about it for basic self-awareness to be valid is dumb...then going on to call such a niche a "sexuality" is beyond parody
So are your parents, so are your hobbies, so are the people you talked to and the places you went--and moreover, the same towns and streets produce very different individuals. So it ends up being a parody of individualism to act as though your uniqueness depends on...
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...one of these factors in particular, and on everyone else knowing that about you.
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Sure. But do microsexualities limit the degree to which people can be affiliated with other microidentity groups? Let's face it: Tons of people depend on group identity for their sense of self. Slice up the groups more finely, and you move them closer to total individuality.
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Slice them up more finely, and you only increase reliance on group identity for a sense of self--which is, in the first place, the opposite of individualism. Individualism is what makes you unique in any group in which you could be classified, it's not a list of all such groups!
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"Slice them up more finely, and you only increase reliance on group identity for a sense of self" <-- See, I think the opposite. I think big-group identities are much more effective at submerging individualism, and that the evidence for this is overwhelming.
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Perhaps the big groups are more effective--it still suggests that the small groups also submerge individuality
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But less so. Big groups allow segregation. They allow you to immerse yourself in a sea of people whom you can assume to be just like you. But as a lithosexual or whatever, you can't hang out with only lithosexuals. Most people you meet will be outside your microgroup.
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You know what these microidentities are like? High school subcultures. The punks, the metalheads, the skaters. Those subcultures were an important part of the way my generation discovered their individuality. They were a key stepping stone.
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