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so some people wanted a term for being attracted to "opposite gender, opposite genitals", and called it superstraight. the internet, of course, reacted very reasonably, did not proceed to call them horrific transphobes, and reaffirmed any sexual preference is valid. ....right?

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The thing is that they didn’t specify opposite genitals, they specified chromosomes. That’s what people are mad about. Nothing wrong with genital preferences, I’ve seen plenty of people reiterating that. The problem is rejecting trans people categorically regardless of anatomy.

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It's absolutely okay to be sexually attracted to anything you're attracted to, and if people aren't attracted to trans people for literally any reason ever, that is okay. The subreddit where it started seems to be ambiguous on the chromosome thing: reddit.com/r/SuperStraigh

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I would defend the right of someone not being sexually attracted to a woman who's had multiple sexual partners. Lots of sexual preferences center around narrative and information, too.

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Even something like political (or other) beliefs could be a turn off.

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or to take an obvious case, someone's sexual attraction level changing when they find out the person they are attracted to is a rapist.