no opinion about the original post, however i think its true that theres way too much "splitting" and not enough "lumping" In gender and sex these days https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumpers_and_splitters … what's the problem with this? a few things, both practical and theoretical https://twitter.com/GodDoesnt/status/1003993476890054656 …
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first, an empirical/theoretical/science? problem lots of these divisions are probably not real instead theyre imposed over a continuous distribution with a single fat mode near the median dont :clap: classify :clap: unless :clap: the :distribution :clap: is :clap: multimodal
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second, because of the way that people *identify* with specific sexual practices and habits, this probably discourages actual self-knowledge by creating ossified (and maybe wrong???!!!!) identities
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sexual preferences are goopy and context-dependent and etc etc if you want satisfaction and self-knowledge, keep your sexual identity small and personal numinous identity vs olympic identity
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I still don't know what a 'demi' is other than 'what we used to call a romantic' and tbh i'm not gonna police ppl's identities but it does not seem like a super useful one to me
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demisexuality is a way of pretending that the single most praised and rewarded sexual behavior pattern in our culture is oppressed because Chad and Stacy like casual hookups
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to be fair, demisexuality makes sense as a dialectical move (read: countersignal) if you're looking at young-urban-liberal areas. consider that much praise for monogamy inherits from Christian social norms, which are flailing esp in cities...
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what I don't really understand is the appeal in continuing to promote it, when it's so unsustainable and everyone likes orgasms and novel partners.
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I only like one of those things regularly novel partners are a fucking nightmare in most circumstances
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idk what to tell you but strong disagree
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I'm with Palecur on this one. Screening novel partners is a fuss, but 1) it is to a great degree third-world shithole inside football methinks and 2) it's a skill and a process. You get better at it.
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