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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also, noting the use of "romantic" in
@palecur's tweet, this shift might read as a part of the ongoing death of "authenticity" & perhaps a broader decline in romantic-era notions of interaction and self? read@tobyshorin https://subpixel.space/entries/after-authenticity/ …, see also:https://samzdat.com/2017/07/17/a-taylorism-for-all-seasons/ …1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
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i think the 'death' of authenticity is proving to be a brief hiatus more than anything; there's a real thirst for sincerity and genuineness that is starting to become apparent, and people are providing material to address that demand.
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