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WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread

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Neko_Ali:
Social stigmata is still a real thing, even if it is easing up. The people around here seem pretty open and accepting though. Which shouldn't be much of a surprise given how the comic characters are like. I've always found Dora to be a refreshing and honest take on a bisexual character. Anybody who goes so far as to like the comic enough to join the forums is probably pretty open minded, mostly.

Being trans can muddy the sexual orientation waters even further though. Depending on family and social background even more so. Because of my very conservative and gay-hating father and being bullied through high school I denied for the longest time that I was attracted to men and only dated women. It wasn't until I came out to myself as transsexual that I could admit, even to myself, that I liked both men and women. And anyone in between. (Especially those in between. mmmm androgyny.)

Claire could be easily still working out her own sexual orientation. She's only been in transition a few years at most by her own admission. Or she could know exactly what she likes. We don't have enough information to say yet.

Carl-E:

--- Quote from: Neko_Ali on 10 Sep 2013, 05:37 ---Or she could know exactly what she likes.

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I think the involuntary blushing over Steve at the pool party indicates that, whether we know or not, she certainly does know what she likes...

At least, some part of her does! 

Zebediah:
I'd just like to add that recognizing that someone is good-looking isn't the same as being sexually attracted to them. I'm pretty much 100% hetero, but I can acknowlege that a man is good-looking - usually in the context of "Damn, I wish I looked more like that guy." (This thought is often directed towards Liam Neeson and Harrison Ford.)

Barmymoo:
That's definitely true, I have friends who talk about finding women attractive but not being attracted to them (and I experience this even though I am attracted to both genders: I can acknowledge attractiveness without being affected by it). Basically sexuality is complicated! But I do think that Claire is definitely attracted to Steve, not just acknowledging he's attractive.

westrim:

--- Quote from: Barmymoo on 10 Sep 2013, 05:29 ---It's actually quite nice that people are talking about bisexuality as a thing that really exists, since most of the general media present it as binary: attracted to men, or attracted to women.

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To be fair, that's because most of society IS binary, both outwardly and in actual fact. Males especially are very unlikely to be bisexual. Lots of people still are having a hard time or have yet to accept interest in the same sex alone- being interested in both is going to take a bit more time to represent. I don't really see that as an issue so long as what bisexual characters there are aren't caricatures- it would get very annoying if media became obsessed with matching exact ratios of human society to characters.

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