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WCDT Strips 3601-3605 (30rd October - 3rd November 2017)
Case:
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--- Quote from: SomeCanadianWeirdo on 03 Nov 2017, 21:44 ---Speaking of sexual preferences it would be nice to see Faye's sister and mom show up again. Faye's mom interacting with Pintsize and/or Veronica could be very interesting.
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If memory serves (my archive-fu fails me), didn't Faye say her mom was Baptist fundamentalist?
If so, hopefully she's become a recovering fundamentalist by the time she shows up.
Disclaimer: above link contains serious discussion of the Christian religion interlaced with comedy and ADHD.
EDIT: Additional disclaimer: link will hilariously horribly offend members of the Westborro "Baptist" "Church".
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"God spreads grace like a 4-year old spreads peanut butter - he gets it all over everything!" - Thanks, I had forgotten that X-tians could be funny. :laugh:
Case:
At the risk of sounding horribly naive & sheltered:
--- Quote from: Mr_Rose on 05 Nov 2017, 13:17 ---
--- Quote from: Case on 05 Nov 2017, 12:47 ---
--- Quote from: Ghanima Atreides on 05 Nov 2017, 12:22 ---A lot of bi people have a preference for one gender or another, actually. :) It's not always a 50/50 deal. (If that's what you were referring to.)
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No, I meant that if everybody except for the Kinsey 0s and 6s were bi, shouldn't there be a lot more people who openly identify & live as 'bi'? Your number on the K-scale is one thing, how you live and what you identify as is another is what I meant? (obviously the terms overlap, but are they identical?)
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It’s called “bi erasure” — bisexual people don’t exist and if they do they’re weird freaks who can’t achieve fidelity because they would still be attracted to the other gender (the one their partner doesn’t have) and so be inspired to cheat relentlessly.
Or, that’s how they are commonly portrayed in media (when they are at all), so most bisexual people either ignore half of their preference or deliberately don’t express themselves as such when they are looking for a partner.
The worst part is that publicly bisexual people regularly get harassment and abuse from both “straight” and “gay” individuals and groups, because they “won’t pick a side” are “secretly gay|straight and pretending” and worse which I will not repeat here.
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That's ... all manners of daft & cruel! :cry: :x
--- Quote from: Welu on 05 Nov 2017, 14:14 ---Sometimes people don't know they experience attraction for a particular gender. I've read a bunch of anecdotal stuff about how a lot of bi and pan women didn't realise their finding other women aesthetically pleasing was attraction for a long time, due to the different socialisation of girls and boys. It's much more acceptable for women to compliment each other than it is for men, without people thinking there's something sexual or romantic to it. I've heard a lot of stories about women saying they confused liking a woman's body shape or outfit for wanting to be like them when they really wanted to be with them.
Women also are given more leeway socially for experimentation which can lead to, "I'm a straight woman who sometimes gets romantic or sexual with other women." Not that anyone is obligated to identify a certain way due to their experiences.
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You know, that's sort of how it feels for me, albeit very rare & attenuated - I 'get' that type of same-sex attraction, as in: Having heard my 'inner commenter' going: "Gee, I'm wondering if your looking at that guy-butt is really due your finding it 'aesthetically pleasing', Mr. JustanArtCritic, or if ..." (Yes, sometimes I'm having discussions with people in my head - all sorts of interesting folk in there, don't judge me!), but if you'd put a guy and a gal with cute butts in front of me, there'd be no competition or confusion at all.
Which is why I figure that I might be a Kinsey 1.05, or even a 1.18, but don't really see myself as 'bi'. Not even 'bi-curious', truth be told. And I wouldn't apply the label to myself, not even in private - not out of fear of public reprisals (though yes, I'm not curious about that part - Maybe I'm a bit naive, but I'm not daft. Most of the time, at least ...) - but because I always figured that 'bi' belongs to the people who make that choice for themselves. Like: "Kinsey is the type of food you might find interesting at any point in your life - straight, gay and bi are where you invite your sweetheart for dinner"
Not 'Euwwwh', more like ... respect for other kids toys belonging to them? (I grew up with a baby sister. Toy-ownership was a very important part of our upbringing ...).
I wasn't aware of bi-erasure and ... yeah, that's nasty shite. :-\ And all manners of stupid.
pwhodges:
--- Quote from: Mr_Rose on 05 Nov 2017, 13:17 --- they’re weird freaks who can’t achieve fidelity because they would still be attracted to the other gender (the one their partner doesn’t have) and so be inspired to cheat relentlessly.
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Well, by the same token, clearly straight and gay people can't be faithful either, because they'd be instantly attracted to all of the half of the human race who are of the category they fancy...
Riiiight...
Zebediah:
Sad to say, there are straight people who use something akin to that reasoning as an excuse for their infidelity - they just can't help themselves. Men (in my experience) do this a lot, though I've encountered women who use this kind of reasoning too.
People also use that excuse for even worse behavior.
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Case:
--- Quote from: Zebediah on 06 Nov 2017, 03:50 ---People also use that excuse for even worse behavior.
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"There will always be war"
"If I don't do it, someone else will - so where's the harm in me being the one who profits?"
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