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This article is a week old, but I just ran across it.
https://www.newscientist.com/articl...-is-fluid-its-time-to-get-past-born-this-way/
I thought the discussion of multiple axes for one's sexuality, and about sexuality as something that may well be fluid for some people are interesting. I've long since wondered about this, since it's not unreasonable to assume that environmental factors could influence orientation in at least some cases, and in fact, it does seems to fall on a continuum with many people identifying as bisexual. The part about the increase in the number of people who identify as gay, lesbian or bisexual as they've been de-stigmatized is also interesting.
I completely agree with her main point. It doesn't matter in the end. Same-sex relationships deserve the same rights, privileges and protections under the law as opposite-sex ones regardless of the underlying reason for one's orientation or whether or not a given individual could be happy in a different kind of relationship or not, and I'm very glad our society is making strides in that direction.
But I'm wondering whether this article could be seen as problematic or hurtful or not, or if it's something that could be twisted and used by people of malign intent.
https://www.newscientist.com/articl...-is-fluid-its-time-to-get-past-born-this-way/
I thought the discussion of multiple axes for one's sexuality, and about sexuality as something that may well be fluid for some people are interesting. I've long since wondered about this, since it's not unreasonable to assume that environmental factors could influence orientation in at least some cases, and in fact, it does seems to fall on a continuum with many people identifying as bisexual. The part about the increase in the number of people who identify as gay, lesbian or bisexual as they've been de-stigmatized is also interesting.
I completely agree with her main point. It doesn't matter in the end. Same-sex relationships deserve the same rights, privileges and protections under the law as opposite-sex ones regardless of the underlying reason for one's orientation or whether or not a given individual could be happy in a different kind of relationship or not, and I'm very glad our society is making strides in that direction.
But I'm wondering whether this article could be seen as problematic or hurtful or not, or if it's something that could be twisted and used by people of malign intent.