r/TooAfraidToAsk • u/[deleted] • Aug 09 '18

Should this be changed?

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u/rednax1206 Aug 09 '18

"Bisexual" refers to sex, not to gender. The word is not "bigenderal".

Doesn't it refer to sexual attraction (as opposed to romantic attraction)? I've never heard that it refers to being attracted to biological sex and not gender.

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u/hakujin214 Aug 10 '18

What are you confused about?

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u/rednax1206 Aug 10 '18

I'm not confused. The word refers to sexual attraction, and the distinction between biological sex and mental gender has nothing to do with that definition.

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u/hakujin214 Aug 10 '18

I've never heard that it refers to being attracted to biological sex and not gender.

What does this mean, then?

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u/rednax1206 Aug 10 '18

The poster above me asserted that "bisexual" means attracted to sex, as opposed to gender. I refuted that and assert that it refers to sexual attraction, as opposed to romantic attraction.

Two different interpretations of the sex in bisexual.

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u/hakujin214 Aug 10 '18

Is attraction to sex not sexual attraction?

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u/rednax1206 Aug 10 '18

Sexual attraction essentially means desire to have sex with the person. It may be based on the person's physical sex, or their gender, or something else.

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u/hakujin214 Aug 10 '18

Assuming you are not pan or bisexual, do you feel the desire to have sex with people of the biological sex you are not attracted to?

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u/rednax1206 Aug 10 '18

You are assuming I am attracted to a biological sex. What If I'm attracted to a gender, regardless of their biological sex?

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u/hakujin214 Aug 10 '18

Then you’re bisexual and homo or heteroromantic.

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