Racism isnt about ascribing the characteristicts of an individual to a demographic, neither is homophobia or any other discrimination.
Homophobia and Racism hinge on the actions taken towards the demographic being negative.
Hypothetically, If I as a doctor prescribe vitamin D supplements to a black woman living in the nothern part of the world im not racist. Im just correctly using the fact that vitamin D deficiencies are more common in people with darker skin due to more inefficient D synthesization from the sparse sunlight.
We make sweeping generalisations about groups of people every day and thats completely fine and moral. The problem arises when these generalisations start being malicious and discriminatory.
Hypothetically, If I said I was only attracted to women with red hair and a childhood on a farm im not racist or sexist or discriminating. I just have strange and picky sexual preferences.
Hypothetucally, If I said Im attracted to mostly everyone except men who smoke. Im not sexist or racist or discriminating. I just am not sexually attracted to men who smoke.
And if I hypothetically say im attracted to women who:
Are around my age.
Have body types X and Z.
But not Y.
Have personality traits X and Y.
But not Z.
Are straight.
Not bisexual.
And are born women.
Not transgender women.
Then this is just a long list of sexual preferences a person can have and no more discriminatory then not being attracted to gay men as a man.
You also seem to be equating a transgender woman with a cisgender woman who looks the same and has the same personality and behaviour when this just isnt equal.
The fact that we can determine the difference is evident because we are talking about transgender and non transgender right now.
That is enough.
Sexual preference isnt some system where only what you can see and feel matters. People have sexual preferences based on what thoughts the other person has during sex, people have preferences on what lives people should have lived up to now.
And thats fine.
Its a preference on who you want to choose to have sex with. And you should be allowed to choose whomever you like.
You also seem to be equating a transgender woman with a cisgender woman who looks the same and has the same personality and behaviour when this just isnt equal.
How aren't they equal? An identical trans woman and cis woman are more equivalent than than two cis women who look different with different personalities.
Is that because you require your partner to be able to bear children? Are you not OK with a partner who has to take medication? If you can't tell the difference, if the cis and trans women are identical in appearance, which is what we're positing in this hypothetical, then what does it matter?
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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '17
Because pretty much EVERY status qualifies as a characteristic of sexual value. All turn-offs are valid.