@pencilears@mastodon.eternalaugust.com
2026-09-23 17:39 UTC
I have had very well meaning friends try to get me to adopt "pansexual", or any of a number of Tumblr micro-labels.
But, I think self-identity works best when it's legible, and everyone knows what a bisexual is.
My grandma might be scandalized, but she lived through the 90's, she knows what I'm talking about.
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@pencilears@mastodon.eternalaugust.com 2026-09-23 17:44
The biggest problem with bisexuality is mono-attracted people have some of their gender identity wrapped up in a feedback loop of "you are attracted to my gender and you are attracted to me, therefore my gender is affirmed" which a bisexual cannot provide. This is, I think, why a statistically significant number of bisexuals end up in abusive relationships, or find themselves being mistreated.