TheNewGuy said:
Hey, I have a question. What exactly is the difference between pansexuality and bisexuality? I know there is a difference, but I've never really been clear on what exactly it is. In fact I don't know much about pansexuality at all. Would you please elucidate me?
That's kind of a contentious deal. Some people say bisexual includes everything, and others say it includes male and female.
Pansexual is an identity based around the notion that bisexual is the latter, and thus pansexual fills the former niche. This is the problem with language: even the same words might be different.
I put bisexual, though I've been in relationships with an FTM (who was living as a woman, but still), another who thought they might be FTM, two people who fell in that nebulous sort of "genderqueer" category, and one woman who IDed as a woman but really wanted a penis. Depending on who you ask, any of the above my DQ me from bisexuality. Or they might not.
I've personally never been one to care about what bits people I liked had/wanted/felt they should have. It's not quite accurate to say I don't care, but I don't care in any meaningful sense that would stop me from dating/sleeping with one.
So the difference is either nothing or the difference between two points and all the points. It depends. I use bisexual in part because people react to the concept of pansexuality with a "special snowflake" mentality.
But then, given the number of people I've seen go "ew tranny!" even in the bi camp, maybe I am a special snowflake. >.<
FargoDog said:
Batman is always persecuted due to the actions of Crazy Steve. Education is needed to differentiate the two in the general public.
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Colour Scientist said:
No, you were right the first time.
They are totally icky!
Yeah, I was just trying to be mature. It doesn't work for me.
Oie Justes said:
Asexual. I'd let my grandmother, the pope, and a six-year-old look at my browsing history, I ain't got nothin' to hide.
I've never particularly got the "something to hide" thing with regards to porn myself. Even when I was living at my mom's in college I made no effort to hide my porn consumption. I'm not ashamed for liking naked people and I assume that the default is others do, too. And if they don't, no worries there, either.
Plus, I'd totally show the Pope my browsing history. That would be hilarious.
...Though the new Pope seems much cooler than Pope Sidious the Third.
Then again, my family is the Fox News, Obama is a Muslim terrorist type who borders on the "God hates fags" crowd. I suppose people downloading gay porn might have a problem simply because of the implications....
ObsidianJones said:
Bowie is not a human. Bowie is an entity that slums by being around us.
Labyrinth was totally a historical drama. We all know this.
Most people don't. They need to be educated. Much like the Crazy Steve situation.