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[-] someguy3@lemmy.ca 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Many of the people that think being gay is a choice are in fact bisexual. So for them it's a choice on whether or not to act on it. They assume everyone else works the same way.

[-] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago

I choose to be monogamous with my partner. When I was single there was not a single conscious thought rattling around the horn brain.

[-] cholesterol@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

I would think that everyone choosing their sexuality implies that everyone essentially has the ability to 'be' any sexuality.

[-] Danksy@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

From a logical perspective that implication is true, choosing your sexuality implies you have a choice. However, I disagree with the premise that there is a choice to begin with.

I do not choose to be straight, I just am. I'm not gay, and no amount of choosing will change that. I'm a guy, and I can choose to look for a boyfriend, but it won't change the fact that I'm attracted to women. Now maybe I discover that I'm actually attracted to both men and women, but I would argue that discovering is different from choosing. Choosing would mean that I can choose to not be attracted to a gender, which I can't. I can only choose whether or not I act on it.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Obviously they're bisexual, monosexuals are a myth.

You're bi or you're ace, and everyone is just one "being trapped on a deserted island with a hottie not of their usual preference" from recognizing it.

That's right, monosexuals, now YOU'RE being erased, deal with it.

[-] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 1 points 8 months ago

"FIGHT NARROW MINDEDNESS WITH DIFFERENT NARROW MINDEDNESS!"

...or something?

[-] vonbaronhans@midwest.social 0 points 8 months ago

That's, uh. Certainly a thing you said. Cool.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

I think it was an attempt at satire

[-] Sombyr@lemmy.zip 1 points 8 months ago

As a bi person, it definitely was. It's a common joke bi people tell each other to make fun of bi erasure, that never lands outside of bisexual circles and yet we keep trying.

[-] MxM111@kbin.social 1 points 8 months ago

Did she chose to like women?

[-] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago

You misunderstand. Obviously, everyone feels homosexual attraction, "being" gay is choosing to act on that attraction. That's what they mean when they say "being gay is a choice".

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Denying your sexuality is a choice, but the sexuality itself is not.

[-] clutchmatic@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

I thought these emotions were related to Thalasin™

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