it's because audiences see those two roles as characters, but they question your sexuality if you play a homosexual role. no one thinks you're a nazi or a child abuser if you play one.
it's still shitty that he doesn't want to be seen as a gay person though.
also i tend to talk about my strong dislike of straight white men on the internet because it's not safe to do offline, i know that it's not a stance that everyone agrees with and i don't hate straight white men as much as i'm apathetic towards them but i do it here so that i can release stress and not be forced to do it offline where it can have very real ramifications
not that people who blog about this stuff aren't targeted by straight white men too but
demisexuality means you're only sexually attracted to people you have deep emotional connections with and i've never seen anyone claim that label without a whole mess of slut shaming attached to it
i disagree with the vitrolic tumblr discourse that shames asexuals (i agree that heteromantic asexuals don't deal with the same shit queer asexuals do but also i don't ever see anyone talking about queer asexuals and that's a problem right there) and the whole sex-positivity moment (which has been co opted by leftist dudes using it as a way to pressure women into having sex with them) and demisexuals are definitely co opting something that's not really theirs
not gonna come at you because i agree, people should be able to have as much or as little sex as they desire but pretending like demisexuality isn't just being selective with who you sleep with (which a ton of people are anyway without calling themselves demisexual) is ridiculous
plus the vast majority of demisexuals i see are women which don't even open that can of fucking worms
yeah like there's nothing wrong with not being attracted to strangers but it's so like special snowflake, i'm not like those sluts who have one night stands. i'm sure it's not this way for everyone who calls themselves that but there's this judgment towards other people attached to the label from what i've seen.
because i don't think picking on demisexual people is the right thing to do esp since most demisexual identifiers are women but i do find the concept of demisexuality and how people defend it ridiculous
i don't find you ridiculous, i find the concept of demisexuality ridiculous
look, anon, it's totally fine for you to claim whatever label you want but as the anon above me said i am also perfectly within my right to find the concept of demisexuality ridiculous because that's actually how a vast majority of average, "sexual" people function.
i think is an example of what society does to people.
honestly, it's good that he recognizes his faults and knows his feelings are wrong. it's hard to change when you've been taught something for so long. hopefully he can learn to over come his faults.
http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/74410608.html
(Anonymous) 2012-12-29 02:44 am (UTC)(link)oh wow this is shitty regardless of the fact that he recognizes his homophobia
Still, I wouldn't turn down a commercial that required me to pretend to slap a child, or one where I played a Nazi.
but you're deeply uncomfortable kissing a guy ok ok
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(Anonymous) 2012-12-29 02:46 am (UTC)(link)it's still shitty that he doesn't want to be seen as a gay person though.
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(Anonymous) 2012-12-29 03:02 am (UTC)(link)but yeah +1 to this comment
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(Anonymous) 2012-12-29 03:11 am (UTC)(link)he obviously needs to change his thinking, but at least he's acknowledging that his feelings are wrong and that they need to change.
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(Anonymous) 2012-12-29 03:27 am (UTC)(link)not that people who blog about this stuff aren't targeted by straight white men too but
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(Anonymous) 2012-12-29 03:01 am (UTC)(link)it's more like just asexuality with exceptions which is an insult to asexuals t b h
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(Anonymous) 2012-12-29 03:03 am (UTC)(link)i feel like grey-a and demisexual people and people who still have and enjoy sex or whatever that means are co-opting a label that is extremely useful
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(Anonymous) 2012-12-29 03:05 am (UTC)(link)i disagree with the vitrolic tumblr discourse that shames asexuals (i agree that heteromantic asexuals don't deal with the same shit queer asexuals do but also i don't ever see anyone talking about queer asexuals and that's a problem right there) and the whole sex-positivity moment (which has been co opted by leftist dudes using it as a way to pressure women into having sex with them) and demisexuals are definitely co opting something that's not really theirs
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(Anonymous) 2012-12-29 03:06 am (UTC)(link)that's it, that's the label :|
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(Anonymous) 2012-12-29 03:00 am (UTC)(link)plus the vast majority of demisexuals i see are women which don't even open that can of fucking worms
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(Anonymous) 2012-12-29 03:03 am (UTC)(link)yeah this is what i see too
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(Anonymous) 2012-12-29 03:33 am (UTC)(link)because i don't think picking on demisexual people is the right thing to do esp since most demisexual identifiers are women but i do find the concept of demisexuality and how people defend it ridiculous
i don't find you ridiculous, i find the concept of demisexuality ridiculous
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(Anonymous) 2012-12-29 03:12 am (UTC)(link)honestly, it's good that he recognizes his faults and knows his feelings are wrong. it's hard to change when you've been taught something for so long. hopefully he can learn to over come his faults.
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