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Monk06

(7,675 posts)
12. I harbour no special emphathy for poor heterosexuals I assure you lol
Thu May 14, 2015, 04:56 AM
May 2015

My comments on language, from being a red herring, cut to the heart of the question of how to talk about sexuality and sexual identity given how complex both of these categories have become.

And regard your comment, "That isn't heterosexism, that is anti-transgender bias". If I accept this at face value doesn't that mean that heterosexism is simply anti gay bias or even more simply homophobia?

And finally you say Heterosexism is about sexual orientation not gender identity.

I am a bit flummoxed by that. You say your topic is about heterosexsim and how it affects people who are in a gay and lesbian or gay/lesbian relationship. I get that but I don't understand how sexual orientation is different from sexual identity. I would have thought they are different ways of referring to the same idea.

I come from a background in philosophy of language which pre-dates these issues and my main influence was Wittgenstein so I am pre disposed to economy in language.

I think we can both agree the topic is complicated.

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