25 Feb 2009, 12:50 pm
25 Feb 2009, 1:00 pm
ouinon wrote:
Padium wrote:
ouinon wrote:
There is no reason why AS sexuality should parallel the "normal"/NT classification system, seeing how differently we interact with the world in general. "Queer" might just about cover it! 
And that is why I have the option of other...I voted Other, but it's not very valorising though is it?
It's not very affirming to be consigned to the grab bag of odds and ends that don't fit into the accepted schema. Like a non-existence, whereas "queer" is conscious, deliberate, and interrogative/challenging.
"Other" in a poll does not encourage a vote, because it is a "negative" in a sense. The poll is loaded in favour of the normal categories, simply because they are named/concrete.
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There is an other option because there are so many sexualities I know of that won't fit on the page, for example, being sexually attracted to plants and not people, or being attracted to the idea of a same sex relationship but being otherwise asexual.
25 Feb 2009, 3:09 pm
25 Feb 2009, 3:22 pm
