And we can drift through time. Not only is there a spectrum, but the spectrum itself is fluid.
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Ok. From the first half of your statement it sounds like we agree with one another. That's more or less the pint I was trying to make. I don't care to address your assumptions of what I can or cannot accept as definitions of sexuality
Meaning: “Bi” doesn’t have any meaning out of the context of society, thus “political”. I could have said “social” instead and I would've meant the same thing
No “bi” is a distinct political identity one must claim for oneself
Exactly. And I’m really bothered that people on here feel so comfortable diagnosing another person now and forever as bi because of relationships that may have occurred between either gender. This was exactly the point I was trying to make. People seem comfortable with the concept of the spectrum and not being placed…
No is an identity. Identities are not static. Not that one cannot be bi, but you cannot diagnose someone as bi without them claiming it for themselves. Where in a spectrum you can have bi, or pansexual or any other identity or combination Therein you can come up with, that doesn't mean you must stay there your whole…
Right, and I'd add that we not only defy definition, we also rarely stay in one place. Identity is also not static, but fluid and can change in different phases of our life. We are what we are, but only moment to moment. I wouldn't suggest saying this to a fundamentalist though, it will just confuse and make them…
No “bi” is a distinct political identity one must claim for oneself
You can’t “believe” you are something and not be it totally. The idea that they are betraying themselves and that there is only one thing to be in life is my problem with the “born this way” narrative. Yes we are born on a spectrum - one that has little use for gay or straight definitions. But just as there is no one…
No “bi” is a distinct political identity one must claim for oneself
Yes, and my point is that as we are born in places on a spectrum without strict definition (very few of us are), even the spectrum itself is fluid. A definition we feel comfortable with today might not be s definition we are comfortable with tomorrow
Totally agree with you. When speaking about identity politics, you MUST have a static identity or else their is nothing to fight for. In reality, nothing is static, not one’s identity, even one's memories should be held circumspect as they can be colored by what one is feeling at the moment. Let them get through…
No “bi” is a distinct political identity one must claim for oneself
No “bi” is a distinct political identity one must claim for oneself
Yes, that's the point I'm making... In addition to being born within a spectrum that doesn't fit neatly into a narrative, people can also move within the spectrum during their life. They are not born ONE WAY their entire life.
No “bi” is a distinct political identity one must claim for oneself
No “bi” is a distinct political identity one must claim for oneself
No “bi” is a distinct political identity one must claim for oneself
No “bi” is a distinct political identity one must claim for oneself
I think we're saying something similar. The part in rejecting is that you're only born in ONE PLACE on the spectrum for your WHOLE LIFE. I think identity is much more fluid than people who talk regularly about identity politics are prepared to admit