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impossiboobs
Oct 2, 2006

Twelve by Pies posted:

The entire point of "demisexual" is "I do not get sexually aroused by random people being naked."

The fact that porn, a thing in which the entire point is to get sexually aroused by random people being naked, is popular would indicate that the majority of people do get sexually aroused by random people being naked. Thus, I see the value in a label that indicates that the person is not like that.


I would just like to say as a "demisexual" (I fit the definition but don't really consider it my identity since I think it's not a marginalized attraction type) who watches porn, no not everyone watches porn because they are aroused by seeing random people naked. I don't feel any sort of arousal from seeing pictures of random naked people, but I do get arousal by inserting myself into the scenario. It's the action more than the visuals for me. I know many people are aroused by seeing naked people, but it's not the only thing that porn offers.

I think demisexual is a fine label to use if someone wants to call themselves that. It's a good shorthand to describe how they approach sexual relationships. I don't think it's a particularly oppressed demographic, but I'm not the queer police.

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impossiboobs
Oct 2, 2006

Twelve by Pies posted:

To get off that subject a bit since someone mentioned it earlier, it's kind of amazing how much casual transphobia there was in the mid 90s played off as comedy. Ace Ventura is the big one of course but you also had Naked Gun, and comedians like Rodney Carrington. I'm sure there's even plenty more I've forgotten or didn't even know about.

If you feel like going through a deep dive, this video covers the topic pretty thoroughly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHTMidTLO60

impossiboobs
Oct 2, 2006

smug n stuff posted:

There is province-by-province data here:

https://twitter.com/katymontgomerie/status/1519320006227640323?s=21&t=sbOpbmmf1t74ldVzrVQatA

e: just based on my stereotypes about Canadian provinces I don’t see much correlation between political tendency and trans population, but I know nothing about Canada


They even have a breakdown of the major cities. I was really surprised that Toronto was as low as it was, as it's usually the first place queer people up here in the North say they're going to go to escape their redneck hometowns.

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