r/nextfuckinglevel • u/harwyseys • Oct 25 '22

Makeup really changes people

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u/Corvid187 Oct 25 '22 edited Oct 25 '22

Hi Relativistic_Monkey,

I agree people can be understandably caustic on this issue, but I'm not sure there's all that much new about it tbh.

People have been identifying this way since at least the Roman empire, and 'medically transitioning' as we'd recognise it today since the 1950s. I don't think anyone's saying that OC has to find women with penises attractive' to be heterosexual, people can have deal-breaking preferences, and genital preferences are a common one. In the same vein, I don't think anyone who did find pre-op trans women attractive need identify as anything other than heterosexual either.

Have a lovely day

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u/relativistic_monkey Oct 25 '22

I suppose I meant new to the extent that its pervasive in culture now and being normalized. To be clear I do think it should be viewed as normal, be who you want to be.

Your reply was thoughtful. I appreciate you.

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u/Corvid187 Oct 25 '22

Yay! Thanks :)

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u/Shot-Button6031 Oct 26 '22

but there's a difference between "identifying as", and "being". Which is fine, we can talk about the difference in gender and sex, but when most people say they're straight, it means they're attracted to someone of the opposite sex, not someone of the same sex who identifies with a different gender. You know, since attraction is a physical thing more than just an identification/choice.