fat girlfriend said:
Beer Baron said:
fat girlfriend said:
Beer Baron said:
fat girlfriend said:
I'll add this: if you think it IS fixed, what do you do with people who call themselves heteroflexible?
Basically they're bi, but lean toward preferring people of the opposite gender.
It seems there are a growing number of bisexual people now. Isn't that in tension with the claim that sexual orientation is fixed and innate?
I don't think so. Whatever turns a person's head is pretty fixed and innate. Some people are just attracted to a bigger variety of people and characteristics. I'd also disagree that there are more bi people now. More people just feel comfortable with being open about it.
What you're missing is that it's a GROWING number. This strongly suggests that a persons ability to be sexually aroused by people of given features is meaningfully impacted by social norms - thus not fixed and innate.
What about people who are attracted to only the physical, genetic biology of one type of person and, while they respect and perhaps admire the physical, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual of the other physical, genetic biology of another type of person, would only consider entering in a complete relationship with the former? That person is not in flux or on a continuum. They are happily "set" where they are, totally content with who they are. My friends and colleagues who are bisexual genuinely like to enjoy the company of both men and women, but they do tend to lean in one direction or the other. Whatever. It's not my business, but it is an intriguing topic to explore and discuss.
