"A good example would be an individual who is well aware of their bisexuality but is attracted to so few women (and so rarely) that mentioning that bisexuality is at best irrelevant and at worst seriously misleading to interested women."
I don't see anything particularly wrong with this. Bi people come in all shades of how strongly they are attracted to both men and women, so I simply see it as being a legitimate part of being bi. But then, I've gotten to the point where I'm so sick and tired of biphobia that I always, without fail, identify myself as such, just to stick up for myself and others.
Speaking of language, your post reminded me of the phenomenon of cis queer people, who are nominally out as trans allies, saying stuff like "gender doesn't matter," or some variant thereof. I think it was on Questioning Transphobia where someone responded to that nonsense with "no one gives a fuck that you don't believe in gender," or something like that; I can't remember.
Anyhoo, I think you write well and hope you post some more!
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I don't see anything particularly wrong with this. Bi people come in all shades of how strongly they are attracted to both men and women, so I simply see it as being a legitimate part of being bi. But then, I've gotten to the point where I'm so sick and tired of biphobia that I always, without fail, identify myself as such, just to stick up for myself and others.
Speaking of language, your post reminded me of the phenomenon of cis queer people, who are nominally out as trans allies, saying stuff like "gender doesn't matter," or some variant thereof. I think it was on Questioning Transphobia where someone responded to that nonsense with "no one gives a fuck that you don't believe in gender," or something like that; I can't remember.
Anyhoo, I think you write well and hope you post some more!
Mandy