I realized yesterday that I've reached the level of demi-/asexuality where the idea that someone's gender could factor into someone else's attraction to them actually feels kind of absurd to me.

Like, if someone talks about not being into women, or about learning to appreciate men, or something like that, it feels a little surreal to me or something

@Felthry Yeah, totes. It's... I mean it's kind of a low key form of something not entirely unlike systemic sexism?

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@mawr I don't think it's necessarily a bad thing--people are allowed to have whatever preferences they do, after all--but it's certainly an odd thing.

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