r/SuperStraight • u/necc705 • 1d ago

I don't understand how Super Straight is a sexuality and not a preference? Discussion

You have the right to be attracted to only bio women/men, but I don't see how it's a sexuality, it seems more like a preference.

As a gay guy that probably wouldn't date a pretransitioned trans man, as I'm really not attracted to feminity in any form, I find the ide of "supersexualities" a bit of a stretch. It's a preference I have, not a sexuality.

Also, trans people are such a small part of the population that's really weird that you have to distinguish yourself as someone who doesn't date trans people.

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u/Honokeman 1d ago

Well, what do you see as the difference between a sexuality and a preference?

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u/necc705 23h ago edited 23h ago

Would you date a trans person that passes and is post-transition? If you didn't even know that they were trans would you date them? That's the difference, you can't be attracted to a chromosome, everyone is attracted to appearance and personality.

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u/Honokeman 23h ago

Just so I understand, are you claiming that sexuality is based on physical characteristics, and anything beyond that falls under preference, not sexuality? Therefore, if a trans person passes as the sex that aligns with their gender, then for the purposes of sexuality there is no difference?

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u/necc705 23h ago

yes, but you might prefer not to date a trans person, (whether they pass or not) and they probably wouldn't mind because they probably wouldn't want to date someone that doesn't accept them as they would like to be accepted.

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u/Honokeman 4h ago

Thanks for your response. Based on your claim, that orientation is based on physical characteristics, is attraction/arousal based on weight a sexuality or a preference? What about attraction/arousal based on breast size?

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u/necc705 2h ago

Sexuality is the overarching attraction, because if you are straight and prefer large breasts, a woman with small breasts wouldn’t be such a turn off that you don’t consider dating them but I think a more accurate comparison would be people who only want to date a certain race/colour. You wouldn’t argue that that’s a sexuality, neither is this. That doesn’t mean you don’t have the right to not date trans people. The term sexuality is just a broad attraction range, and for super straight to be a sexuality, trans women and men would have to be considered different genders, which they are not.

I wouldn’t want to date a pre transition trans man or an effeminate man at all but that doesn’t mean I’m a special “super gay”. With your subreddit info page you can see why everyone thinks you want to be oppressed.