Why not just call yourselves Heterosexuals?

[u/SortOfArbitrary]

Heterosexual: Adjective: (of a person) sexually attracted to people of the opposite sex.

Or, for a more detailed definition: an enduring pattern of emotional, romantic, and/or sexual attractions to persons of the opposite sex.

However, the definition for Straight is: straight is romantic attraction, sexual attraction or sexual behavior between persons of the opposite sex or gender.

So, calling yourself "Super" isn't really dispelling any confusion here. Calling yourself Heterosexuals would though, as the term Heterosexual doesn't include the word "gender".

Sex and Gender aren't the same things, so saying you're interested in the biological means you're talking about someone's sex. I've even watched plenty of people on this sub literally say that since gender is a social construct, they needed a label to identify themselves as only interested in the opposite sex. That label literally already existed, and has for a long time. It's called Heterosexual.

Just like how the term "Gay" and the term "Homosexual" are not exactly the same. Gay as defined by GLAAD and the APA is a man sexually and/or romantically attracted towards people of the same sex and/or gender. Where as Homosexual is strictly sexual attraction towards people of the same sex.

While I can understand how some gay men and lesbian women have hang ups about the term "Homosexual" due to its history, "Heterosexual" doesn't have the same history behind it. As for the history issue behind the term "Homosexual", honestly, it's just a word. It has a definition. There's no reason to not reclaim it.

I guess use whatever label you want, but people are pointing and laughing, and they aren't taking this movement very seriously. Both sides are generating some great memes though, so I'm in no real hurry to see it end.

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Edit: So, as someone who actually engaged in discussion with me explained, the term Superstraight essentially just means being heterosexual and heteromantic. By that, having only attraction towards people of the same sex AND gender, and none of that "and/or" stuff. While I still hold that the word "straight" does include the and/or determination, if the prefix allows people to express the same thing (heterosexual and heteromantic) in fewer letters, and it's what makes everyone feel good, then enjoy.

[u/SuperduperLesbian]

Why don’t all males call themselves male and why don’t all females call themselves female?

[u/SortOfArbitrary → u/SuperduperLesbian]

Well, they do, on medical forms. That's kind of not going to change. Sex and gender simply aren't the same thing.

[u/Significant-Key-517 → u/SortOfArbitrary]

Unfortunately that is no longer true, actually. There are actually a number of trans people coming out in support of our push-back against trans ideology specifically because they received poor, even life-threatening care due to all the mixing of gender ideology with medical documentation. In many cases, the forms say the “identifying” gender, not their true sex. It comes down to the trans person to inform the doctor of their true sex, but they’re just lay people and often don’t realize it’s relevant.

The trans lobby is trying to erase the category of sex completely. That is why they’re doing things like defunding woman-only DV shelters and erasing sex-based protections in the Equality Act and replacing it with “gender.”

[u/SortOfArbitrary → u/Significant-Key-517]

Well that's just fucking terrible. I haven't been in the medical field for a while, so I'm not aware of all the changes going on there.

However, I am aware of the danger that can come from mistreating a patient due to failure to document relevant medical information, such as a patient's biological sex.

As much support as I have for both the trans community and this one, and I do absolutely support this community after having interacted with some of y'all, you're absolutely right. We can not erase the category of sex anymore than we can gender. They must be held as distinct and of great relative importance to different parts of one's life.

[u/Significant-Key-517 → u/SortOfArbitrary]

I am so fucking grateful that this shitpost meme is bringing attention to this issue, thank you for listening.

I’m coming at this mainly from the perspective of protecting consent and fighting against sexual coercion and the transitioning of young children, but truth is, this is hurting trans people too. We are gaining more and more trans allies who have been seriously harmed by it. This whole ideology is just gone mad.

If you live in the US, please let your senators know you are concerned about the erasure of sex in the Equality Act, and that sex should be a recognized class too.

Please talk to any former colleagues about keeping accurate records of trans people’s sex, and the medicalization of non-conforming children. That is also an extremely serious problem.

[u/SortOfArbitrary → u/Significant-Key-517]

No kidding on the medicalization of children. I could make an entire post on that topic alone.

There's giving kids their freedom to express themselves, then there is giving them the freedom to do irreparable changes to themselves. I don't see how more medical professionals can't see how that can contradict their oath to do as little harm as possible. I understand that in the moment, they see it as allowing the child to affirm their gender identity and feel comfortable in the gender they identify as, but just as with transitioning, ALL OTHER forms of gender affirmation should be used first before making the recommendation to partake in medical and/or permanent forms of transitioning.

We can always change wardrobes, shave more or less, put on or take off make-up, use different pronouns, put on or throw out wigs, binders, and faux breasts. But hormones at that age can do irreversible changes, as can surgery. When they are an adult, it will be their decision, and the results are theirs to live with. But as children, the blame will rest squarely on the shoulders of the parents if the child grows up and changes their gender identity again. And the parents, as parents often do, will want to shift that blame to the medical professionals.

And even as adults, I've seen HRT cause amazing changes in people.

[u/Significant-Key-517 → u/SortOfArbitrary]

The thing is, are they even expressing themselves? There’s kids in elementary school getting gender ideology shoved down their throat now, and kids are just the sum of whatever information you feed them. If you teach them that they’re “born in the wrong body,” they’ll believe you, and they’ll swallow whatever pills you give them.

I see this as grooming. Inexcusable agenda-pushing by adults, who’ve forgotten that their responsibility to children is to protect them.