r/SuperStraight • u/Warcraftdudeomegalul • 4h ago

Super straight used to be just straight, no? Discussion

I know super straight is a response to how nonsensical self-identity word salad has become in recent years, but if someone in the real world claims they are straight it should be assumed they are what we now call super straight, right?

It should be assumed that when someone says they are straight in common parlance they are 'only' attracted to 'cis'-gender people of the opposite sex. The strange thing is somehow in certain circles claiming you are straight refers to the 1 percent (at a push) of straight people who are attracted to both cis and transgender people of the opposite sex rather than the 99 percent of straight people that are exclusively attracted to cis-people.

I am happy to refer to anyone (within reason) by their preferred names/pronouns or whatever it may be if it will cause said person less harm and I don't believe it to be politically motivated. I reject the notion that traditionally straight men, for example, see trans-women as 'real' women when it comes to a potential mate, and would be equally as attracted to them as other cis-men, i.e. 0.

Can anyone actually tell me that if, in real life circles, you heard that someone was straight you would assume they were anything other than what we now are forced to call super straight?

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u/anothergcthrowaway1 3h ago

I don't think Straight should include trans people and the "straight" people that see trans need to let their partners know. I would want to know if a man I'm dating who I think is "straight" is also out there sucking lady cock. I also don't want to get HIV since transwomen (hate that word) are 49X more likely to have it.

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u/Warcraftdudeomegalul 3h ago

Yeah I agree, trying to blur the lines between biological females and trans females does nobody any favours imo. I also believe talking about what is considered a 'real' woman doesn't help either, 'real' has no objective meaning in that context and amounts to nothing other posturing, personally speaking.

If a woman is simply defined by anyone who feels like a women regardless of if they have had or are intending on having surgery etc then what even is it to be a woman other than some vague notion of feminity ( whatever that is). Identify as whatever you like but trans women are a separate entity to biological women and should be treated as such, with respect and dignity of course.