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minus-squarethe_crotch@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3Ā·27 days ago Itās about upholding normalcy. Does calling it ānormalcyā play right into their hands? It kind of implies that theyāre right, that their vision is objectively normal.
minus-squareTheEntity@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7Ā·27 days agoIt being statistically normal doesnāt make it better. Whether itās true is irrelevant because even assuming it is, itās still not better just because itās normal.
minus-squarethe_crotch@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2Ā·26 days agoIām just questioning whether itās productive for allies to label cis/hetero as ānormalā.
Does calling it ānormalcyā play right into their hands? It kind of implies that theyāre right, that their vision is objectively normal.
It being statistically normal doesnāt make it better. Whether itās true is irrelevant because even assuming it is, itās still not better just because itās normal.
Iām just questioning whether itās productive for allies to label cis/hetero as ānormalā.