If you want some more fun with the subject, check out Hanne Blank’s Straight which argues that the identity of heterosexual is a fairly recent thing—only about a century old, as I recall. Previously, people thought in terms of sexual behaviors, not identities.
Obviously, the heterosexual identity can only exist in contrast to the homosexual identity. If a group of squid people suddenly appeared on earth, you could bet that a vertebrate identity would develop pretty fast.
Obviously, the heterosexual identity can only exist in contrast to the homosexual identity
That may be obvious if you think about it, but I, at least, hadn’t thought about it, and found it to be surprising. I’m willing to bet that I’m more typical on this point.
If you want some more fun with the subject, check out Hanne Blank’s Straight which argues that the identity of heterosexual is a fairly recent thing—only about a century old, as I recall. Previously, people thought in terms of sexual behaviors, not identities.
Obviously, the heterosexual identity can only exist in contrast to the homosexual identity. If a group of squid people suddenly appeared on earth, you could bet that a vertebrate identity would develop pretty fast.
That may be obvious if you think about it, but I, at least, hadn’t thought about it, and found it to be surprising. I’m willing to bet that I’m more typical on this point.