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Philip027 posted...

Cool. But I don't, and if I did, I wouldn't regard myself as straight anymore, because to me that isn't what the term entails. I don't experience this whole "attractive but not attracted" thing; I don't understand it, and therefore I have to use my own rubric. I don't care if other people define it differently; that's just what it means to me specifically.

Not sure what else there is to say. At this point I feel like the "debate" (such as it is) is getting quite circular and repetitive.

And that's why it's weird. You say you can't consider yourself straight just because you see attractive qualities in men... It's not exactly normal... And whether or not it's true, it makes you seem less sure of your sexuality. Like you're trying to prove to others that you're straight... Almost like you're lying to yourself or something... Whether or not that's true, that's how people will probably see it... And whether that's what the term entails to your doesn't actually matter as much when considering what the term actually means. You can come up with different ways to describe a term, but that doesn't mean that's what the term actually means. Words have meaning, and making up your own doesn't change the actual meaning of the word... So, while it can mean whatever you want it to mean to you, don't be surprised when people don't understand what you mean since you aren't using certain words correctly...

Yeah. I guess this conversation has reached it end...