1. This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. Learn More.

Is sexuality really a big part of us

Discussion in 'Chit Chat' started by Driftr, Dec 18, 2014.

  1. Driftr

    Regular Member

    Joined:
    Nov 7, 2013
    Messages:
    205
    Likes Received:
    0
    Gender:
    Male
    I like to think that sexuality is a big part of us the way eyesight is. It's like this; no matter how you try, you will always see something that is red as ...well red.

    Is sexuality on the same scale of importance as eyesight? Or is it smaller or greater? Does anyone have a clue?
     
  2. Notlad

    Full Member

    Joined:
    Sep 23, 2014
    Messages:
    416
    Likes Received:
    0
    It's a quality I don't want to be judged on. People typically don't judge people for how good or bad their eyesight is.

    So really I'd say sexuality is greater at this point on that scale. Though i wish they were equal.
     
  3. stocking

    stocking Guest

    Joined:
    Jul 12, 2013
    Messages:
    7,542
    Likes Received:
    0
    Location:
    New England
    Gender:
    Female
    Sexual Orientation:
    Lesbian
    I see sexuality as being left handed or born with blue , green , or brown eyes .
    It's a big part of us but it's not the only part of us . But I think it's important to me .:slight_smile:
     
  4. PlantSoul

    Regular Member

    Joined:
    Mar 19, 2014
    Messages:
    1,296
    Likes Received:
    8
    Location:
    Venus
    Gender:
    Other
    Gender Pronoun:
    She
    Sexual Orientation:
    Other
    Out Status:
    A few people
    I think it is because, it's an important part of our identity.
     
  5. Burnedcloset

    Full Member

    Joined:
    Oct 27, 2014
    Messages:
    1,072
    Likes Received:
    0
    Location:
    santas workshop
    It's a pretty big part of me. It's going to be the thing that changes my life for the better. I can't thank *whoever* or *whatever* made me this way enough.

    I'm not sure about anyone else though. It's a matter of opinion.
     
  6. Adam1969

    Regular Member

    Joined:
    Dec 4, 2014
    Messages:
    133
    Likes Received:
    0
    Location:
    California
    Gender:
    Male
    Thats a deep question! On a basic level though, depending on how you define "sexuality", humans would not exist without it (specifically sexual attraction) but we could certainly exist while blind. As far as sexual identity (who we are attracted to) is concerned, anything that society focuses so much energy on and we can be killed for not conforming to their opinions on, I'd say is VERY important! I'd say sexuality is much more important than eye color.
     
  7. Kaiser

    Kaiser Guest

    Joined:
    May 10, 2014
    Messages:
    2,867
    Likes Received:
    0
    Location:
    кєηтυ¢ку
    If either of us wants to sleep with the other, then yes.

    Everything else, no.
     
  8. kageshiro

    kageshiro Guest

    Joined:
    Oct 14, 2012
    Messages:
    655
    Likes Received:
    0
    Location:
    in your soul
    it's a part, as a whole we are much more than our sexuality
     
  9. BryanM

    Full Member

    Joined:
    Apr 19, 2013
    Messages:
    2,894
    Likes Received:
    1
    Location:
    Columbia, Missouri
    Gender:
    Genderqueer
    Gender Pronoun:
    They
    Sexual Orientation:
    Gay
    Out Status:
    Out to everyone
    As Connor Franta put it, "My sexuality is a part of me, it is not all of me."
     
  10. Fallingdown7

    Fallingdown7 Guest

    Yes it is, It's just not all of us.
     
  11. STM29

    Full Member

    Joined:
    Jul 9, 2013
    Messages:
    260
    Likes Received:
    2
    Location:
    Germany
    Gender:
    Female
    Gender Pronoun:
    She
    Sexual Orientation:
    Lesbian
    Out Status:
    Out to everyone
    Yes it is. For some people it may be a bigger part, for some not. But either way it's a part of us which we can't ignore.
     
  12. Pret Allez

    Full Member

    Joined:
    Apr 19, 2012
    Messages:
    6,785
    Likes Received:
    67
    Location:
    Seattle, WA
    Gender:
    Female (trans*)
    Gender Pronoun:
    She
    Sexual Orientation:
    Bisexual
    Out Status:
    Some people
    My bisexuality is a foundational part of me, because it's the part of me that I had to learn to accept and love. That hard process also taught me a greater degree of compassion and engendered in me a sense of protectiveness I would not have otherwise developed.

    And while my capacity to love people of many genders is an object of esteem for me, it's not the sole trait I hang my self worth on.

    What I hang my self worth on is my ability to be a protector.

    ~ Adrienne
     
  13. theskyiseverywhere

    Regular Member

    Joined:
    Sep 11, 2013
    Messages:
    3
    Likes Received:
    0
    Location:
    Texas
    Gender:
    Male
    Sexual Orientation:
    Gay
    I think that it is both important and unimportant. For example, if I wasn't gay, I would be a much different person, and that person would probably be a homophobe unfortunately. But it's unimportant because it's just a little strand in the tangled web of who we are.
     
  14. White Knight

    Full Member

    Joined:
    Mar 18, 2014
    Messages:
    1,816
    Likes Received:
    0
    Location:
    Istanbul, TR
    Just a part of us not huge.

    Is it important? Yes

    However it's never should define us. The day you diminish yourself to being "gay" only, is the time you have to wake up and see the world for what it is and start learning let the world see who you really are.

    A bit confusing maybe?