I know Sea already responded to you, but she didn't point out something that I feel needs to be.Volus Warlord wrote...
Seagloom wrote...
No, I am not. Bi is more rigid. A bi person has a roughly equal attraction to either sex. It is rarely really 50/50, but usually close enough. As well, bisexual implies an attraction that is as much physical as mental. I find most men physically repulsive, but if I like a man's personality I can still feel attracted to them.
As well, there are other sex and gender combinations to consider. Other transsexuals, genderqueer, androgynes and the like who may not always fall into a neat binary male/female category. A bisexual person may not be attracted to any or all of these individuals.
The distinction between bisexual and pansexual is a fine one, but it still exists.
Prepare to be offended. :innocent: Fair warning. I mean no harm, but it may come accross as that.
I still don't see any real difference. You say that the difference between you and and a bisexual person is an emphasis on personality. Sounds fair-ish..
However, almost everybody says they place emphasis on personality. I tell girls I care about personality first, body second. Do I? Sometimes. :innocent:I really deserve to go to hell.. But my vices are not the point. The point is the only seperation between someone who "values" body more vs. personality and vice versa is word of mouth. As you probably are aware, word of mouth =/= choice in action. The disparity between speech and action and a vast middle ground between the extremes makes categorization of either tendency virtually impossible on any scale.
Relevance? You say you value personality first. Fine. Not a damn thing wrong with that. However, you are trying to categorize people en masse with that as a factor, which is nonsense. I just don't see how you could put a label on something so inconsistant. It doesn't make sense. Taking that into account, "pansexuality" just seems like a glorified version of bisexuality, with the only real difference being someone saying they are pansexual vs. saying they are bisexual. It seems like an attempt to differentiate yourself from a group over something very, very trivial.
All in all, I just don't see the point. More sociopolitical nonsense I am supposed to know.
Bisexuals like males and they like females. (If someone who likes otherwhise is calling themselves a bisexual, it's a misnomer.)
Pansexuals can be attracted to people irregardless of their gender or where they are in transitioning between genders and that is a HUGE distinction, as there are more people in this world than clearcut males and females.
I hope that helped explain the need for both terms.
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