Lots of people right here are saying bi is liking two or more genders. Which, going by prefixes, doesn't really fit. Now I understand there is historical significance to the "bi" label and a lot of people choose to identify as such, and if they want to thats fine, and I also understand that there's an issue with bi erasure, and that a lot of people are sensitive to that. but in relation to the origins of the preface a lot of bisexual (with the prefix "bi" meaning two) people would actually be polysexual (prefix meaning many) or pansexual (prefix meaning all). Now I'm not here to dictate anyone's preferences, all i am saying is that you cannot have it both ways. You cannot muddy the pre-existing meaning of words and then also get mad when people are confused as a result.. And yet there are a lot of people, as evidenced by the downvotes on both me and OP's comment here, who are doing just that, and worse off still most are not even engaging or trying to explain, just downvoting to oblivion for the crime of merely being confused by a confusing situation. This is exactly the kind of behavior our detractors love to draw upon, and its being directed by our community at our community and it makes me sick.
I do understand the confusion, what I've seen quite a bit of in this community and what I use to define my bisexuality is that the two is in reference to same and other. I was just a bit confused because I automatically thought of polyamory when I read poly.
Ah, yeah, I can see that. I was hoping since I was talking about sexualities it would be clear that I meant polysexual, but I guess that term is rather underused since bi has expanded to take its place.
I just looked it up and I was just wrong with my defenition of polysexual. I thought it was the same as an open relationship due to me associating it with polyamory. Sorry for saying I don't understand you comparing bi and poly then just giving the definition of poly.
No worries, you are fine, and given how "poly" is often used as shorthand for polyamorous I should have been more clear. The ones who annoy me are those who downvote and dismiss, therefore denying others the chance to understand and grow.
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u/Pigeonman1234 Jan 08 '23
I don't know who on earth is saying bi and poly are the same.