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minus-squarethe_crotchlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months ago It’s about upholding normalcy. Does calling it “normalcy” play right into their hands? It kind of implies that they’re right, that their vision is objectively normal.
minus-squareTheEntity@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 months agoIt being statistically normal doesn’t make it better. Whether it’s true is irrelevant because even assuming it is, it’s still not better just because it’s normal.
minus-squarethe_crotchlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoI’m just questioning whether it’s productive for allies to label cis/hetero as “normal”.
Does calling it “normalcy” play right into their hands? It kind of implies that they’re right, that their vision is objectively normal.
It being statistically normal doesn’t make it better. Whether it’s true is irrelevant because even assuming it is, it’s still not better just because it’s normal.
I’m just questioning whether it’s productive for allies to label cis/hetero as “normal”.