Wow, opened up a can of worms here haven't you.

I'm about to be extremely controversial as I'm about to re-define the sexualities and add one more...

• Heterosexuality - The sexual attraction between members of the opposite sex. I have no issue with this definition, here we agree.
  
• Homosexuality - The sexual attraction between members of the same sex. Again, we agree.
  
• Bisexuality - The sexual attraction towards members of either sex. Again, we agree.
  
• Asexuality - The lack of a sexual attraction. Four for four, we agree again.
  
• Polysexuality - Ok, this is where we disagree. Polysexuals are bisexuals who are too pretentious to call themselves bi or somehow deluded into thinking there's more than two sexes. There isn't. This is just another name for bisexual and it's unnecessary because it doesn't matter how much they dislike the implication that there's only two genders, there ARE only two genders.
  
• Pansexuality - Again, this is another needless pretentious term for bisexual. It serves no purpose whatsoever except for identifying pretentious douches.
  
• Transexualism - Not a sexuality and should not be linked with sexuality, if anything this is a form of body dysmorphic disorder.
  

Ok, that's the list so far. I feel we should add...

• Paedosexuality/Paedophilia - The sexual attraction towards pre-pubescent children.
  

Now, according to any encyclopaedia there are four sexualities. Heterosexual, Homosexual, Bisexual and Asexual. This is all, and I agree with this so far, the additional so-called sexualities posted earlier are unnecessary, but I feel we should add Paedosexual (and perhaps Gentrosexual; the sexual attraction towards the elderly), because it's so misunderstood and most certainly fits the criterion for a sexuality. It's a specific human characteristic that someone cannot become aroused without. To label it a fetish I feel is a way of masking it and pushing it to a point where people can ignore it, this is why the term "Paedosexual" doesn't actually exist but the term "Paedophilia" does.

The reason I feel it's important to recognise this fifth sexuality is all four of the others involve only consenting adults (or in the case of asexuality no-one), so no reasonable person can have an issue with them. But with Paedophiles, they cannot engage in any sexual acts without involving someone who by definition cannot give informed consent. This is a major issue, because in our society we ostracise these people without a second thought. People seem incapable of considering that "Child Rapist" and "Paedophile" are not the same thing, (oh and I hate the term "Child Molester", it's not "molestation" it's fúcking rape, call it what it is). A rapist is a sick twisted person trying to force themselves on others, usually to fulfil a power-fantasy. A paedophile is someone unfortunate enough to have been born with a sexual attraction to the only group of people they can't have sex with. There lives must be extremely difficult and they must feel extremely frightened every day. The world says how they'd slaughter "paedophiles" and how they're the scum of the earth constantly. Even smart, liberal minded people make these statements. This is why I bring this up, because honestly, how is anyone supposed to suppress these urges, come to terms with their desires and eventually get help from medical professionals if they can't even admit it to themselves without massive self-loathing and admitting it to even the closest of friends and family would make them shun them instantly. This isn't like homosexuality, paedophiles will never be able to stop feeling attracted to kids, so they need an outlet, therapy perhaps, and while we're making them out to be the scum of the world more and more of them are falling apart. It's common place for paedophiles to commit suicide when they admit their sexuality to themselves out of fear that they'll be labelled a child molester when they'd never dream of raping someone. This is the truly oppressed sexuality... the sad thing is, no-one can even stand up for them without being accused of being a child molester themselves, and that accusation terrifies people. Not me though, I'll always speak out for the minority.

...you wanted controversy Clutch Hunter, you've got it.

Oh, and I'm Bisexual, the real kind of bisexual too, the kind that has sex with both men and women, not just the kind that says they're bi and kisses someone of the same sex when they're a bit drunk. Obviously I have no issue with other sexualities as I'm not a complete twat.

Well, this is a debating section and I thought another more mature debate would help amongst all the Call of Duty threads You must login or register to view this content.

Regarding Polysexuality I assumed it was being sexually open to anyone born with 'a bit of both' e.g. hermaphrodites, although as I say that was just an assumption.

Aside from that, I didn't want to force my views of sexuality on others in the very first post regarding stuff like Transexualism etc, so I tried to put the most 'acceptable' descriptions I could(I had to edit the C/P, the grammar was terrible :bat.

Fair play, although inevitably you're gonna get some stupid quotes for saying that which you should probably be ready for :p

I know you might think I'm crazy but lately lesbian porn is working for me.

I honestly hadn't considered that possibility, but when I was a member of the LGB society in my university, all the people who used names like Polysexual, Omnisexual or Pansexual where just Bisexual people who wanted an excuse to be different (as though Bisexuality itself wasn't enough). It's always pissed me off because all it does is complicate things and muddy the water when we really need everyone to be as open and straight forward as possible if we're going to lobby for changes to laws and civil rights. The gay community can't expect straight people to take them seriously is there's people claiming to be every technicolour sexuality they can come up with, as someone who feels strongly about this, I find people who identify with these alternative titles to be as annoying as people who insist of giving music ridiculously overly-specific sub-genres just so they can feel like they're part of an exclusive group.


I can respect that, I was assuming you where simply stating the popular opinion as you saw it rather than necessarily your opinion.


I honestly don't care. I'm not embarrassed in the slightest by my sexuality. There's nothing anyone can quote or misread from me that would be more damning than things I'm prepared to say about myself openly. I'm proud of my lack of shame, it allows me to be me at all times without bravado, and while it may lessen my social circles somewhat, I know the people I'm friends with genuinely like me; not some mask I've put up for them... that makes it worth it.

I don't think everyone is really against homosexuality. I just think that flamboyancy is what gets on peoples nerves. But on the other hand, I see why marriage is a touchy subject. Because marriage is a strictly religious bonding, so if homosexuals were aloud to marry, there would be no point.

Bisexuality is often associated with pansexuality as its umbrella term. Bisexuality, in its most literal definition, is the attraction (typically sexual) to multiple (typically two) sexes. Pansexuality encompasses the attitude that gender or gender identity (as well as sexuality) do not matter, and that platonic relationships are just as, if not more, preferable as sexual relationships.

I'm obviously bisexual, but I'm more specifically pansexual. It's a term more commonly associated with my views on sexuality, and I have a less difficult time explaining that to people than with the term bisexual.

It's not because anyone's a pretentious douche, it's because the term's definition fits more closely than just bisexuality. I don't know what pansexuals you've met, but I'm very well aware that I'm more or less just bisexual.