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The definition of heterosexual is "sexually attracted to people of the opposite sex". You can have sex with someone without being sexually attracted to their s
by Sylos 9y ago
The definition of heterosexual is "sexually attracted to people of the opposite sex".
You can have sex with someone without being sexually attracted to their sex in general (with them being the exception) or even without being sexually attracted to them at all. Maybe you just want company while jerking off.
- bufferoverflow 9y agoThere are multiple definitions of heterosexuality and homosexuality. Unfortunately the article didn't specify which one. http://www.dictionary.com/browse/heterosexuality http://www.dictionary.com/browse/heterosexuality http://www.dictionary.com/browse/homosexuality http://www.dictionary.com/browse/homosexuality
- Sylos 9y agoThe article's use of "heterosexual" describes a person. Those two definitions that you listed describe a feeling or behaviour. And while there are people who will call others "gay" as soon as they do anything that could be interpreted as vaguely sexual with someone of the same sex, that's hardly a scientific definition. And no one will identify themselves as this kind of "gay".
- bufferoverflow 9y agoSo you're saying there's no connection between "heterosexual" and "heterosexuality"?
- Sylos 9y agoThat is not at all what I am saying. I cannot explain this to you better than I already have. Your diverging definition of heterosexuality describes a behaviour or a feeling. It does not apply to people being heterosexual. This is how definitions work. It describes a thing that this word can mean. If what you want it to mean does not fit into the definition, then that's not what it means.