On aesthetic preferences in sexual attraction:
While it's
understandable that a person wants to be left alone in their preferences, I
think they should be encouraged to challenge and question those preferences
which are so heavily influence by cultural conditioning. It ought to make them
feel uncomfortable because that means they're examining the issues they need
to, whether they decide to change or not. One CAN, through conscious effort,
expand one's opinion of beauty. And even if it's uncomfortable, it's a positive
progression.
On “word policing”:
Language shapes our thinking, and if
people are allowed to use it unconsciously in harmful ways, they perpetuate
harmful thinking. Nothing is lost when we put our foot down and say that using
"gay," "lame," or "retarded" as pejoratives is
not OK and that we expect others to make the effort to utilize any one of
thousands of other adjectives to describe negative situations. Word policing is
a necessary component of idea policing and forcing progress.
In the context of body positivity, it means pointing out the
problematic nature of using the phrase "tramp stamp" and of using
euphemisms for body types such as "fit" or "takes care of
oneself" and of conflating weight with health.
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