Hetero, homo, bi. You know. Trans – and inter-sexually, too, maybe. But who knows what to demisexuell mean? We try to pave a way through the thicket of sexual orientations.
I admit it: Me, the Group irritated remembrance mania, when it comes to the sexual orientation of people. The many small, narrow drawers not more for an emphasis on “otherness”, as that all the life and Love of normality be?
Maybe this is just the naive perspective of a cis hetero woman who has never been treated with hostility because of one’s sexual orientation and, therefore, easy to talk to. Wait a minute, cis-hetero? Exactly, there it is already. So, we try to bring some light into the Dark.
Who am I? Cis, trans-or inter?
Who comes up with unambiguous female or male genitals to the world and also in the following years of life with this birth-gender-identified, it is allowed to call themselves a “Cis-woman” or “Cis-man”.
“Cis” comes from Latin and means “on this side”. Similarly, trans “(beyond)” is used to describe people who do not identify with their biological sex.
More: man? Woman? Both? – What exactly is intersexuality?
Intersex, in turn, come in both male and female characteristics, and can be assigned to any of the two genders clearly. Since last year, can be registered in Germany, in addition to “male” and “female,” “divers” as a third gender option in birth register.
Who do I like? Hetero, homo, bi and pan
Cis-, Trans – and intersexuality describe a part of a person’s identity, but say nothing about who a Person loves or sexual partners preferred. The heterosexual man is to women. The homosexual woman, also. So far, So clear.
However, in the case of bisexuality, it is more complicated. Basically, Bisexuals feel towards both sexes are attracted. But not necessarily equal. Significantly, the Kinsey scale makes a representation of the sexual orientation of the people and the invention of the sex researcher Alfred Charles Kinsey.
Between “exclusively heterosexual” and “exclusively gay” exist according to the scale of a few shades. Kinsey has summarized these gradations in 1948, all under the concept of bisexuality.
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Today he would probably speak more of the “Pansexualität”. While Bisexuals in male-female thinking in categories, wide Pansexuelle the group of potential sex – and life-partner on the “diverse” gender.
Bisexual (and probably pansexuelle) people need to listen to frequently, you do not want to bind, and with as many people as possible to bed. This is about as true as the assumption that heterosexuals are generally monogamous.
More: Homo, Hetero, or Bi – sexuality is difficult to categorize
Whether someone lives monogamous or polygamous, so a sexual partner is limited or several irons in the fire has, in turn, is on a different sheet. Downstream of no one, but polygamous Cis has a probably-straight people should be just as Bisexual as monogamous Trans.
What am I? A Selection
To some readers some of the following terms are seem foolish. Or bizarre. Probably both. Perhaps the question arises again, why everything needs a drawer?
Demisexuell
Sexual pleasure is not noticeable, if not also an emotional connection to the Person. Also has a name: demisexuell. Demise xualität like the Online Dating to the point of absurdity, is expected to protect but relatively reliable in front of lousy One-Night Stands.
Sapiosexuell
Toned body, bright smile and beautiful eyes is not enough, the Sapiosexuellen out. Erotic, clever conversations and the intellectual level of a person in the first place. Pretty useful for anyone who would like to be on all levels, stimulates.
Car sexually
Sigmund Freud coined this Term for all forms of sexual self-gratification. Car sexuality but it also means that someone is in love with himself. Affected reports of butterflies in the belly, once you see yourself in the mirror. We leave it the way it is and not agree to the fact that a (healthy) self-love definitely hurts.
Asexual
Asexual people have no need for Sex. Not because they are sexual interactions generally nasty or uptight. Unlike celibacy, or other forms of abstinence, asexuality is not a conscious decision, but rather a sexual orientation. Only without the Sex.
What all of these categories? If the majority of people are cis-hetero, and, it is not enough to designate only the sexual orientations that deviate from this Norm? Of course, one can make. However, this would legitimize the division of people into “normal” and “not normal”.
Another option would be to have all the categories and look at each sexual orientation as a part of the Norm. But we are not there yet.
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10 animal species that demonstrate that homosexuality is naturalGiraffes during foreplay
In the case of giraffes-sex mating is the rule. 90 percent of all observed sexual activities with partners of the same sex. The animals, however, are not always directly to the point. Male giraffes rubbing often gently their necks on the body of the other along. This foreplay can take up to an hour – and sometimes leads directly to the climax.
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10 animal species that demonstrate that homosexuality is naturalOral sex with dolphins
In the case of bottlenose dolphins show both female as well as male homosexual behavior. This includes oral sex, in which one Dolphin stimulates the other with the muzzle belongs to. In the world of the bottlenose dolphins of same-sex Sex is as common as heterosexual couples. Males are generally bisexual, but they go through stages in which they only with other males for pleasure.
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10 animal species that demonstrate that homosexuality is naturalIn the cave of the lion
Even the kings of animals are gay active. Two to four males often form a community that makes together the lionesses of the yard. They are dependent on each other and will jointly distribute groups of other lions. Your Federal consolidate them by, they have Sex with each other. Researchers call this an intimate men’s relationship, instead of a classic homosexual relationship.
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10 animal species that demonstrate that homosexuality is naturalThe lack of women
In the case of the American bison Sex between men is more common than heterosexual matings. The reason: The females mate with the bulls only once in a year. Anyone who feels the urge, when no female is available, has fun with another male. About half of the climbing young bison meets another guy.
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10 animal species that demonstrate that homosexuality is naturalMacaques and the One-Night-Stand
Matings with the same gender also like the macaques. Males, however, sufficient for a night of gay pleasure. Females, however, are usually monogamous, and develop close relationships with other females. They sleep close to each other, cleaning themselves and defend the other against enemies.
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10 animal species that demonstrate that homosexuality is naturalAlbatross bond for life
Also, the Laysan Albatross, which breeds on Hawaii, same-sex matings are known. 30 percent of all the couples on the island of Oahu are a lesbian couple. They are monogamous and usually mate for life. Their eggs from males from other partnerships fertilize. For the fertilized Egg and the chick the two women together.
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10 animal species that demonstrate that homosexuality is naturalHorny Bonobos
Bonobos are the closest Relatives of people. Your Motto: love instead of war. Do you often have Sex, even with other dogs of the same sex. That’s what makes them fun, but also helps you, the social ladder to climb up and release the tensions. Two-thirds of all homosexual activity between females. But also males together, frolicking in the Grass.
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10 animal species that demonstrate that homosexuality is naturalHomosexual swans start a family
Like many other bird species remain swans for a lifetime with the same Partner. And that can be quite a same-sex Partner. About 20 percent of all Swan are gay couples – and together reasons, still families. A male mates with a female, and distributes them, as soon as she has laid eggs. Or the gay couple adopted an abandoned egg.
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10 animal species that demonstrate that homosexuality is naturalTenderness walruses
Male walruses reach sexual maturity at four years. Until then, almost all of them are gay. After sexual maturity, you are bisexual: they mate during the breeding season, with females and have the Rest of the year to have Sex with males. You are each other but not the only One: The males embrace and sleep closely cuddled together.
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10 animal species that demonstrate that homosexuality is naturalThe preferences of a sheep
In studies, eight percent of male domestic sheep rather chose a goat as a Partner, although sufficiently fertile females were available. Scientists studied the brains of these sheep and found a different brain structure than heterosexual counterparts. Your brain is set free, less sex hormones.