#nor is hiding the default state for every bi person? like. i didn't come out. my peers could Tell.

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patrick star it's not my wallet meme but it's just "class-based oppression exists" "yes" "oppression is based on material class and not how an individual is perceived" "yes" "for example trans men who pass as men socially are still oppressed for being female" "yes" "because oppression manifests as more than surface discrimination" "yes" "therefore even straight-passing bisexual people are oppressed for being bisexual" "NO you can't be oppressed for being straight!!!!"

#by this logic bi people in same-sex relationships would be ''functionally gay'' bc that's how they're perceived #but that isn't how it works #so the same must be true for bi people in other-sex relationships #even if your argument is that bi people are only oppressed for our same-sex attraction #we are still same-sex attracted regardless of how we are perceived #(and my argument is not that bi people are oppressed ''for being OSA'' but that bisexuality is a complete sexuality) #(not some switch flipping between OSA and SSA. both are always ''on.'') #''you can just hide it'' isn't the magical get-out-of-oppression card they think it is #nor is hiding the default state for every bi person? like. i didn't come out. my peers could Tell. #i would have to actively change myself to be seen as a straight woman #but even if i was. i would still be oppressed on the Material Reality of my being bisexual #i can't believe this is a controversial take here on Material Reality tumblr tbh #it's material reality until a bi woman is explaining how being bi has had material consequences in her material life #and wants a word separate from homophobia bc homophobia should be about homosexuality only