Metaromantics tend to fall in love with souls, not bodies.
That set my hackles straight up and feels super-judgy. I'm guessing that wasn't intentional. But consider from the point of view of a cis-het person in a long-term relationship. Is it in any way fair to say that their love of their partner is somehow body-centric when, say that partner's body has undergone decades of change, maybe even the extreme changes brought on by carrying children?
To say that there's a particular type of attraction that is somehow "rigid" and this other type is less rigid feels like setting up a superior-inferior comparison. And if I like guys without facial hair is that somehow worse than liking guys regardless of their facial hair?
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Date: 2019-08-05 08:38 pm (UTC)That set my hackles straight up and feels super-judgy. I'm guessing that wasn't intentional. But consider from the point of view of a cis-het person in a long-term relationship. Is it in any way fair to say that their love of their partner is somehow body-centric when, say that partner's body has undergone decades of change, maybe even the extreme changes brought on by carrying children?
To say that there's a particular type of attraction that is somehow "rigid" and this other type is less rigid feels like setting up a superior-inferior comparison. And if I like guys without facial hair is that somehow worse than liking guys regardless of their facial hair?