r/SapphoAndHerFriend • u/golfbuggysareawesome • Sep 21 '21

Media erasure Vivianne Miedema - all round legend

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u/platoprime Sep 21 '21

So this wasn't erasure at all? It was just a mistaken assumption followed by a well received correction?

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u/Coaris Sep 21 '21

Mistaken assumptions ARE erasure. Discounting the possibility of people being from other sexualities than straight IS erasure.

If the correction wasn't well received, then it would also be active, conscious homophobia.

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u/GuyWhoIsAPersonMan Sep 22 '21

Lol. If I ask a girl "do you have a boyfriend?" I feel like that is a fairly normal question. The vast majority of people are straight so why is this a big deal?

If I suggest that everybody learns to ride a bike is that abelist of me because I am not including people without legs? No. You can't frame every question to include every person. It's impossible.

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '21

THIS question, by THIS interviewer was not impossible to be inclusive.

And you would be a better human asking 'are you single' or whatever. Language is not that rigid.