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[–] bellsfry@thelemmy.club 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Well the modern usage of “bisexual” regarding sexual orientation has also found its way into science, evidenced by the lack of prominent scientific synonyms

Which again is irritating because scientific terminology shouldn’t be this lax

I think “bisexual” only references two sexes because it was created to describe a phenomenon related to sexual reproduction which evolved to occur between two main sexes; the term was unrelated to gender

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The modern usage is because scientists used it, not the other way around. It was initially used by psychiatrists.

[–] bellsfry@thelemmy.club 1 points 2 days ago

..thats even worse 💀