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Sexualism is the The belief that one [[sexual preference)) is intrinsically superior to another sexual preference. It includes behavior that discrimitates against people with a different sexual preference based on that belief, up to and including violence and persecution.
Etymology
The term sexualism is a neologism created to have a parallel construction with racism and sexism.
Therefore, a "sexualist" would be someone who exhibits discriminatory behaviors or attitudes against
people perceived to have sexual behaviors different than their own.
{first use? origin?}
Debates
As this term is used primarily in the context of describing discrimination against homosexuals,
this term has all of the standard controversies associated with politcal/societal debates in this vein (in this case,
pro-homosexuality vs. anti-homosexuality).
Some of these issues include:
- Discrimintation defined as a purely negative action rather than the original definition of the word ("the ability or power to see or make fine distinctions; discernment - treatment or consideration based on class or category rather than individual merit; partiality").
- A claim that states that attempts to make homosexual rights an equivalent issue to racism or sexism is merely an attempt to "legitimize" homosexuality as an issue.
- Use or preference for specific words to be used in the debate, e.g. "sexual orientation" instead of "sexual preference"
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