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The closest equivalent I can get to this and still understand it is by thinking of browsing the colour catalog and trying to choose a colour and shade.

We (mostly) all can identify green, blue, brown, black, white etc and then we can identify light blue, dark blue within that, but go to some of the more subtle shades and then it becomes much more difficult to identify. The colour catalogs have all sorts of descriptions, how many of those do people actually remember - unless they are particularly important to them - not many. Ask the average person on the street to identify harvest pink or autumn gold, and they wont have a clue. So, given that, how can the average person in the street be expected to identify anything other than the most basic of things, unless it is important to them and to most, it just isn't important.

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Originally Posted by bitontheslide

So, given that, how can the average person in the street be expected to identify anything other than the most basic of things, unless it is important to them and to most, it just isn't important.

I agree, I think that's a huge part of the issue with these gender / sexuality issues really. There are some people for whom these things make up a HUGE part of their life and their identity and so these things are at the forefront of their mind... and they make the mistake of assuming that because it is important to them it must be (or should be) important to everyone else.