It’s reasonable to have concerns about what they’re called, but I actually think gynephilia and androphilia as concepts are very helpful because they dissociate the user’s gender identity from who they’re sexually attracted to

Introduced the concepts to a few normies and they respond positively, I feel like it’s just kinda less pressure to not have figure it out all at once

Then again this is very analytical philosophy way of approaching one’s sexuality and I’m certain for some it would be appalling to disaggregate - part of their attraction is always already about their identity and the relation with the identity of the desired

And personally, meh idrc, I think the whole idea of formalizing and legibilizing things is a mistake from the get-go, but it might be a helpful stepping stone concept for someone, or might be another metaphor in their repertoire. Mostly it’s just interesting they’re neglected so much despite

the intense focus on categorizing all aspects of identity. It’s just kinda odd that sexuality seems like something tacked on to one’s gender identity, when I know a lot of people can feel fairly confident in their sexuality due to the more observable facts, but gender identity is more elusive.