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VAL ON SEX POSITIVITY, TRANS FETISHIZATION, AND THE SOCIAL CURRENCY OF RELATIONSHIPS<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Val likes to joke that she’s been able to date every type of human being on the planet. As a bisexual trans woman, she feels like she’s pretty much covered all bases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Perhaps this is what’s allowed her to develop an uncommonly optimistic outlook on modern dating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s easy to be cynical about what dating apps and social media have done to romance. And while Val recognizes some of the pitfalls of contemporary courtship, there’s also no denying there’s been a lot <\/em>of headway.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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SEX POSITIVITY<\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

“I don’t think any other generation thinks of love and relationships as openly as we do,” said Val. “Our generation’s just going for it. I love it. It’s something we’re doing right.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Val has seen many of the people she’s dated deconstruct their ideas of sexuality and gender. “People now are stepping out of their comfort zones and doing things that have become less stigmatized.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“I’m a very sex positive person. I think that as long as you’re dong it safely and as long as it’s between two consenting adults and everyone’s on the same page… go for it! It’s fun! It’s a beautiful thing, it’s a human thing.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Val D\u00edaz<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Of course, discussions of sexual freedom today often look very different than they did thirty years ago. “As goes the fate for many feminist victories,” said Roberson, “Patriarchal society is able to warp sexual freedom for women into sexual accessibility for men\u2014often without regard to consent.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TRANS FETISHIZATION<\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n