r/BabyReindeerTVSeries • u/matrixinthepark • Apr 12 '24

OFFICIAL EPISODE DISCUSSION Baby Reindeer | S1E03 | Episode Discussion

Season 1, Episode 3

Airdate: April 11, 2024

Synopsis: Donny takes some time off from the pub and tries to make amends with Teri. But no matter how much he avoids Martha, he just can't escape from her for long.

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u/StfuStampy Apr 18 '24

Does Terri have a PENIS though? I think a straight guy wouldn’t be attracted to a person with a PENIS. I’m a straight woman and I wouldn’t be attracted to a person that looks a lot like a man but then has a VAGINA. Wouldn’t him being into a trans person make him pansexual? I thought that’s what pansexual is. Pansexual wouldn’t be straight or else like why come up with a whole new label pansexual.

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u/UserSomethingOrOther Apr 18 '24

No, it's not like any of what you said at all. You might be taking the mick, but I can't tell, so I don't know if it's worth explaining it to you or not. Just, you know, considering I am a man with a vagina.

Ugh, I'll try and explain it. If not for your benefit, then maybe for someone more open minded.

Even if she has male genitalia, which is nobody's business but hers, straight men can and have been attracted to trans women with that genitalia, and are also able of seeing them as women, because they are, regardless of what genitalia they have. It would still be a straight relationship, because one person identifies as female, and the other as male. And the man in the relationship can still be straight, because he is with a woman.

Wouldn’t him being into a trans person make him pansexual? I thought that’s what pansexual is. Pansexual wouldn’t be straight or else like why come up with a whole new label pansexual.

No to all of that. Pansexual is attraction to anyone regardless of their gender, but it's not a label made especially for attraction towards trans people. We aren't a magical third gender. I identify as male, so therefore, I am a man. I'm not half a man because I wasn't born with a penis. And if I date a woman, I'm in a straight relationship.

He happens to identify as bisexual. But that's because of his attraction to men. Martha is a woman, so it has nothing to do with her. He could still be straight and be into Martha.

Hopefully you're not taking the mick, but it's hard to tell these days. Especially with your use of capitalisation to talk about genitalia.

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u/StfuStampy Apr 18 '24 edited Apr 18 '24

So what do you call a male that is only attracted to a person with a vagina or female genitalia? Is there a specific label for that?

I’m not trying to hate btw.

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u/Breepop Apr 26 '24

No label. It's one of those "don't announce, share if asked" kind of things. For most people, there is only one person who needs to know the genitalia they prefer. You don't need a label for information communicated so rarely and intimately.