Actually most of the main bisexual organizations use bisexuality as an umbrella term for being attracted to the same gender and at least one other, so defining it as strictly binary isn't correct. Pansexual would be more of attraction regardless of gender. (and when you use food metaphors to explain asexuality it sometimes comes off as being that asexuals aren't into sex, instead of not being sexually attracted to anyone. it's good to educate, but maybe next time use definitions instead?) :)
No, I know, I hate using food metaphors, they make explaining everything feel a bit cheap and they can mix up the definitions. It was just that other people were trying to help explain things to my professor, and they were actually just wrong, so I tried to simplify as much as I could in a way that he would get (he’s a bit of a food aficionado).
I’m sorry if I upset you at all. I just thought it was a funny exchange that happened in class. Thank you for taking the time to correct me.
(As a side note, I am asexual, but I’m not very comfortable with coming out in public around people I see everyday, otherwise I would have used my own situation as an example. I do think I included that asexuals would ‘have dessert’ but that they didn’t crave it—that’s pretty much how I am. I’d have sex, but I don’t really see someone and go “omg he’s so hot.” I know the spectrum is different for everyone, but that’s just my experience).