What are your opinions on asexuals/ asexuality?

Some asexuals are romantically inclinded only to go with the opposite gender but sexually inclinded to go with the same gender

faux-hetero-homo-dichotomy

Why not? I'm not the kind of person to get worked up about sexuality, but I have never had a crush or found anyone attractive in my life, so I think I am asexual . . .

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That's like saying, if you didn't like pizza, me saying it's a shame that you don't because you're missing out on such a great food. But you don't like it so you don't care.

This isn't asexuality - that's just romantic and sexual attraction.



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And one may be heterosexual with regards to sexual attraction and bisexual with regards to romantic attraction and so on? One may be asexual towards sexual attraction and asexual to romantic attraction. Asexuality is merely the absence of either one or the other, or both type(s) of attraction to any gender?

Lack of sexual attraction is asexual, the same in regards to romantic attraction would be aromantic.

I'm just interested to see what people think and if they even know about it

It doesn't make a difference to me. It's just like being straight, gay, polysexual, lesbian, pansexual, or queer, or any other orientation. Another wonderful aspect of the diversity of life

Speaking as an asexual, I think a lot of attitudes towards asexuality are based on not fully understanding. As others on this discussion have said, a lot of reactions are "have you been sexually abused" or "maybe you're gay and haven't realised it yet", things like that.

I'm just gonna put this out here, asexuality doesn't mean that you cant participate in sexual activities, and as far as I know, a lot of asexuals masturbate, and even have happy sexual relationships. Some don't do either, and they're happy too.

If we're gonna use this pizza analogy, maybe imagine there's a buffet table. You're not particularly hungry so you wouldn't seek out a slice of pizza, but if you ate it anyway, it would still be tasty. Asexuality doesn't mean you can't enjoy sex, it just means you don't desire it.

I'm real bad at explaining things, but there's my best shot :P


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That's like saying, if you didn't like pizza, me saying it's a shame that you don't because you're missing out on such a great food. But you don't like it so you don't care.

As an asexual, reading this made me smile! I never tell anyone about how I feel because they either think I've been abused, am religious, in denial about being gay or in a 'phase'. Even my closest friend says the way I am is abnormal and unnatural which is incredibly hurtful.

That's entirely illogical. I would feel sorry for someone who doesn't like pizza as well. But not as much as I feel sorry for people who don't like sex.

Would it really?

I don't think so either

I mean for a start making zee babies would be super expensive and that probably wouldn't do much for starvation...

Maybe the increase in economic efficiency would compensate for that though.

Ahhh but no romance... What would all modern rap be based around if not the wonderful poetry of romance?

I have often wondered though, as an analytic philosopher who tries to be objective as much as possible, if from an individual perspective being truly asexual would be beneficial. I just know I am all too easily swayed by a female speaker and am unable to properly rip their terrible arguments to pieces like I am to a fellow foolish male. Sub-conscious preconceptions worry me dearly.

Who said babies had to be made?

That's entirely illogical. I would feel sorry for someone who doesn't like pizza as well. But not as much as I feel sorry for people who don't like sex.

Is it possible for somebody to be aromantic but sexual? (psuedo-rhetorical question because I realise there is no objective answer that you can realistically give)

If that's a thing then I guess I should just accept asexual implies not aromantic. If it isn't then that complicates things quite a lot.

That's quite a ridiculous definition though as that means priests would be asexual despite actually being driven to have sex to an extent still.

It makes the fluidity of sexuality really... quite fluid. It means that a man after ejaculating becomes asexual and then when he wakes up is back to whatever he was before.

Silliness.

Are you saying mass suicide of humans would be better for the world?