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Asexual discrimination
Sorry I'm posting this here, but I am restricted so I didn't really have a choice.
I just want to say that I am an asexual and I feel that in many ways we are also discriminated against, but in a different way than homosexuals. It's more so in the way that most people don't even realize we exist so already have preconceived assumptions about us in their minds such as many mentioned here:
Soooooo...fellow asexuals(if there's any here) do you feel that society kinda just leaves us out? Should we be considered allies of the LGBT community despite having slightly different goals? How can we raise awareness?
Asexuals do seem to be rarer than homosexuals, bisexuals, or transgender people, but that doesn't make their feelings and perspectives any less worthy of respect. I'm not an asexual myself, but I see no reason why the LGBT community shouldn't be extended to become the LGBTA community.
Yea, we're only about 10% of the world's population or something so it is more difficult to come across an asexual thus huge amounts of misunderstanding.
For clarification: What do you mean when you say asexual? Does it mean that you don't have any sexual attraction or that you choose not to engage in sexual activity?
Choosing not to engage in sexual activity is celibacy. Asexuality is just not having any sexual attraction. Depending on the asexual some may not have romantic attraction either. I hope this clears things up.
asexuals are much less than 10% of the worlds population.
a·sex·u·al (ā-sĕk'shū-əl)
adj.
I rather not talk about the first one.
- Having no evident sex or sex organs; sexless.
- Relating to, produced by, or involving reproduction that occurs without the union of male and female gametes, as in binary fission or budding.
- Lacking interest in or desire for sex.
The second one is not for humans, unless . . .
The third one is the one that I believe would be applicable to the OP, because someone could have not yet engaged in sexual activity, like me, but they could also belong to a group that usually does not have sex, like teenagers . . . like me. Yet I am still sexually attracted to females. I am pretty sure asexuality is not celibacy.
Edit: I just found out people already explained asexuality. Now I am 100% sure it is not celibacy.
Probably. I'm actually not sure of the exact statistics, but it is quite low.
trust me, it's WAY lower than 10%.
I'm really sorry if this is an ignorant question, but I want to clarify. is it always wrong to ask an asexual person if they intend to get married and have children? just because someone has no desire for sex doesn't mean that they don't want companionship (with another asexual person, perhaps?) or a family. I mean, there are asexual dating sites.
"I'm anti-Republican and Democratic / if they self destruct that's anti-climactic"
It really depends on the asexual as some don't experience romantic attraction. Asking an aromantic asexual about marriage might be a bit disrespectful, but for somebody like me I wouldn't rule out the possibility of marriage.
A lot of those things are not bigoted, but things that people would say because its a strange phenomenon and rare and very few people know about it, and many times those things COULD be true.
i.e. scared of sex, late bloomer.
If people are honestly curious or trying to figure out what the issue, its NOT bigoted.
I tend to agree, actually. I think its more that people have just never come into contact with this phenomenon. I had actually never even heard of it until revleft, so... a lot of people probably go through life without ever knowing it exists...
I think it's dependent upon the manner that they are presented. If it is presented as an inquiry, i.e. trying to understand it, then it's not bigoted but if it is presented as a statement, i.e. telling someone about who they are then it is.
This, of course, could go for any phenomenon, sexual and beyond.
Such questions could be asked out of ignorance, not neccesarily because of bigotry. I've never met someone who describes themselves as asexual and I'd probably say many of those things. I'm not a bigot, trust me.
Which is why I think we need to aligne ourselves with the LGBT community so we can make ourselves known; we need to show the world that we exist.
There's me, but I'm just a person online so I suppose I don't really count, lol.
Why? Your not oppressed ... Your not discriminated against .... your just rare and out of the ordinary, why are you trying to make "I don't enjoy sex" into an identity and a movement!!!!???
I movement for what? To let people know you don't enjoy sex? Why?
Just to spread awareness. Like just a few decades ago homosexuality was thought to not exist and was viewed as a mental illness. Asexuality has a similar status now.
I don't think Asexuality are considered a mental illness amung professionals, and amung regular people I don't think anyone ever thinks about it or honestly cares that much.
Whats the point of spreading awareness that some people don't want to get laid??? its like spreading awareness that some people like having sex in funny costumes ... Its not an issue.
