What's something you're tired of explaining to people? 🙄 (Inspired by how everyone comes up and asks me for a picture at events despite carrying an obvious video rig hehe...)
I’m tired of explaining asexuality to people, and have them not respect it or try to cross boundaries because they think they can “talk me into wanting it.” You can’t talk me into liking s*x, and I can’t talk you out of liking it. Simple as that. 🙄 Don’t get me wrong, I have no problem explaining to people who are genuinely curious, and are asking to actually understand. But I’m tired of all the conclusions some people jump to when they hear the term. Also, how different they act once they find out…
Being asexual does NOT automatically mean I’m anti-s*x. Nor does it mean that I hate it, or think other people are gross for doing it. I’m not broken, physically or emotionally. Being asexual has nothing to do with how or if your body functions, it has to do with attraction… Or lack thereof in this case. I’m also not gonna force a partner who isn’t asexual not to feel, think about, talk about s*xual things just because I’m not into it. If anything, I find it fascinating to hear about others sexuality.
Asexual is NOT a black and white term that means the same thing for everyone, it’s a spectrum. My definition of, and experience with asexuality will be different than another persons, and that’s okay! I just don’t like that the stereotypical assumptions tend to be there from the beginning. 😅
All I ask is that people approach the subject with an open mind like you would anything else a potential parter, a friend, family member, etc, is telling you. You don’t have to fully get it, but please respect it.
Being asexual does NOT automatically mean I’m anti-s*x. Nor does it mean that I hate it, or think other people are gross for doing it. I’m not broken, physically or emotionally. Being asexual has nothing to do with how or if your body functions, it has to do with attraction… Or lack thereof in this case. I’m also not gonna force a partner who isn’t asexual not to feel, think about, talk about s*xual things just because I’m not into it. If anything, I find it fascinating to hear about others sexuality.
Asexual is NOT a black and white term that means the same thing for everyone, it’s a spectrum. My definition of, and experience with asexuality will be different than another persons, and that’s okay! I just don’t like that the stereotypical assumptions tend to be there from the beginning. 😅
All I ask is that people approach the subject with an open mind like you would anything else a potential parter, a friend, family member, etc, is telling you. You don’t have to fully get it, but please respect it.
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