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Originally Posted by growlithing
My mind is sexually twisted because of the way I use my words? I knew that picking the word asexual was improper because asexual is a legitimate sexuality. It would be like saying I was wearing very bisexual clothes. It doesn’t make sense. I meant to say lacking sexual appeal and that now seems even more offensive because asexual people don’t lack sexual appeal.
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Picking the word "asexual" was not improper but weird. You seem wrapped up in the ideas that you might offend someone by your language. I have not met asexuals in RL but met them on here and they seem totally fine and able to stand up for themselves. If they feel offended, they will tell you, and you will then ask for forgiveness.
Clothes are not described with the word "asexual" - there is no such usage. That you invented the word combination "asexual clothes" revealed what seemed to be in line with your sexual preoccupation (something that a psychologist wrote in the chart, right?).
Clothes can be:
- sexy
- flirty
- business casual
- casual
- slimming
- flattering
- bohemian or boho
- bulky
- body-hugging
- romantic
- this is fairly new - tribal
- modest-looking
- baggy
- revealing
- scant
- poorly fitting
- well constructed
- and many more.
It took me two minutes to come up with the list. I do not read fashion magazines. Women who do would come up with 10X that. But "asexual" is not on the list. If you google "asexual clothing", you will see asexual pride t-shirts.
https://www.google.com/search?q=asex...2F%3B250%3B245
checking for word and word expression usage on google is a good way to gain insight into how people use language.