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Elder
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I mentioned this at session this past week and one thing that I mentioned is that if Asexuality is inclusive of other sexualities (such as Heterosexuality, Homosexuality, Bisexuality, ect.) or exclusive. I believe that it is inclusive since I still consider my self to be Heterosexual (in addition to Asexual), which it why I like to use the term Hetero-Asexual to describe me (since I am physically attracted to the opposite sex but not sexually attracted to anyone).
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Did you talk at all about other people's views and why they may get offended by your own views?
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There are asexual partners who are still capable of having sex with sexual partners. That doesn't negate their orientation or the fact that they would be content with life if their partner decided sex wasn't important anymore. Fact is there are more sexual people then asexual and sex appears to be a really important in a relationship with a sexual person.
Asexual orientation can be complicated, too, because there are people who have experienced sexual-related trauma and feel that asexual is the appropriate word to describe feeling sex repulsed and not wanting to participate in sexual activities. I think sexual repression is on this line of thought. It all depends on who you talk to, though. Some people agree that PTSD/Trauma related sex repulsion/regression/whatever is inclusive and others do not. I'm low libido/SO is too and I identify on the spectrum. I do not relate at all to a sexual persons interpretation of the importance of sex. I'm in a sexless relationship and have been for nearly a decade now and I'm happy. I have a partner that loves and respects me and I've actually grown more fond of him the longer we've been together. I feel really awkward when I'm with sexual friends and they are all talking about it because I don't relate to their experiences. I consider that as being "on the spectrum". __________________ "You got to fight those gnomes...tell them to get out of your head!" |
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Personally I think you should just drop it. Labels like this are meaningless. Is it really that important to you that asexual people accept you as asexual? |
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I sort of feel that way, because I would like to be accepted by my own community.
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It could be, I think what it is really, is that they have a hard time believing that someone can be Asexual but not believe that they were born that way.
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