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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2008-07-02 05:17 pm

[ SECRET POST #544 ]


⌈ Secret Post #544 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Re: 150

(Anonymous) 2008-07-03 03:58 am (UTC)(link)
I should clarify. I actually don't think everyone is non-asexual, so I suppose I differ from the OP there. However, it's so much rarer than fandom claims.

Actually, I agree a lot with what you've said here. I fully recognize that there are some people who actually fit the definition of asexual. I just think it's absurd how much of fandom drags out the term -- and brags about it, or acts like it makes them special. It doesn't make you any more special than being homosexual or bisexual. Or any more special than being straight!

I don't know Case personally, for example, and no offense, Case! But I really seriously doubt he's asexual, simply because about 90% of fandom that claims to be asexual actually isn't, and a more accurate term would be one of the following: "unsure," "confused," "considering," "uninvolved," "uninterested at the moment," or maybe just, in the vein of personal ads, "single and not looking."

That and the fact that if you're actually asexual, I think you wouldn't feel a compulsion to point it out to everyone all the time. I don't point out my own sexuality on a regular basis, only when it comes up in discussion. I don't go around saying "well, I'm bisexual!" about completely unrelated topics. I don't respond to my guy friends' posts about guy stuff with bisexually-related stuff. But I've seen "asexuals" reply to girls' posts about their period and specifically bring that up. You could just say "I'm a guy," because girls have long accepted that guys find our bleeding icky, but why is being an asexual so important to the fact that you find bleeding icky?

So I think you're actually more spot on with my feelings on the matter than I personally was above. Congrats, anon, and an internet toast to you!

Sounds similar, actually. I was in my first relationship at 19. It was a homosexual relationship, and I wasn't into sex at the time, and even now when it's broken up and I've moved on, I'm still not into sex. I figure I just have a low drive and other priorities at the moment. </anecdote>