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People on tumblr appear to be offended by the very idea of personal growth so this is unsurprising.

I don't think an asexual becoming non-asexual is growth though. I'm not asexual myself but I can see why they would be offended since I'd be pretty mad if a show made a lesbian character suddenly be into men and then called it growth.

But he's not asexual. That was never a part of the plot. There's some fanon claiming he is, but it bears no more weight than yuri shippers being angry the female lead ends up with a guy. She wasn't gay to begin with! They just wanted her to be.

I mean, if "choosing not to have sex" makes you asexual, then are all celibate nuns asexual? Does that make asexuality a choice?

There's a huge difference between having hangups about sexual intimacy and being asexual. Acting like they're the same thing sounds really, really disrespectful of asexuality.

Edited 2013-05-12 04:30 (UTC)

Oh I thought it was canon that he was asexual...I didn't realize it was just something fandom made up. If that's the case forget what I said before, I definitely don't think being celibate is the same thing as being asexual.

You have a point, but regardless of canon facts, I do see where people are having an issue with this. Asexuality is not a commonly-known thing outside of the internet, and a lot of people who watch the show may have identified with Sheldon via his lack of interest in physical intimacy, and instead of a message of "this is an okay way to be," they're basically basing a plot on the idea that lack of interest in sex is immature. Which is basically the same thing every other sitcom ends up saying at some point or another, sure, but it would have been nice if they'd canonically made him asexual rather than...saying he's just an immature, repressed nerd.

Then again, this is TBBT we're talking about, which is a show about nerds with the hight of its humor amounting to "lol stupid nerds." So what are we even expecting, really.

To be fair, non-dudebro yuri shippers usually end up pissed off precisely because of the way female sexuality ends up being co-opted to provide fanservice for straight guys, and often does undo important female relationships so the guy can get the girl.

And that's the whole difference here, since queerbaiting and everything else tends to actually be present in most media. There is something there leading people on, and sometimes it very much does verge on erasure.

People are just acting like this is what's happening with Sheldon when it's not.

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