Quote:And I will add that it is impossible to suppress desires that are not experienced (~ "do not experience sexual attraction[1][2] or do not have interest in or desire for sex") as Padraic suggests. The accusation that therefore they all must turn into serial killers is plain sick and reminds me of pre gay liberation reasoning.
Oh for goodness sake,my post was only half serious,in that I was doubting that all the members of such a forum were asexual within the meaning of lacking sexual desire.
OF COURSE I don't know for a fact.I'm quite aware as a general principle I was using argument from personal incredulity,a logical fallacy.
As for saying they'll all going to become serial killers,that's called "hyperbole" (gross exaggeration) a form of humour,or a normal advertising technique.
THAT point was that sexual desire may not be simply suppressed long term without some consequences. Another, arguably healthier way of dealing is called SUBLIMATION.
That you don't agree,or lack the wit or knowledge to understand doesn't make an opinion 'sick' merely different.
From wiki,for your information:
REPRESSION
Quote:Sexual repression is a state in which a person is prevented from expressing their sexuality. Sexual repression is often associated with feelings of guilt or shame being associated with sexual impulses.[1] What constitutes sexual repression is subjective and can vary greatly between cultures and moral systems.
Sigmund Freud was the first to use the term widely, and argued that it was one of the roots of many problems in western society.[2] Freud believed that people's naturally strong instincts toward sexuality were repressed by people in order to meet the constraints imposed on them by civilized life. However, Freud's ideas about sexual repression have not been without their critics. According to sex therapist Bernard Apfelbaum, Freud did not base his belief in universal innate, natural sexuality on the strength of sexual desire he saw in people, but rather on it's weakness. He saw that many people simply were not interested in sex, but rather than accepting this reality that some people are simply not interested in sex, he chose to reject the reality he observed in favor of a view that they were intensely interested but were repressing it.[3]
Some researchers have hypothesized a relationship between sexual repression and rape. However, they have been unable to find any support for this hypothesis, which may be in part due to the fact that sexual repression is extremely difficult to measure.[4]
Sexual repression is viewed a key problem in nearly all forms of feminism, especially radical feminism.[5]
SUBLIMATION
Quote:Sexual sublimation, also known as sexual transmutation, is the attempt among some religious traditions to transform sexual energy into creativity, thereby facilitating a mystical awakening.
In psychology, sublimation is the transference of sexual energy, or libido, into a physical act or a different emotion in order to avoid confrontation with the sexual urge. It is based on the belief that sexual energy, the creative function of the human being, can be used to create a spiritual nature instead of being let out in hopes of creating physically or sensually.[1][2][3]
The term itself means to transform the crude sexual energy into a carrier of spiritual essence. Different schools that describe this energy as vital energy, vital winds (prana), spiritual energy, ojas, shakti, tummo, or kundalini.[4][5][6]
