RE: A question for the ladies of AF
November 25, 2017 at 2:13 pm
(This post was last modified: November 25, 2017 at 2:15 pm by Edwardo Piet.)
(November 25, 2017 at 1:58 pm)Jello Wrote: I'd like to think that asexuality doesn't get talked about much because there's no big groups of people hating on them, because they can't find anything "wrong" with it, because not having sex with anyone isn't frowned upon.
Actually, I think there's not as much prejudice against asexuals because not many people believe it exists at all, and it's also uncommon. But there is (some) prejudice against it.
When many people do hear of it and discover it exists for example, they don't just often react in disbelief, but they do rather commonly react with prejudice. There is this stereotype for example (among those who actually know of the existence of asexuality) that asexuals aren't really lacking a sex drive, they're just phobic of sex and denying their urges or something. And they do get told they're "unatural" or "frigid". There are asexual forums that allow sexuals to join, for example, and asexuals often have to deal with stuff like that from sexuals.
Of course, the prejudice against asexuals is certainly less common, as many people don't even know asexuals exist, and asexuality is certainly less common than sexuality.
