Hit TV Series “House” Gives False Portrayal of Asexuals and Their Orientation
Monday night’s episode of House has the asexual community in an uproar! Not only are they angry about the way their sexuality was portrayed on national television, but they are also scared it will increase the already existing prejudices against them.
(via asexualeducation)
I dislike the Kinsey scale.
As in, I HIGHLY DISLIKE the Kinsey scale. But mostly that comes from people using it without really understanding the research that spawned it. While it was revolutionary at the time, especially in helping people understand and relate to the idea of a non-dichotomous sexuality, I think it has far outlived it’s uses. It is now used to superficially define us.
For all that it was once revolutionary, it is still mostly LINEAR. X was originally used to mean ’Individuals … [who] do not respond erotically to either heterosexual or homosexual stimuli, and do not have overt physical contacts with individuals of either sex in which there is evidence of any response’ (Kinsey “Sexual Behavior in the Human Female”, page 472).
At first that might sound like asexuality, but Kinsey goes on to say ‘It is not impossible that further analyses of these individuals might show that they do sometimes respond to socio-sexual stimuli, but they are un-responsive and inexperienced as far as it is possible to determine by any ordinary means’. Because of the far greater number of women who were rated at X in every age group, there is an undertone of an idea that they were simply ‘unawakened’ to sex, although he does make an effort to consider otherwise.
Sexuality is not linear, it’s not discrete. Instead, it’s a multi-dimensional plane (or…whatever a multi-dimensional thingy looks like, multi-variate math was not my strong point) that is continuous and varied.
Long answer is long.
Asexual Awareness Week 2011!
October 23-29
Asexual Awareness Week is an international campaign to promote awareness about asexuality. Some of the things you can expect are a series of guest blogs, an asexual community wide demographic survey, and screenings of documentary (A)sexual.
There will be screenings of (A)sexual throughout the month. I am probably attending the one in Berkeley, CA on Oct 29. (Or check out the Facebook page for more info).
(via asexualeducation)
let me impose upon you all for a moment. Lately I have been wondering, and want your opinion on, the identity of Asexuality in the spectrum of Queer.
In short, do you ‘feel’ ‘queer’?
Okay, so here’s the deal. I like Scrabble… a lot. From reading some of your blogs, and lurking around AVEN for the past few years, it seems like I’m not alone in this.
Would anybody be interested in my putting together some kind of “event,” where we plan on a night during which we all…
(via asexualeducation)
I think many here can understand how you feel. I certainly do. Being asexual does not mean ‘abstaining completely from sexual activity’ it’s not like ‘Oops I had sex, guess I’m not asexual anymore’. It’s more like you’re saying, it’s how you approach sex and how you view it.
I can’t tell you what you are. That’s something that you have to figure out for yourself. But if you feel like you are lying when you say you are straight, it sounds like it is time to think outside the box and consider other possibilities. I would suggest looking further into Asexuality and Demisexuality, there are plenty of resources now on the net, and many of them are on tumblr for you to get an idea of what feels most comfortable.
Best of luck, and remember, you aren’t alone. If you have any more questions don’t hesitate to contact this blog again!
Absolutely!
I was talking to a friend about being asexual and how it felt like I was just chilling up in a corner somewhere and not on the sexual spectrum. She responded with,
“You’re a sex hipster! Sex is so mainstream. We should make shirts!
I appreciated it.
