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Nov 16 Reblogged

Let's Not Generalize, Please →

writingfromfactorx:

“Look. When you say “you know you’re ace when someone makes an innuendo and you think of something completely unrelated to sex?” That erases the experience of a lot of aces. Mine, for one–I usually see the innuendo. Or not being able to comprehend “sexy”–oh, come on, I can tell when someone is gorgeous and I’ve never had any trouble understanding what “sexy” means, if only from the way others use it. Hey, we keep talking about the fact that there are asexuals who have sex and asexuals who enjoy it! Let’s remember that when we’re talking about what an asexual experience is. Even in jest–jokes do a lot to set the tone and culture of a particular space.

Can we please try, when we discuss ace experiences and in particular asexual experiences, to remember that asexuality comes alongside with a host of very different experiences? Generalizing one’s own experiences and tendencies onto an entire sexual orientation, particularly one with the level of diversity we have, is a bad idea. People are going to feel erased. They are going to feel uncomfortable, and they are going to feel less likely to want to speak up. Communities should be safe for everyone, and part of that is not constantly joking that a particular subset of ace experiences are the only or even the main ace experiences.”

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Notes

  1. layne-howard reblogged this from writingfromfactorx
  2. nerdykirby reblogged this from fuckyeahaces and added:
    This so much. When I first began learning more about asexuality, I looked at a ton of ace blogs that generalized a lot....
  3. deftmegalodon reblogged this from fuckyeahaces
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  6. cranialdetritus reblogged this from acewatch and added:
    Bolded for truth. While I understand why someone thinks it’s contradictory for an ace to not be innocent, it doesn’t...
  7. bobbysflask reblogged this from asexualeducation
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  10. schampusmitlachsfisch reblogged this from griff-kendu
  11. griff-kendu reblogged this from asexualeducation and added:
    Exactly. Asexual is not the same as naive.
  12. asexualeducation reblogged this from writingfromfactorx
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  14. supernaturalteendrama reblogged this from rautamies
  15. rautamies reblogged this from samekh
  16. ohdeargodwhy reblogged this from fuckyeahaces
  17. tokyograndpa reblogged this from fuckyeahaces and added:
    This. All of this. Not being personally interested in sex =/= not understanding sex or sexual references People are...
  18. punctualasdeath reblogged this from lurkswithtigers
  19. lurkswithtigers reblogged this from writingfromfactorx
  20. samekh reblogged this from fuckyeahaces
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  22. dreamsandgenes reblogged this from acewatch
  23. aerisonus reblogged this from raggedybearcat and added:
    ^ A lot of good things are being said here. I also fit the bill for this kind of view of asexuality very well, and often...

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