i feel like the number of people who are asexual and/or aromantic is way bigger than the number of people who actually identify as ace/aro. so many people haven’t even heard of asexuality or aromanticism, and so few people actually understand what they mean. i wonder how many people out there have just been convincing themselves they’re attracted to people because they think they have to be. or how many people have quietly avoided relationships all their lives, not knowing there’s a word for a lack of attraction and a whole community of people like them. if there was more ace & aro representation in mainstream media and less misinformation about asexuality & aromanticism out there, i bet we would see a lot more people using these identities.
