#asexualilty

Fun fact based off the results of the 2022 Ace Community Survey results almost HALF of asexuals Identify as aromantic. Hear that (almost) half, not the less than a quarter stat that was floating around from the 2014 version of the Survey. Why am I mentioning this? Because a lot of people specifically alloromantic aces have used the excuse that because aroaces/non alloromantic aces are a "minority" in the ace community, we shouldn't be represented, that what little rep we have is too much, that we're taking up too much space that we shouldn't be included in asexulity, that asexulity on its own should default to alloromantic etc because being a minority somehow means we shouldn't be allowed representation and advocacy.

Asexuality isn’t a complex. It’s not a sickness. It’s not an automatic sign of trauma. It’s not a behavior. It’s not the result of a decision. It’s not a chastity vow or an expression that we’re “saving ourselves.” We aren’t by definition religious. We aren’t calling ourselves asexual as a statement of purity or moral superiority. We’re not amoebas or plants. We aren’t automatically gender confused, anti-gay, anti-straight, anti-any-sexual-orientation, anti-woman, anti-man, anti-any-gender, or anti-sex. We aren’t automatically going through a phase, following a trend, or trying to rebel. We aren’t defined by prudishness. We aren’t calling ourselves asexual because we failed to find a suitable partner. We aren’t necessarily afraid of intimacy. And we aren’t asking for anyone to “fix” us.

I don’t mean this to be offensive at all and if you don’t want to answer bc you’re sick of explaining yourself to people then feel free I just wondered if you could explain how the whole dating thing ties in with being aro/ace?

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asexual problems