SAGAL: A poll of 5,000 singles conducted by a Rutgers University professor who now uses emoji all the time found that 54 percent of people who use emoji had sex in the past year 2014, way more than non-emoji users. And also interesting, 70 percent of the women surveyed are faking the smiley face.
POUNDSTONE: I don’t even want to talk to those people let alone have sex with them.
in conclusion, dont let anyone on this dumb hellsite tell you you’re not lgbt. nobody in the real world cares. the discourse only exists on tumblr. so go out there and be you’re ace ass self and dont worry about the bullshit on this site.
Ever since I found out that the UNITED NATIONS include asexuals (and aromantics!) I don’t give a shit about the discourse™ on this hellsite anymore
(document published by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees)
Your ace identity may make it hard for you to figure out any romantic attraction you may experience, and that’s okay. It may make it hard to differentiate between romantic attraction or platonic attraction or other kinds of attraction, but you’ll get there eventually. You can still experiment with your identity, although you shouldn’t force yourself into uncomfortable or unsafe situations. And once you’ve found something you like, you don’t have to be 100% sure you fit a label before you start to use it.
There’s no time limit to discovering yourself. It’s never too early or too late. Even if your path is a little harder or a little longer, you still made it to the end! And I’m proud of you for that.
It is important to recognize how sensuality can function separately from sex, especially for those of us who do not desire sex, lack sexual attraction, are sex-repulsed, or simply would like to experience sensual gratification without a sexual assumption or demand from society, peer groups, or our potential partners. Sometimes we really do “just want to cuddle,” and that is just as meaningful.
being a sex-repulsed asexual is weird because intellectually I know that people want to (and do??) have sex and sexuality is talked about constantly in every piece of media but no matter what there’s always some part of my brain that’s like
I’ve made a post like this before, but it’s valid if you are struggling with accepting yourself for you asexuality or aromanticism. When there are so few accurate representations of aspec folks, combined with how single people are so demonized, it’s definitely hard. But don’t worry, you’ll get there.
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