Is Asexuality a sexuality or not?

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[–]Ladis_Wascheharuum 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Coming at it from a scientific or even mathematical point of view, yes, it is. If you regard homosexual attraction as one binary value (0 or 1, off or on), and heterosexual attraction as another, then you have four possible combinations: 01, 10, 11, and of course 00.

Is zero a number? There was a time centuries ago when people argued that it wasn't - numbers are for counting things, and you can't count zero things. Zero is the absence of things. Yet, zero ended up being a fundamental concept that modern mathematics can't do without. The empty set is still a set.

Asexuality is still a category of sexuality on par with L/G/B. And on a social level, the A's do face discrimination. (I'm sick of people who really should know better arguing that asexuals can easily pass as straight and aren't demeaned.) Trying being a 40-year-old virgin, or even someone who's never had a significant other. People will look at you differently, whisper about you and how much of a loser, loner, social incompetent and/or creep you must be. Families will try to pressure you to date and will eventually see you as a disappointment (and in the case of men, a total failure because A Man Is Not a Virgin). As another comment here astutely pointed out, often it's the lack of normal attraction/relationships that is seen as perverse. Asexuals definitely experience that.

[–]VioletRemiCat, homosexual one 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

, and heterosexual attraction as another, then you have four possible combinations: 01, 10, 11, and of course 00.

That is now how math will work here.

If 00 means no attaction, then 01 is one in couple attracted to other, but other not. Or do you mean 01 as "attracted to men", 10 as "attracted to women" and 11 as "attracted to both"? It is not a math then, tho, as it takes position of number and give it philosophical value.

Trying being a 40-year-old virgin, or even someone who's never had a significant other. People will look at you differently, whisper about you and how much of a loser, loner, social incompetent and/or creep you must be.

Not only asexual people are like that, tho.

I know one guy, who was all focused on studying and science in academia until age of 35 or so, and he had sexual drive, just had no time for any relationship or dating. And now he want to find someone, but can't, and don't want to use prostitutes "to just stop being a virgin". Most people saying he is a monk (as orthodox monks most often never having sex in their lives) and must know some kung fu.

While homosexual people discrimination is exclusive to us.