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[–][deleted] 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I assume the "aphobia" is mostly people saying asexual doesn't belong, which is true. Being asexual has never been illegal or discriminated against. It's just people seeking attention.

[–]CancelPowerSuper Bi Male 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Asexuals are 4 groups of people:

1) Unattractive virgins, mostly people who gave up on dating or just can't get a SO or sex so they pretend to be "asexuals" to cope with it. In truth, they just can't get sex.

2) Attention seekers, like most of TQ+

3) People with medical reasons. Many of these people would fix their sex drive problem just by visiting a doctor.

4) Actual asexuals who aren't attracted to anyone whatsoever but are probably very rare.

Most asexuals fall into the first 3 groups.

[–]INeedSomeTimeAsexual Ally 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yep I also agree with that.

The 3rd one specifically caught my attention as I remember someone on asexual subreddit saying that they once used to feel attraction to others but no longer does so therefore they're asexual. Goddamn, that's not asexuality.

I'd add a 5th group which consists of teens. They definitely fall under the 2nd group too but some of them just learn so early about asexuality before they even form their own sexual attraction to other people. It's been always so infuriating for me. I wasn't so quick to identify myself as asexual on my teen years (back then I assumed that being very oddly passive "straight" person meant I'm straight... issue is I had no interest whatsoever) and waited until I was 18 to explore it further.

[–]Athelhilda4Questioning 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

5) People who have issues that they need to talk to a therapist about.