DISCUSSIONI won't lie I laugh every time I hear the word "transphobia"

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[–]IMissPorn 21 insightful - 9 fun21 insightful - 8 fun22 insightful - 9 fun -  (12 children)

There might be one other contender: acephobia

Because I've literally never heard of anyone being afraid of—or hate—people for not having sex. It seems to be a wholly invented problem. At least trans people manage to be dislikable enough that some people actually hate them. But asexuals have to completely invent their oppression from scratch.

[–][deleted] 15 insightful - 5 fun15 insightful - 4 fun16 insightful - 5 fun -  (9 children)

Yes you're right, "acephobia" is as equally as retarded as transphobia. Someone needs to tell these twats that none of us care if nobody wants to fuck them.

[–]alladd 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (8 children)

i'm acephobic in that i don't trust people who clearly have active libidos but portray themselves as "asexual" online as some sort of weird dating method for weeding out people who can be honest about their attraction

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

I'm acephobic in that I can't stand those people equating their struggles with actual LGB people, and claiming they're oppressed because no one wants to fuck them. For most people, it's clearly a defense mechanism.

[–]alladd 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

that's definitely a part of it that i haven't considered. virgin coping.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

About 99% of the self-identified "asexual" people I've met are unattractive, fat, emotionally stunted, sheltered women who probably have confidence issues about their looks. I think I'd believe it more if an actually attractive and socially adept woman with experience in the real world identified as asexual, but I've yet to see one.

[–]alladd 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

even when woke TV shows try to portray asexuality it's always someone with trauma who would otherwise have a normal sexual relationship.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

There are TV shows who try to depict this bull shit?

[–]alladd 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

high maintenance did an episode with an ace character.

but later it was revealed that they had some kind of past trauma and used to be intimate.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I think less people people would ID as asexual if they actually realized it means you're literally not attracted to anyone, ever. The problem is the definition of asexual gets so obfuscated to include people who absolutely are attracted to others, all in the name of having a quirky "marginalized" identity. Tumblr made it "cool" by giving it a name like "ace" and wrapping the identity in some infantalizing purple flag and packaging it as some oppressed minority that gets treated as bad as actual gay people. Out of all the rando sexualities that people make up, I hate asexual the most.

[–]LyingSpirit472 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Because I've literally never heard of anyone being afraid of, discriminating against, people for not having sex.

Honestly, it's somehow worse than that- there IS a lot of fear/discrimination against people who don't have sex, but by and large it's by the people complaining they're being discriminated against to the people who have some flaw or another that means they can't find a willing partner (and then it's the same "they are usually dislikable enough for the hatred to have a point"), NOT the people who made the choice to not have sex.

Though, considering the people who claim acephobia are usually the ones who say they're asexual but have, seek out, and like sex, but they don't think of it 24/7 so they totes count.

[–]Wherearethesane 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I actually know an asexual who got beat by several of her exes for not ever being "in the mood"

Acephobia is stupid word though. The boyfriends were just abusive.