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[–]jet199 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I really don't think it is real.

There's quite a lot of evidence that repressing sexual desire leads to aggression and violence in society so I don't think it's something we should be encouraging unless it's proven to be a good or neutral thing.

I've never met an asexual who didn't have a pretty clear motive for identifying that way and was repressing their feelings to fit.

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

I agree that certain people who repress their desires are aggressive and it leads to distress. But then, you have people who are fine with it because they really don’t care for sex. There were even some famous people who profited the society, like Nikola Tesla. Would he belong to the same group that for example certain priests who act as if they need to be celibate but in reality molest someone or want to molest? Certainly not.

That’s sad you never met a person conscious enough with it. Well, it’s super rare but people who are happy and sexless exist. Just perhaps they don’t call themselves asexual, since this is the label that already became cringe; too much LGBT association and after all, a push to identify with the queer community which is certainly full of unhappy people hiding their real selves.