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[–]Alienhunter糞大名 15 insightful - 2 fun15 insightful - 1 fun16 insightful - 2 fun -  (17 children)

I can believe that asexual people, as in people with absolutely no libido, exist. I don't think that's common though. And it's typically indicative of some health problem.

Most of these so called asexuals are just people who arent the Hollywood media ideal of a "stud" and then end up thinking they must be different because when you don't want sex all the time, in a society that places great emphasis on sex all the time as a marketing tactic, people begin to develop weird complexes about themselves. Despite being for lack of a better word "totally normal".

I'm somewhat regularly accused of being "asexual" by some simply because I find sex to be a boring waste of time unless it's in the context of a long term relationship, where it's still boring but no longer a waste of time but a necessary element of bonding. Doesn't mean there's a lack of sexual attraction. Does mean I'm not a nymphomaniac desperately trying to fuck everyone alive.

[–]Vulptexghost fox girl ^w^ 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (8 children)

It isn't always lack of libido. I have no sexual desire but when it comes to certain kinks I'm a huge slut. There's a lot of things wrong with my brain.

[–]jet199 11 insightful - 3 fun11 insightful - 2 fun12 insightful - 3 fun -  (7 children)

That's just what a fetish does to you.

It stops you from being able to enjoy regular sex.

This is why the asexual community is full of male perverts as well as uptight women.

[–]Airbus320 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Mm

[–]Vulptexghost fox girl ^w^ 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

I have zero sexual desire. And I've never had any.

[–]jet199 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

You literally just said you get turned on by your fetishes.

You just fucked up your brain when you were a kid so you have a target error. You get turned on by things or situations rather than whatever your sexuality was supposed to be. You have desire but it's directed towards the wrong target.

[–]Vulptexghost fox girl ^w^ 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

It was long before I was a kid.

I wouldn't be surprised if it only exists because my body needs some way to get rid of semen. And I especially need that, because even the slightest amount makes me irritable. I always feel like complete shit, and the more that builds up the more I feel like shit. I wish it would just stop.

I'll consider the possibility that having the genitals I do makes it lose its appeal. But I don't even experience romantic attraction so I don't think that's why.

[–]jet199 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

It was long before I was a kid.

When you rewrite your own history so much you claim you had a fetish as a foetus.

[–]Vulptexghost fox girl ^w^ 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

No, I first had them when I was hit with physical urges for the first time. Before that there was almost nothing, which is how it should've stayed.

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

you've never seen my hot ass

[–]Musky༼⁠ ⁠つ⁠ ⁠◕⁠‿⁠◕⁠ ⁠༽⁠つ 🐈 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

Despite being for lack of a better word "totally normal".

Probably has more to do with the now ever present phthalates mimicking estrogen. Men not having a sex drive didn't use to be normal.

[–]Vulptexghost fox girl ^w^ 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

It's normal now?

[–]Musky༼⁠ ⁠つ⁠ ⁠◕⁠‿⁠◕⁠ ⁠༽⁠つ 🐈 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Apparently, I've never seen so many men seemingly unconcerned with getting laid.

[–]Vulptexghost fox girl ^w^ 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

No one I talk to seems to think it's normal. I have also never met a single asexual irl. And the only ones I see online are all trans.

[–]Musky༼⁠ ⁠つ⁠ ⁠◕⁠‿⁠◕⁠ ⁠༽⁠つ 🐈 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

The younger people today seem nearly sexless to me even if they aren't truly asexual. My theory is this is just more normal seeming to you since you don't have a frame of reference for how it used to be, but getting laid used to be an important goal of young men everywhere.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/living-single/201811/7-reasons-why-young-people-are-having-less-sex

https://www.healthline.com/health-news/young-adults-especially-men-having-sex-less-frequently

[–]Vulptexghost fox girl ^w^ 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It isn't an important goal anymore? Everyone I know is obsessed with it, and people who don't succeed are super bitter and become incels.

[–]Alienhunter糞大名 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

There's a huge difference between, not having a sex drive and not being willing to have casual sex with anything wearing a dress. Most people claiming "asexuality" are simply looking for some kind of label to describe them because they aren't jocks.

[–]Musky༼⁠ ⁠つ⁠ ⁠◕⁠‿⁠◕⁠ ⁠༽⁠つ 🐈 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

A highly diminished sex drive would result in not being interested overly in sex, and not being compelled to lower one's standards in order to satiate the libido. I suspect it just seems normal to several generations at this point because that's all they have ever known, and it goes hand in hand with the social feminization of men.