And now for something completely different.

The point of this blog is the following:

1) There is no such thing as "sexual privilege".
2) Cisgender hetero* people are not queer, whether or not they are asexual.
3) "Demisexuality" is a bullshit "orientation" that is nothing more than thinly-veiled slut-shaming.

I don’t believe there is such a thing as asexual privilege. This blog’s name (and the “Asexual privilege checklist”) are a tongue-in-cheek response to the “Sexual Privilege” checklist. I know no one is going to actually acknowledge that I said this — I’ve said it a million times before after all — but it’s worth a shot.

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January 10th, 2012 at 5:41PM

And now for something completely different.

saltmarshhag:

I understand their line of questioning because there is clearly some serious denial of what qualifies as sexual behavior and sexual attraction. I don’t buy that masturbating is like sneezing or taking a shit. “Fucking yourself” is hardly a metaphor - that’s basically what it is. Just recently someone was saying that they know they’re asexual because when they masturbate, they don’t imagine themselves in their mental scenarios - which is ridiculously common I’m sure. And then there’s all the stuff about “aesthetic attraction” that gives you a boner but totally is not sexual attraction,- uh huh, sure. Or the demisexual/gray shit where sexual discernment is supposed to be a totally unique quality among them. So anything beyond a reasoned argument for how their behavior is completely not sexual is a just-so-story to me.

I can understand asexuals masturbating. Masturbation feels good. It’s like vegans eating tofurkey.

What I want to know is, what would someone’s sexual orientation be if they are not attracted to anyone, but still masturbate? It’s not gay, straight, bi, or pan. And if the answer is “autosexual”, then all of a sudden it’s not just aces making up bullshit special snowflake words.

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