man delights not me; no, nor women neither

[chicafrom3]

Bah. This post popped up on my flist via metaquotes. The metaquotes post was cool. But now I'm driving myself crazy by reading the sf_drama post and all its comments.

That said, alexandraerin is endearing themselves to me muchly. ♥

Serious question for you: cui bono? Who benefits from this bit of exclusivity? As a BT who has varyingly identified as both a G and an L in my life, I'd say we get a boost from including asexuals. They are closer to mainstream, but further below the radar. Increasing awareness of them increases awareness of the spectrum of human sexuality, it inculcates in people the knowledge that variety in human sexuality is natural and normal. I can't see a downside to including them.

You say they have no business in the tent; I say, their goals and our goals are taking us in the same direction and I don't see any downside to hitching their horse to our cart. They've got less baggage? Great. We'll get further, faster together.

To the extent that gender is a binary, you could express it in binary. We have 10, 01, 00, and 11. 10 have proclaimed themselves to be King Shit of the World. 01, 00, and 11 can all play in 10's court, to the extent that they're able to pretend they're like 10. So, 01 and 11 have teamed up to say, "Enough of this, we're as good as you."

Why leave 00 out in the cold? 00 has as much a claim. 00 fits into the same grid. 00 is an ally.

Or, on a lighter note, beoweasel's attempt at an asexual rallying cry:

WE'RE HERE! WE'RE...NOT REALLY BOTHERING ANYONE, SO, JUST MOVE ALONG.

Comments

[kawaiispinel.livejournal.com]

ARGH. That blog post filled me with such an intense rage. That asshole's condescending comments to the people who called him on his bullshit made me want to PUNCH KITTENS. Ngah.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY NOT WANTING TO HAVE SEX IS SUCH A BIG DEAL. Much like I don't understand what the big deal about having sex is.

[chicafrom3.livejournal.com]

Exactly! *flails* I DON'T CARE HOW MUCH SEX YOU (general you) ARE HAVING, WHY DO YOU CARE HOW MUCH SEX I'M (not) HAVING?

Some of the comments in the sf_drama post got pretty bad, too. One person insisted (loudly, and repetitively) that women being raped because of their asexuality didn't count as discrimination or oppression because men rape women who don't want it all the time.

And that was the point I closed that tab, walked away, and screamed, in order to keep from killing someone.

I don't understand how there can be so many people of such incredible stupidity around.

*fumes*

[kawaiispinel.livejournal.com]

ARGH. WHAT THE HELL? WHAT THE HELL? NO. JUST.... NO.

*FOAMS*

[chicafrom3.livejournal.com]

PEOPLE SUCK.

[ageless-aislynn.livejournal.com]

This has been my week to discover just how stupid people can be... *headdesk*

*gives you hugs and cookies so delicious it will erase the memory of stupid people flapping their jaws*

Wow, those must be SOME cookies, huh? :P I may have to market those... *giggles* ;) ♥!

[chicafrom3.livejournal.com]

I hate when my misanthropy is proven correct. :(

Yay, cookies! Wow, those are delicious cookies. I think if you marketed them the FDA might have to investigate. That can't be quite legal. ;D

[rommies-voice.livejournal.com]

Your post does not appear to be written in English to me, and I feel deeply stupid for not getting it. Saying that I read the post you linked to and that I don't get for different reasons how can anyone be that stupid, and did they really call asexuality a disability? Now I'm not saying I totally get it myself but this saying a teacher told me a long while back seams apt 'there is no abnormal because there is no normal' people are just people.

[chicafrom3.livejournal.com]

My rage was great. It may have impaired my ability to write clearly.

But, yes, that's exactly the problem. Well, one of the major problems. There's this popular conception that sex is the be-all end-all of everything ever, so anyone who doesn't want sex or isn't interested in sex must be somehow broken? Which is kind of a screwed-up way of looking at things, you ask me.

there is no abnormal because there is no normal

That's a perfect way of looking at life. ♥

[(Anonymous)]

Sorry for spamming your lj but your my only DW fanfriend. I has heard a nasty rumor that Ten tops himself, expecting not to regenerate bit does.

[chicafrom3.livejournal.com]

!!! I hadn't heard that rumor. Whoa. That's taking emo!Ten to a whole new ridiculous level. *boggled*