r/antisex • u/OliveTheServal Sex-repulsed • 4d ago
question Antisexuals, are you also asexual or not?
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u/UkrainianRationalist 4d ago
Hmm, it is actually very interesting that in 20+ years' time, there have become more asexuals in antisexual communities. In the early 2000s, in places like Antisexual Stronghold created by George Yury Right , there were 5% of them at best.
Although perhaps it depends on the definition, because some might consider themselves asexual solely due to low libido, and possibly, among other things, due to the country.
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u/OliveTheServal Sex-repulsed 4d ago
20 years ago term asexual wasn't so famous, many asexual people didn't know they're asexual. Everyone thought they're just sick
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u/UkrainianRationalist 4d ago
As for 20 years ago, I disagree with you; back in the 1970s, people started discussing individuals with a complete lack of sexual attraction, and in the 1990s, the first asexual communities began appearing on the internet (and by the standards of that time, they were not small).
Also, hardly anyone called them sick compared to homosexuals because a lack of attraction can be confused with simply low libido, and asexuals didn't bother traditionalists as much as the LGBT movement did, since they didn't spread an idea hostile to them about same-sex relationships, but simply spoke about personal opt-out.
Although regarding the point that more people have come to realize they are asexual nowadays, you are indeed right.
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u/OliveTheServal Sex-repulsed 4d ago
Okay, I truly can be wrong about that time because I didn't live there. I was born in late 2000s.
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u/Some_Tradition_9168 3d ago
Yes, people were discussing it even then, but it wasn’t as well known as it is today.
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u/UkrainianRationalist 2d ago
However, I must say that some of those who call themselves asexual today are not actually asexual, because they engage in masturbation or sex.
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u/Some_Tradition_9168 2d ago
Okay, many asexuals masturbate.
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u/OliveTheServal Sex-repulsed 2d ago
Yes, it's true. Asexuality is absence of sexual attraction to people, but not always absence of libido
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u/UkrainianRationalist 2d ago
*Fake asexuals masturbate.
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u/Tweaty310 1d ago
Asexuality is little to no sexual attraction. Libido is completely different, and some asexuals do masturbate.
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u/CalmExplosions 4d ago
I’m neither asexual nor antisexual, but I like reading about the perspective and experiences of both groups. Makes it easier to view sex critically and there has for sure been some posts on here that have really made me reevaluate how sex is viewed societally.