asexualawarenessweek:Attitudes Towards Sex Knowing whether or not a person identifies as asexual,
asexualawarenessweek: Attitudes Towards Sex Knowing whether or not a person identifies as asexual, gray-asexual, demisexual, or anything else doesn’t tell you how they feel about having sex. It also doesn’t tell you anything about what they think about other people having sex! There are a lot of words that are used to describe people’s attitudes towards sex. Sex-repulsed, averse, indifferent, and favorable are all used within the ace community to describe one’s own feelings about personally engaging in sex or sexual situations. These words can be very fluid—some people may use one word to describe themselves in one situation, and a different one in another. Sex-positive, neutral, and negative are words used beyond just the ace community that communicate a person’s political leanings when it comes to sex. In short, they describe how people feel about other people having sex. Learn more about one of these words by clicking the links below, or click the read more below to learn about all of them! sex-repulsed | sex-averse | sex-indifferent | sex-favorable sex-positive | sex-neutral | sex-negative Additional reading: Understanding Asexuality and Aromanticism: Sexual Activity and Consent by Aces & Aros “Attitudes About Sex,” 2016 Ace Community Survey Summary Report, page 49 10 Things Sex Positivity Is Not by Miri Mogilevsky, Everyday Feminism Sex Isn’t Always Good by Queenie We Don’t Know if Asexuals Do or Don’t Want to Have Sex Because They Are All Queer Cats by Talia, Asexual Agenda Keep reading -- source link