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| Patreon | | Website |It’s Asexual Awareness Week! Keep reading  _____________________________________________ What is asexuality?Being asexual (ace) means you don’t experience sexual attraction, that’s it.Everything a sexual orientation tells you about a person is who they are sexually attracted to, and asexuality is no exception.Just like with any other sexuality, it is not defined by choices, behaviors or beliefs.Many asexuals show a disinterest in sex, some are even sex-repulsed (like me). Keyword there is “some”, meaning not all.Many are also indifferent or even have sex because of reasons depending on their situation.“How are they still asexual then?” I hear you ask.There’s nothing stopping you from having sex with someone you’re not sexually attracted to. And if you did, would that change who you are sexually attracted to? No.Because sexual orientation is defined by who you are sexually attracted to, not your behavior._____________________________________________ I am someone that is 100% in favor of the split attraction model, because I’ve always believed that love and lust are two completely different things.Allosexuals (non-asexuals) tend to lump those two things together (something that has frustrated me throughout my life), so I’m glad there are a ton of people out there that share my perception.What is the Split Attraction Model?It’s the idea that romantic (love) and sexual (lust) attraction are different from each other.This concept is especially useful for asexual (and aromantic) people.Someone who is asexual can still experience romantic attraction to any gender.So an asexual person who is romantically attracted to others will identify as either: Hetero-romantic/Homo-romantic/Bi-romantic/Pan-romantic Asexual(Shortened; Het/Gay/Lesbian/Bi/Pan Ace)The romantic counterpart to asexual is aromantic.And if you follow the logic here you can figure out that an aromantic person doesn’t experience romantic attraction.And if one person is both asexual and aromantic, they will identify as AroAce._____________________________________________ Of course, sexuality is not as cut and dry as YES ATTRACTION and NO ATTRACTION.It’s not black and white. It’s a spectrum and there are gray areas.And that’s where identities such as Gray-sexual and Demi-sexual comes in.But I wanted to keep this relatively short and simple so I’m going to stop here and leave it up to you if you want to learn more.And AVEN is the perfect place for that, the Asexual Education and Visibility Network - www.asexuality.org/If you’re not asexual and still make an effort to understand us more, I and so many others are immensely grateful._____________________________________________I love this aspect of myself.I love the unique perspective it gives me.I love being able to relate to other asexuals, I’m so grateful that you all exist.I love the peace of mind it gives me to know I’m not alone.And I love the goddamn memes.I love being asexual. -- source link

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