• Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee
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    4 months ago

    Interesting. I consider myself asexual as well but I watch a lot of porn. I enjoy sexual stimulation, I just don’t need another person to help me with it.

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      4 months ago

      There’s probably gonna be some sort of terminological split in definitions between the two at some point.

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        4 months ago

        It’s very interesting that you say that because it’s one of the reasons why I don’t simply call myself “asexual” and why I don’t identify with the community.

        I remember discovering the asexual community over 10 years ago and being excited that I finally found people that are like me. But then I was immediately met with confusion at how…sexual…everyone was. People would masturbate regularly or even have sex regularly. I didn’t get it and it didn’t seem to fit to me.

        A better descriptor for me would be someone that has a non-existent libido and cannot physically feel sexual pleasure, but that’s a bit tmi for a general post.

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      4 months ago

      I’m quite sexual, but I also have no interest in sexual relations, except with my partner, who is asexual, so now I’m asexual in a way. If I find another partner I’m truly into, then I might have sex again, but I don’t really care either way. It’s something of an enigma even to me. She encourages me all the time to find another partner again, but the drive just isn’t there anymore.