Views : 316,508
Genre: Education
Date of upload: Nov 17, 2023 ^^
Rating : 4.916 (428/19,922 LTDR)
RYD date created : 2024-04-29T05:13:14.152897Z
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Top Comments of this video!! :3
As an aroace (aromantic and asexual) guy, there's definitely this immense cultural pressure placed on us to be sexual all the time, which feels like the equivalent of someone trying to shove food down your throat when you're not hungry.
I'm super happy to see more ace content on this channel and hope that it can clear up some of the misconceptions people have about us.
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Should've had an asexual man included. There's a stereotype that it's purely a woman thing because men like sex and women like romance so women opting out of sex completely isn't surprising.
I don't agree with the stereotype but it would have been important to combat with a male presence. I'm not asexual but I am on the aromantic spectrum (aka sex yes please, friendship is great, romance is cringe) and we're the opposite. Focusing on sex is considered a male trait but I'm a proud arospec woman.
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5:11 "if you take the sexual part out, that's what a friendship is" was a very hurtful statement to me as an asexual (who isnt aromantic!) i feel like that's a bit of their internalized acephobia, if you take the sexual attraction out of a relationship, that's not just friends, they're still dating. Romantic attraction exists. And relationships don't need to involve sex! At all!
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After watching this video, I think I might be on the asexual spectrum. I've been married to my husband for almost 11 1/2 years, we've been together almost 20 years and have an 8 year old son. While we do have sex and I enjoy it for the most part (while it's happening), I've never once craved sex nor do I miss it when I'm not engaging in it. I have always found men physically attractive and have had crushes on boys/men growing up, but never in a sexual way. I've never looked into asexuality much before this, because I pretty much never looked into it and had most of the same assumptions as those presented in this video. If anyone has advice on the matter , it'd be greatly appreciated as this is literally the first time that I've even considered this being a thing with me.
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I am aromantic and asexual, but I love my platonic relationships. I would absolutely live with one of my best friends, adopt a child and take care of them with my best friend. I think that's so cute, so fun, and I think it would be a very healthy atmosphere for a child to be raised in. I believe in long lasting friendships more than long lasting romantic relationships.
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I was jealous of my friend who identified as Asexual because she was stereotypically not into ANYTHING but like, puzzles. That made me feel like if I wasn't like her, I was "faking" asexuality. But then one day I realized, it was as simple as just saying I was asexual. There was no specific way I NEEDED to act. I was interested in having close friendships and watching romantic media, but I only wanted the friendships for myself. And that was enough.
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The ace community is still so overlooked even by other LGBTQ people. I came out to two of my friends a couple years ago, one of whom is bisexual, and they both laughed and said "That's weird". My parents constantly deny my asexuality as well and tell me I'm too young to know even though I'm literally an adult and my peers have sex all the time. They think it's a phase I'm going to grow out of. I say all of this not because I need pity but to emphasize how important accurate representation is to our community. I really appreciate all the work you do to shed light on overlooked and misunderstood communities like ace/aro people, Anthony. <3
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I've know I was Ace for a long time, but I'm super romance driven, so for the longest time hearing those "you just haven't found the right person" comments really hurt, and I just felt like I was all wrong. I've always been attracted to people, just not sexually. I'm so glad that my bestie discovered asexuality and taught me about it cause I would have been in a very much darker place without the understanding of myself.
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