In addition to everything everyone else said, I was a bit "amused" that the point of the article was pretty much - "don't label yourself with an orientation" - "go look for a MENTAL HEALTH label to explain you instead."
Yes, but more specifically - disease label good, identity label bad.
(Mind you, there are perfectly good and useful things that can come from a diagnostic label, also. But the idea that people who are fine with being asexual should instead label themselves with a disorder?)
This was pretty much my thought upon reading the drivel contained in that article; just what we need... yet another diatribe about how people who don't experience sexual attraction must be abnormal and/or sick in some way.
Aaaand the moment somebody criticises her she starts bawling about her freeze peach. Because that's a totally one-way street and doesn't cover anybody who wants to tell her she's talking offensive rubbish and to express disappointment that the article was published. Right.
Since comments are now closed, people might consider writing to the editor instead. LJ marked my comment with the link as spam, so try Googling contact the editor the age and click on the submit a comment link.
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Well I don't even feel like reading something like that. I'm still having trouble finding the right identity as it is to have someone come and say I'm broken. I have issues, yes, but there has never been a doubt in my mind as soon I found out asexuality exists that I am asexual. Luckily, (and no I haven't told anyone straight out I am asexual), but there have been a few people around me that at least have heard about asexuality and even though I haven't dug deeper into their opinions about it, they don't seem hostile to the idea. So I think that it might not be widely spoken about, but that doesn't necessarily mean that people don't know about it.
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(Mind you, there are perfectly good and useful things that can come from a diagnostic label, also. But the idea that people who are fine with being asexual should instead label themselves with a disorder?)
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freeze peach ≠ freedom from the consequences of abusing that right
Silver definitely needs to be schooled on that fact.
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Luckily, (and no I haven't told anyone straight out I am asexual), but there have been a few people around me that at least have heard about asexuality and even though I haven't dug deeper into their opinions about it, they don't seem hostile to the idea. So I think that it might not be widely spoken about, but that doesn't necessarily mean that people don't know about it.
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