Ily of Asexy Beast says
It has been asked why asexuals spend so much time thinking about and studying asexuality and sexuality in general. And once I started thinking about writing this post, it was suddenly clear to me why this is so. It takes a lot of analyzing, both of yourself and society, to get to asexuality. Overanalyzing is not something you can just turn off once you get to a realization. If you have a tendency to overanalyze things, you’ve probably had it your whole life, and asexuality is just one of the many things you’ve thought to death.
This actually seems like a broader application of Hegel’s notion that the need to survive forces slaves to know not only themselves but their masters (and yes, that’s really mangled shorthand.) Point being, though, that if you find yourself in a society that’s completely organized around something you have no interest in but are perpetually subject to you’re likely to end up even better informed than if it seemed natural as breathing.
It’s not, by the way, that asexuals are right and we’re wrong, or vice versa. That way lies, among other things, madness, oppression and futility. But it’s not necessary, at all, for there to be a right or wrong in order to benefit from different perspectives.
Submitted by 3154 (not verified) on Tue, 2009-08-25 22:09.
I would put it more down to the pressure on those who are "different" in some way, to figure out why they're different - I had the same thing with growing up a sadist etc, and from what I've read it's a pressure felt by a lot of LGBT types. In some classes of difference, that does translate into oppression, at which point the Hegelian thing comes into play (although I have some scepticism towards it as it commonly gets stated).
Submitted by 3154 (not verified) on Wed, 2009-08-26 00:03.
i don't see how asexuals can be "right" or "wrong" any more than heterosexuals, homosexuals, bisexuals, transsexuals, are. they just....are. in the "to be" sense of the word, that is.
but you probably knew that. i have a tendency to get caught up in semantics and over-analyze them. drives my mom nuts, heh.
my recaptcha phrase was "doesn't fierier"...seems almost appropriate for this topic.