From: Anders Sandberg (asa@nada.kth.se)
Date: Mon Jun 28 1999 - 08:41:25 MDT
Brian Atkins <brian@posthuman.com> writes:
> This intense peer-pressure to have sex (found amazingly enough
> even on this list) gets old real fast. It's great when it falls
> into your life, but I don't see the need to push it like that.
Yes, it is interesting to note that people tend to get more
surprised/upset if someone says he or she is asexual than if he or she
says he is homosexual. Just the idea that somebody can (or wants to)
stay out of the socio-emotional carousel most others are into seems to
be unsettling. I think it is quite closely related to how many people
react to transhumanist sentiments; we question things that are taken
for granted, and that suddenly makes them less certain which in turn
is unsettling. Hence the reactions trying to "normalize" the person.
Asex pride? :-)
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