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Asexuals unite!
posted by davidt on Friday October 15 2004, @07:00AM

 jessesamuel writes:

I thought I'd share this with everyone. Apparently, the existence of asexuality among humans is a revelation to some. I suspect Morrissey fans have known about it all along.

Feature: Glad to be asexual - New Scientist

Say it loud, 'A' and proud - The Guardian
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Study: One in 100 adults asexual - CNN.com

 
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    Desire (Score:0)
    Yes, well, but our man is hardly asexual now, is he?

    His problem not being a lack of desire,but the impossibility to 'offload' this desire.
    Anonymous -- Friday October 15 2004, @07:18AM (#131002)
    • Re:Desire by Anonymous (Score:0) Friday October 15 2004, @08:42AM
      • lol by Anonymous (Score:0) Friday October 15 2004, @10:13AM
      Asexuality (Score:0)
      and some of us knew as it is their own lifestyle, way before Morrissey even came along...
      Anonymous -- Friday October 15 2004, @08:05AM (#131034)
      • Re:Asexuality by Anonymous (Score:0) Friday October 15 2004, @08:41AM
        amoebas (Score:1)
        Whether or not you view Morrissey as being asexual (I definitely don't, in fact he seems to be the exact opposite - unexpressed or enrequited lust has nothing to do with being asexual), you have to admit that the "Asexuality: it's not just for amoebas anymore" tee-shirt is hilarious!
        Lulu <annaNO@SPAMabsolutely-vile.com> -- Friday October 15 2004, @08:58AM (#131056)
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         sick all over
        • Re:amoebas by Anonymous (Score:0) Friday October 15 2004, @09:57AM
          Moz likes a good lay as much as anyone. (Score:0)
          anyone who feels that Morrissey is remotely asexual or has at any point in his life truly been celebete is a moron. Mozzer is as horny as the next guy.
          Anonymous -- Friday October 15 2004, @09:09AM (#131062)
          Morrissey Quote From CH4 Programme "The...... (Score:1, Informative)
          ..Importance Of Being Morrissey":

          "I have never been a sexual person, never"

          Hmm seems to me Moz doesnt like sex after all.
          Anonymous -- Friday October 15 2004, @10:22AM (#131081)
          Asexual? (Score:1, Insightful)
          The key paragraph in the Guardian piece is:

          "It is important here to distinguish between asexuality and celibacy. People who feel sexual urges but decline to act on them are celibate; people who feel little inclination to have sex are referred to as asexual; and people who used to have a lot of sex but have now ceased are called married."

          Morrissey may be celibate (I wouldn't know; I'd guess he's gotten laid a few times, but perhaps not often), however it's absolutely laughable to call him asexual.

          Morrissey's art is largely ABOUT sex, for Christ's sake.

          Look at some of the album, video, and single cover sleeves - the first Smiths album, "Your Arsenal," the back cover of "Vauxhall & I," "Live in Dallas," the UK "best of," and "Tomorrow" in particular.

          Look at his concert performances where his shirts get ripped off and he is constantly flirting with the audience. His concerts are extremely charged with SEXUALITY.

          Look at that video in the 1990s where he had the band go topless. You think that's the video of someone who never has sex on the mind?

          Look at his lyrics, where sexual desire and sexual frustration is going on all over the place.

          Look at the comment he once wrote that is unearthed in the Jo Slee book "Peepholism," where he takes the side of Speedos over the "sexless" bathing suits men prefer these days.

          Look at his past obsession with James Dean, which has little to do with Dean's acting, I assure you.

          Look at it all, and look at it again, because if you think he's an "asexual" artist you are a fool.
          LoafingOaf -- Friday October 15 2004, @11:02AM (#131093)
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           Fuck it, Dude. Let's go bowling.
          Unlayable (Score:0)
          I wonder if any two lonely, "asexual" people out there have found each other as a result of this site? A heartwarming thought.
          Anonymous -- Friday October 15 2004, @11:13AM (#131098)
            asexual-moz-i-have-forgiven-my-genitals (Score:1)

            not knowing is a big driving force regarding our dear mozzer. so much has been said... in vain.

            remember back in the day, his statements regarding his affinity to the transgendered and his proclamation that he was the spokeman for the fourth gender. the news died down too quickly i suppose.

            "i have forgiven jesus/for all the desire he placed in me/when there's nothing i can do about desire"..."why did you give me so much desire/ when there's nothing i can do to offload this desire"

            draw parallels with a quote within the "glad to be asexual" article of a high-school student provided in the article above, he said "i get the feelings... but my body never made the mental connection to what i would do about it. i get the arousal but when it happens it gets annoying because to me there is really no purpose to it, there is nothing i can do about it."

            the teenage morrissey used to look at his genitals and see them as some type of cruel practical joke.

            asexuality is as valid an orientation as any. although that isn't quite the word to describe the "condition". asexuality presuposes the ability to reproduce oneself. that isn't the case with "asexuals" across the world, nor with moz if he would venture classifying himself as one (though he probably wouldn't care to explain himself. why should he? he owes us no explanation).

            asexuality implies sex. "asexuals" claim to have no interest in it. there's an innate contradiction in using it.

            "i am what i am, but you're not allowed to know what i am"

            there's no word for your kind morrissey

            is that why we're so drawn to you?

            you are biologically a male, we suppose. but what is your gender.

            i guess you are the fourth gender.

            imaman -- Friday October 15 2004, @12:34PM (#131111)
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            Contradiciton in Terms (Score:0)
            How can you say an asexual person is capable of feeling desire or being aroused but does not want to do anything further. Surely by the fact you can become aroused, classes you as sexual.
            Seems another made up science to me.
            Anonymous -- Saturday October 16 2004, @09:05AM (#131230)
              An attempt to explain a little of asexuality. (Score:0)
              Asexuality is not feeling sexual attraction.

              Sexual attraction and sexual arousal are different - people can be aroused by leather, but aren't actually sexually attracted to leather.
              A sex-drive is concerned with sexual arousal, not sexual attraction, otherwise there would be no industry for blow-up dolls or vibrators.
              Some asexuals have a sex drive and enjoy masturbation, some are married and enjoy sex with their partners even though they are not sexually attracted to them. As sexual attraction and sexual arousal are separate this is perfectly okay and is not acutally contradictory.
              Some asexuals have never felt sexually aroused despite having tried masturbation and sex.
              Some asexuals feel replused by the idea of having sex, but then so do some sexuals.

              Sexual acts (that includes kissing) make some asexuals recoil, and not others. This is no different from sexuals where some people are withdrawn and like to keep their personal space, and some are continuously hugging everyone else.

              Asexuality and celibacy are different: celibates do feel sexual attraction, whereas asexuals do not feel sexual attraction.
              It's not that they don't want to have sex - they just don't think about it, don't need it, have no desire to try it.

              Use of the word 'asexual' is unfortunately necessary in response to "so are you straight, gay or bi then?" and will continue to be used by asexuals until someone comes along with a better word that doesn't have the word "sex" in it.
              Anonymous -- Thursday January 06 2005, @07:32PM (#146027)

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