asexuality and marriage

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I posted this link on an "Asexuality" thread in the General Autism Discussion forum, but I'll also post it here. It's an interesting article on asexuality and marriage. Check it out:

We're Married, We Just Don't Have Sex

the guy must be soo deluded cos it seems crazy

either he has given all the power to the woman and secretly he thinks he will get sex if he denies wanting it

or

either he or her is gay/lesbian or both and maybe the marriage is for other benifits or sumthin'

If you are unable to consummate your marriage, what then? If you are religious, your community expects it of you.

Marriage ---> Sex ---> Children

This is the traditional Christian paradigm. It's antiquiated, it's out of touch with reality, it's not very well informed, but it is tradition after all.

i wonder how long this "marriage" will last, seriously even if they are on the spectrum, if they have enough confidence to get married, im sure they will have the hand in hand emotions with it, most importantly the sex drive...

if they both claim this sex drive doesn't exist in them and they admit they are asexual, im afraid to say i smell something IS definately...."fishy"

I've heard of/read about asexuality and I've met a bloke who claims to be asexual and probably is. I have no reason to doubt him, why would he make up such a thing? Doubting this is pretty much equivalent to doubting the existence of homosexuality if you are heterosexual etc.

Yes, and FWIW I do not doubt the existence of homosexuality. What I doubt is that all homosexuals are evil, sick, hellbound, etc. I am undecided on that issue now because it so totally confuses me.

I don't see any problem with it, personally. And it's not like they're even the first asexual couple.

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Hmph. I guess I've always assumed that sex and marriage mutually attract. It is normal for them to do so.

If marriage was all about procreation (with sex being the middleman... middlething?), then infertile, older or sexual but decidedly childless couples would not get married. As all of the aforementioned sorts of people do get married, why is there such a problem with asexuals? A lot of asexual couples do have sex only for the purpose of reproduction, and those that don't can adopt. There will be plenty of other people who will gladly reproduce naturally, so it's not as if the whole human race is at risk for extinction or something because a few people aren't interested in the whole deal. Nor is it the case that just because a family does not have children, that they are making any less valuable a contribution to their community, together or on their own.

And please, I know that this has been said before, but don't assume that just because you can't understand how someone can be or feel a certain way, that it can't be so. Imagine if someone came up to you and said, "Well, I can't understand how ANYONE could like women (or men, as the case may be), so obviously you're making it up, and you and your girlfriend (or boyfriend) are just pretending to like each other!" I can't say I believe you'd be all that happy about someone doubting your experience because of their own lack of comprehension.

At least in terms of sex and all that comes with it, asexuals aren't hurting anyone, so why all the dislike for them? Is it just because it's not considered "normal" to be so? I find it odd, how little understanding there is for those who don't fit the norm in several respects on a board that's more or less dedicated to those who feel they're on the "wrong planet." Just as many of you would like to see NTs accept you and not question the validity of your experience, I think I speak for many other asexuals as well as myself when I say that I would like to see acceptance of this form of difference as well.