http://poto-heart.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] poto-heart.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] potato_head 2011-05-26 09:56 pm (UTC)

because I think wherever you have a HUGE majority and then one teeny minority it's almost inevitable that the majority gets things the minority is denied.

I agree with this completely. It seems like a no-brainer for me that at the very least, most things in the world are made BY and therefor FOR sexual people...everything from literature to philosophies and religions, down to things like self-help books. That is at least one place to start looking at obvious privilege. Society just isn't structured to automatically include minorities.

You've also mentioned some things I meant to go into but forgot to. Especially the lack of resources and help for asexual people, which is another BIG problem caused by asexual erasure. Also, the idea of 'passing privilege', that so many people in queer communities use to claim that asexual people don't belong because even if they are in a gay relationship, they could pass for straight if they wanted to. It is an interesting discussion, but the fact that it is used to completely invalidate the idea of asexual people suffering any discrimination or oppression, even for being in a same-sex relationship; that is ridiculous.

I would love to read your article C: it's a topic I've thought about myself but I feel like I haven't heard enough opinions on it to talk about it.

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