'House' episode offends asexuals

I kinda feel guilty for starting this dictionary debate.

Asexual doesn't correctly describe me, maybe "single and not looking" is better :)
 
Dessi said:
I kinda feel guilty for starting this dictionary debate.

Asexual doesn't correctly describe me, maybe "single and not looking" is better :)
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Don't feel guilty - ya done good.

I'm afraid "single and not looking" describes me all to well...

(not expecting to take my own advice)
 
*Drives to lake*

*Pulls out body*

*RE-MURDERS SEMANTICS*
DIE! DIE! DIE!




*Quietly launches remains into the sun*

*Drives away listening to They Might Be Giants*
 
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Professor Yaffle said:
From my reading of the thread, you are saying that the word "asexual" shouldn't be used to describe such a person (ie one who has no sexual attraction towards either gender). Am I not correct in that? If I am, then the fact remains that it is the word currently used for such people whether you like it or not: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asexuality
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Here's another link, recently posted by a Facebook friend of mine who self-identifies as asexual.

Asexual

An asexual is someone who does not experience sexual attraction. Unlike celibacy, which people choose, asexuality is an intrinsic part of who we are. Asexuality does not make our lives any worse or any better, we just face a different set of challenges than most sexual people. There is considerable diversity among the asexual community, each asexual person experiences things like relationships, attraction, and arousal somewhat differently.
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Asexuals in the news again.

General public ignorance about asexuality can cause a surprising array of problems, even in these sexually enlightened times. This is why David Jay, the charismatic San Franciscan who has become a poster boy for asexuality, set up the Aven website (Asexuality Visibility and Education Network) in 2001, an online community that has grown to include more than 50,000 members who lie somewhere on the spectrum of asexuality. Jay is the focus of a new documentary called (A)sexual, in which he explains the "icky mystery" of going through adolescence without developing sexual attraction.

In the opening scenes of the documentary, director Angela Tucker asks people to tell her what asexuality means to them. "I think… moss is asexual?" one woman ponders, while another talks about tadpoles.

Listen to asexual people talk about everyday life and you realise they face social minefields that don't affect people of other sexualities. "Living in a world that holds the romantic and the sexual as the highest ideals possible is difficult," says Bryony, a 20-year-old biology student from Manchester. "The most pervasive effect on my life at the moment, as a student, is how many conversations revolve around sex and the sexual attractiveness of certain people that I just don't really want to join in with."
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I saw this episode recently and umm.... who cares?

If it affects the brain it affects how you think. Duh. Sorry you don't have a soul that does all this for you. Some medical techno babble about something going on in the brain allows the show to have all kinds of weird behaviors. Some are actual medical conditions and some are just made up for a plot.

OMG the show made fun of generous people having something wrong with their brain. As a generous person, I'm so offended.
 
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