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I kind of want to try this with someone from a gender I'm not sexually attracted to who is also not sexually attracted to my gender. I'm assuming we'd just end
by mamoswined 12y ago
I kind of want to try this with someone from a gender I'm not sexually attracted to who is also not sexually attracted to my gender. I'm assuming we'd just end up closer friends.
- baby 12y agoOr gay.
- dllthomas 12y agoOr straight, depending on where you started. But much of this thread is assuming "in love" (in the sense this practice purportedly produces) is a state that is inherently linked to sexuality. I'm not sure whether or not that's the case.
- baby 12y agoright, what about bro love?
- cdcarter 12y agoAncient Greek had four words for love, only one of which meant the love a man has for his wife. There was also the love of family, the love of friendship, and the love of spirit. CS Lewis gives a great lecture on the Greek ideals of love, here, https://medium.com/message/radically-renovate-your-relationships-in-2-25-hours-fe02fc80d741 https://medium.com/message/radically-renovate-your-relations...
- cheepin 12y agoWell, tightly connecting it to sexuality carries an implicit assertion that asexual people cannot love (or be "in love"). Seems untenable.
- dllthomas 12y agoIt might motivate the assumption, but it doesn't have to be the case. One can imagine a model where there is some fact about a person that determines who they can fall in love with, and that hetero-, homo-, and bisexuality fall out of that for people with interest in sex, but which is still present but possibly less observable for asexual people. I have no particular confidence that this matches reality well at all, but it should be enough to show that there's no logical implication...
- egypturnash 12y agoOr best bros/sisters forever.
- dllthomas 12y agoThat might or might not fall under "just [...] closer friends".