Asexuality and being 'natural'

One annoying but common argument against asexuality as a thing is that it’s “not natural”, that evolution shows it shouldn’t be a thing.

Well, let’s ignore for the moment that the evolution doesn’t require sexual attraction to exist - merely a desire to reproduce. This also isn’t required by all members of a species either.

Instead, let’s look at the idea of it being ‘natural’. If it was a human creation, you wouldn’t see it in animals. The link above highlights evidence of another species (in this case, sheep) being asexual. You’ll also note that the paper refers to the amount of attraction experienced as a continous spectrum, not in terms of either/or.

(And just before anyone points ou attraction =/= behaviour, human asexuals can experience secondary reasons to want sex (ie I want to make my partner happy) and sheep don’t).

(via: quirkysaur)

more information on the term ‘Asexual’

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Atmosphere - Ain’t Nobody (Official Video)

Atmosphere decides to return to his album, “The Family Sign,” for a new visual today for “Ain’t Nobody.”

watched it on mute and liked it. not sure the music fits the visuals but I’ll be honest I was in it for the ass from frame 1 and I could watch it, on mute, again and again.

You’ll want to be on headphones for this one.

Hysterical Literature: Session One: Stoya

Stoya visits the studio and reads from Necrophilia Variations by Supervert. Subtitles available (CC) in French and Brazilian Portuguese.

Stoya’s thoughts on the session.

Update: Supervert’s thoughts on the session.

Update: Hello Reddit and Gawker and Salon and Metafilter and Perez and Daily Dot and Richardson Magazine

See the the whole project here.

(via: claytoncubitt)

this is really good work. he films the ladies reading literature while his assistant is under the desk with a Hitachi. he captures the orgasm perfectly, over and over. great great work.

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