More surprised that 40.8% of LGBTQ+ people say they’ve had a “universally positive experience of being out”. Seems like a really high bar of never having any negative experiences.
Feel like even without stigma or negative reactions, aces would be less likely to be out because its not exactly a topic that comes up often ime, so why bother?
There is a little bit of stigma, like aces being “prudes,” but yeah it’s nothing super jarring with loads of popular slurs for it.
And yeah it would pretty much only come up when people talk about sex in ways that assume everyone enjoys it or automatically wants it from their romantic partner. Basically just challenging relationship norms hammered in since those wild high school days…
It’s cool aces are getting more representation in mainstream media though. Not many ace characters out there for people to name off the top of their head. Todd from Bojack Horseman is the only one that comes to mind for me.
More surprised that 40.8% of LGBTQ+ people say they’ve had a “universally positive experience of being out”. Seems like a really high bar of never having any negative experiences.
Feel like even without stigma or negative reactions, aces would be less likely to be out because its not exactly a topic that comes up often ime, so why bother?
There is a little bit of stigma, like aces being “prudes,” but yeah it’s nothing super jarring with loads of popular slurs for it.
And yeah it would pretty much only come up when people talk about sex in ways that assume everyone enjoys it or automatically wants it from their romantic partner. Basically just challenging relationship norms hammered in since those wild high school days…
It’s cool aces are getting more representation in mainstream media though. Not many ace characters out there for people to name off the top of their head. Todd from Bojack Horseman is the only one that comes to mind for me.
SpongeBob is another well known ace character, but that’s basically just a “sponges are asexual reproducers” joke.
L and Light from Death Note may also be, but I don’t know if that’s been confirmed by creators or just fan theories.
lol Spongebob, I gotta remember that.
L and Light… now that’s food for thought.