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What's the deal with the asexual autistic stereotype?

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pawelk1986
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03 Jan 2019, 11:03 am

Austinfrom1995 wrote:
I always assumed it was because of the other stereotype that we (autistics) are "children trapped in adult bodies" or "pure cinnamon rolls" and so the Neurotypicals don't think of us as having sexual desires. Oh, if only they knew how wrong they are... :lol:


Yes they are :mrgreen:



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26 Jan 2019, 5:56 pm

I think ableism definitely plays a part in the asexual stereotype. Society tends to not really view people with autism or any disabilities for that matter as sexual beings who can have sexual desires just like anyone else. Doing that would mean that parents/educators would have to actually provide proper sexual education, which can be seen as too much work. :roll:

It also means that people would have to admit that autistic people really aren't that much different or "magical" than anyone else, which can make some people uncomfortable. They would rather have autistic people in a box where autistic people are little Peter Pans that never grow up. The reality is, we're human too. We have libidos, we cuss, we s**t, we can be into dating or porn, we get pissed off, and we want to make our own decisions.