Asexual Thought (PART 2 OF 3)
I almost forgot... but, now, I clearly recall it.
I really enjoyed forest bathing at the camp.
Oh, I wish I had been with you up there.
I missed you too... Anyway, tell me, Kato, how come you brought up "Asexual Thought" in the first place.
Well, the other day, I read the following newspaper article.
Asexual People Find Comfort in Community
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In high school, she felt isolated and alienated because everyone else was having sexual experiences that she wasn't.
She did things she didn't feel comfortable with and pushed herself to be something she wasn't, simply to fit in.
Luckily for her, when she finally came out to her family, her parents were supportive.
Although this description may sound like the formative experiences of a lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender person, it isn't.
Vancouver-based web developer Nicole Brown discovered she is asexual, or someone who does not experience sexual attraction.
After discovering the label in her first year of university, Brown, like many asexual people, felt the burden of confusion lift from her shoulders.
"Upon discovering asexuality---the label, the community, and the resources and information and research that had been done into it---I immediately felt at ease, that I wasn't broken, that I wasn't missing something, I wasn't defective in some way, shape, or form," she said by phone. "And that's how I had been feeling prior to being able to have a label that not just said you fit in with a community but also that basically nobody had told me growing up that there were other sexual orientations, period."
Page 15, "The Georgia Straight"
for the week: August 1-8, 2013
Ummm ... I see... quite interesting. So, Kato, are you saying that you're one of the above kind?
Oh, c'mon, Diane. Do you really believe I'm asexual?
I'm just kidding. I think you're far from asexual---maybe, too sexual. But how come asexuality intereted you so much?
Well, as you know, Vancouverites enjoyed the annual Pride Parade on August 4.
The Vancouver Pride Parade 2013
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Pride Parade
Pride parades for the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) community are events celebrating lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender culture.
The events also at times serve as demonstrations for legal rights such as same-sex marriage.
Most pride events occur annually and many take place around June to commemorate the Stonewall riots, a pivotal moment in the modern LGBT rights movement.
Early on the morning of Saturday, 28 June 1969, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning persons rioted following a police raid on the Stonewall Inn in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City.
The Stonewall Inn was a gay bar which catered to an assortment of patrons, but which was popular with the most marginalized people in the gay community: transvestites, transgender people, effeminate young men, hustlers, and homeless youth.
The Stonewall riots are generally considered to be the beginning of the modern gay rights movement, as it was the first time in modern history that a significant body of LGBT people resisted arrest.
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The Stonewall Inn
SOURCE: "Pride Parade"
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Diane, did you enjoy the parade?
Yes, I did. It was hilarious. So, Kato, you thought that the parade was far from asexual, didn't you?
Yes, I did. It was far from asexual, but this isn't the thing I wanna point out.
What else do you want to add?
The foloowing day, I borrowed a DVD from Vancouver Public Library.
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■"Actual Catalogue Page"
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Henry & June (Trailer)
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Did you see the above film?
Yes, I did. As I wrote the above comment, Anaïs Nin was not actually bisexual. That's what she said, and she didn't have a sexual relationship with June, but the film version seems more interesting and fascinating because she was depicted as bisexual.
So, Kato, what's your point?
Well... As Nicole Brown was told, "there are other sexual orientations, period."
So...?
So, diversity adds more colors and fascinations to our society. Don't you think, Diane?
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【Himiko's Monologue】
Asexuality is quite new to me.
How about you?
In an unpublished study, a scientist recently showed asexual people erotic films and measured their genital responses.
The scientist discovered that they still respond, even if they don't necessarily feel aroused.
So it suggests that it is not that they've become asexual because their bodies are not capable of responding.
What might be surprising to those unfamiliar with asexuality is that some asexual people do masturbate.
But the scientist says that it is not for the same reasons that sexual people do.
It is quite strange, isn't it?
Interesting coming out
as asexual stories
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In any case, I hope Kato will write another interesting article soon.
So please come back to see me.
Have a nice day!
Bye bye ...
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(To be followed)