Category Archives: sex-favorable

The allo aro intersection matters

Posted on September 24, 2020 by Siggy

Last month, there was an incident where a prominent ace blogger very publicly questioned whether “allo aro” should be seen as an empowering label. This caused a furor among aro bloggers, and even the author deleted the post because they … Continue reading →

Posted in aromanticism, Articles, asexual politics, Community, Intersectionality, romantic orientation, sex-favorable, sex-repulsed | 5 Comments

Labels must be allowed to die

Posted on July 10, 2019 by Siggy

On Glossaries Have you ever seen one of those asexual or aromantic glossaries?  If not, I have many examples in the footnotes!1  These glossaries often serve as repositories for all the identity terms that one person or another has advocated … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Demisexual, Language, sex-favorable | 18 Comments

The Biology Definition of Asexuality May Have More Impact on the Sexual Orientation Than We Think

Posted on June 25, 2019 by Talia

For a long time I assumed there was a chasm between asexuality as a scientific term and as a sexual orientation identity; the words were separate and the gap between them unbreachable. Asexuality meant one thing in biology textbooks and … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, asexual identity, asexual politics, Language, personal experience, sex-favorable | Tagged | 9 Comments

I’m not enthusiastic about enthusiastic consent

Posted on March 5, 2019 by Siggy

This is an article I’m cross-posting from my own blog.  I wrote it with allo audiences in mind, but decided it’s good here too. In my guide to sexual violence terminology, I mention that “enthusiastic consent” is an unpopular model … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Relationships, sex-favorable | 14 Comments

Take it from a sex-favorable ace: you don’t need to have sex

Posted on July 9, 2018 by Siggy

cn: sexual violence “Competing issues” Over the last decade, online ace communities awoke to the fact that some aces can have and enjoy sex. The term “sex-favorable” was coined in 2013 to describe aces who are willing to have sex.  … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, asexual politics, sex-favorable, Sexual normativity | 12 Comments