Introduction

According to the Ecology Global Network there are approximately 360,000 births per day in this world. When someone is born in a hospital one of the first things the doctors do is assign the child a sex based off of the biological parts present. From there the rest of the world takes over in making assumptions about the child’s gender based off of the assigned sex. As Sam Killerman said in The Social Justice Advocate’s Handbook: A Guide to Gender, “Gender identity is our internal response to a social construction that attempts to make a connection between a person’s biological makeup and their eventual role in society.” Gender is a socially constructed idea and often in this society it is assumed that one’s gender matches their assigned sex, or it is assumed that both of the previous match up with the individual’s gender expression. From there people also assume that one’s sexual or romantic orientations fit into neat normative boxes that coincide with gender expression and identity, and sex. In actuality though, these assumptions just are not reliable. With 360,000 births a day there will be some babies that are not born just male or female, there will be some babies that don’t identify as men or women, and there will be some babies that are not attracted to the opposite sex. The goal of this blog is to define and discuss a few of the many identities and orientations that people possess and to show that as a society we simplify topics we should not. There is beauty in diversity, so let’s shine a light upon it.


http://www.ecology.com/birth-death-rates/

Monday, April 13, 2015

Asexual/Demi/Gray

Someone who identifies as asexual would be uninterested in entering into a sexual relationship. This could be for a number of reasons, including being sex-repulsed, having no sex drive, or having a physical sex drive but having no sexual desire directed towards anyone.

A demisexual individual only feels sexual attraction once a close bond or relationship has been formed. Prior to forming the bond, a demisexual person would have no sexual desire towards the other.

Gray-asexuality is the absence of sexual attraction, except on rare occasions. Unlike demi-sexuality, a gray-asexual person does not need to form a close bond with the object of their attraction. There is no special circumstance for attraction with gray-asexuals. Attraction may occur with a stranger walking down the street, or with a coworker, but the important aspect of gray-asexuality is that it is a very occasional occurence.


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