The reason is this: Whether you’re asexual or not, everyone finds certain things beautiful. But art, sunsets, flowers, paintings, and songs don’t have any sexual desire attached to them. In the same way, I can find the naked female body beautiful, but it also doesn’t have any sexual connotations for me. To me it’s an artistic beauty and seeing a half-naked woman was the same. Would you start yelling and going wild over a painting? This is why certain things never make sense to me. Like seeing a woman try to get out of a speeding ticket by flirting with the cop. I don’t know why the hope of sex would tempt someone to do something they wouldn’t usually do. It makes the mere concept of Hooters completely baffling. Eating there won’t get you laid. A hygienic waitress is an asset; one in tight shorts is probably a liability. I find a surprising amount of things are determined and driven by sexual desire. Like the examples I used above, but also in basically any other interaction. Whether it’s a job interview, meeting a potential new friend, or even just a brief interaction with a stranger on the street. How people react to you is pretty much mostly driven by how attractive they find you. I find that so strange.
What Do Asexuals Think About Our Sex-Obsessed World? (via vicemag)
