as someone who doesn't even have sex I really dislike these types of posts not bc I think they're literally untrue or that everything about them is wrong or bad advice (rest of the post was fine) but because they never treat sex like something significantly important to ppl's mental health or even identity but like yeah for some people sex actually is essential to live an emotionally full and happy life. being prevented by legal or social institutions from having the kind of sex you want is a genuine rights violation and has a very long history tied to lgbt oppression (and racial oppression too)
like...idk, I don't have to go outside every day either and I'm not going to die but that's not the way I want to live, it would lock me into a miserable and lifeless existence. so no you won't die without it (tho alan turing comitted suicide after being chemically castrated by the british government in 1954, so actually that's debatable) but idk it does rub me the wrong way and it seems rather tone-deaf esp on a platform with so many lgbt people. like yeah? we know? it's not about literal bodily functions its abt quality of life
'you don't need it to live full stop' just seems like a rather cruel reaffirmation of a worldview that denies ppl the sexuality and freedom of sexual expression that they do want. one lacking nuance and compassion, or any kind of critical social lens. like who would need to hear this? ppl who are getting too excited about having sex???? idk