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[Vestal]

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[VindicatorPhoenix]

When this happens, and the partner who’s been (let’s be honest here), raped opens up, according to Decker, people are likely to be sympathetic to the perpetrator rather than the victim.

This part shocked me, that's gross! :(

[Plectrophenax]

The notions of terminating an 'unsatisfying' marriage [and that dissatisfaction being determined by the quantity of sexual activity] as well as denying rights to adopt are both highly absurd and obviously outdated. I fail to see the legal utility in those laws, since it is reasonably easy to get a divorce anyway, and a persons sexuality is, in most places at least, not considered relevant for adoption [including homosexuality].

The point about religion is no surprise. Honestly, this shouldn't bother anyone. I hope I'm not sounding too harsh, but outdated belief systems that are artificially held alive by systematically cleansing them from the aspects that are now considered politically incorrect should just be left to die. Expecting religions to adapt to a modern [and boradly secular] worldview is essentially changing the entire religion itself - this seems absurd and we would be much better served to either abandon the religion completely or replace it with a brand new 'religion' that conforms with today's standards. The cultural impact of this point is still very real, but given the reasons just stated I don't think it is a reasonable expectation to seek recognition from people who very deliberately and pridefully hold onto ideas from millenia ago.

The thing with mental health is more difficult. The sexual drive itself is 'natural' after all, and while we have come to terms with that drive being directed in all sorts of directions [some still criminalised, of course], it is a lot different to expect the lack thereof to simply be accepted as a "sexual orientation" as opposed to an actual lack and, by extension, flaw of human anatomy - notwithstanding the fact that most evolutionary arguments legitimising homosexuality can be used [arguably more effectively] to explain asexuality.

While I agree that mental health experts shouldn't plant ideas into people's heads, they also shouldn't blindly accept serious flaws in a persons mental makeup just because that person is oblivious to them. So the issue here is more concretely the categorisation of asexuality as a disorder in the first place. If it is one, then it is a very begnign one at least and there should be no need to force asexuals into 'treatment', but also no condemnation towards those who consider it something 'faulty' [we may not like this but should be able to understand it nonetheless]. If it isn't one, then it has nothing to do with therapeutic interventions regarding sexuality-related mental health anyway and the point is mute. If it mere can be one but isn't necessarily always an issue, then, as suggested in your post, it should only be an issue when people feel directly affected by it.

I confess to not entirely understanding the point about "corrective" rape. Anyone is vulnerable to sexual assault. Sexual assault itself is quite a shady term anyway, since it hinges quite directly on the affected persons' perception and evaluation of the situation. If they 'like' it, it isn't sexual assault, if they don't, it is. Asexual people most commonly wouldn't like any form of sexual contact, least of all actual sex, so for them the chance of sexual assault is higher, sure. But I don't think this is what the post is referring to, so I may just be missing the point.

I am, however, astounded as to the comment that Darthson Yellow quoted. It seems to me rather anecdotal though, and is most likely a judgement formed on a lack of knowledge about the concrete situation, which is just stupid as opposed to discriminatory.

The isolation aspect is, I fear, unsolvable. You simply cannot expect asexuality to ever be equatable to sexuality, and thus there will always be the feeling of disparity which will have damaging manifestations to those more psychologically vulnerable. This is not a societal problem per se, it just has to do with the fact of being a minority - specifically a minority of a very particular kind, mainly in the context of something that is considered to be one of the essential aspects of human nature.