Shockwave Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 I've noticed a few polls on here that ask what type of asexual you are but they usually give only two options - repulsed or neutral. I don't think it's really that black-and-white so I decided to make a poll that gives more options. I purposely left the question open to interpretation so feel free to post details about your feelings on sex if you want as well. This is specifically for asexuals so if you're sexual please click Not applicable. Link to post Share on other sites
CierraJo Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 I wasn't sure whether to select "mostly negative" or "very negative" - but I went with very because I had to really stretch my brain to think of a positive aspect of sex.l And still, I think that any positive aspects only really exist in movie * soap opera sex - not in real life, so I'll stick with very negative. Link to post Share on other sites
Hayley Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 I voted Very Positive. I wouldn't say that feeling is directed towards the sexual act as it is though, more to the pleasure it gives a lot of people. I'm relatively neutral towards the act itself. Link to post Share on other sites
bbctv Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 i said mostly positive - i've known enough sexual people who's attitudes towards sex and their partners were mostly linked to intimacy and mutual respect and love that i can't say sex is bad. i also, though, know too much about how sex is used to hurt people, but overall in life it seems a lot of people really enjoy it and it helps them bond. Link to post Share on other sites
Kamtoad Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 Pretty much neutral. Link to post Share on other sites
johnny Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 I almost voted positive but then I remembered how disgusting it actually is and went for neutral. Link to post Share on other sites
Næt. Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 I don't care as long as I don't know about it. So I guess I'm shade 'ignorance is bliss'. Link to post Share on other sites
Beardless Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 I went for neutral - I couldn't care less about it. Link to post Share on other sites
iff Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 i'm one of the dastardly indecisive neutrals a great man once said "with neutrals , you just don't know where you stand". no, wait, that was zapp brannigan. i rescind my comment about great man Link to post Share on other sites
Brit_in_Canada Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 You left out 'ambivalent', Shockwave. I am repulsed by sex in a similar manner to being repulsed by diarrhaea. However, I'm not a Puritan who is going to preach Revelations to sinners either, mainly because I'm an atheist and partly because I just ignore the fact that people I know may have had sex or diarrhaea the night before. Link to post Share on other sites
Shockwave Posted April 24, 2008 Author Share Posted April 24, 2008 You left out 'ambivalent', Shockwave. I am repulsed by sex in a similar manner to being repulsed by diarrhaea. However, I'm not a Puritan who is going to preach Revelations to sinners either, mainly because I'm an atheist and partly because I just ignore the fact that people I know may have had sex or diarrhaea the night before. Good point, but I had to think about where to add "ambivalent" on there. I decided to include it with "neutral" because they fall in the same area on the scale I'm using, even though they don't mean the same thing. Link to post Share on other sites
theimpossiblek Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 Are you referring to feelings about having sex personally? Or other people having sex? Or just the topic in general? If this is directed towards asexuals, I doubt the first question really applies. If my personal feelings toward sex were positive, would I really identify as asexual? As for the second- that would be a neutral/ambivalent. What people do is their business, not mine. As long as I don't have to hear them reaching climax from the bedroom below (shudder) I'm ok with others doing it... The topic in general is kinda intriguing from a scientific perspective. I may lean more towards the positive there... Link to post Share on other sites
waterbear Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 I self-identify as an antisexual, so "very negative" for me. That said I don't mind sex within very specific conditions, however even then I wouldn't say it adds anything. Link to post Share on other sites
Goonie Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 very positive here Link to post Share on other sites
Amcan Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 Very positive here. Especially for others. Link to post Share on other sites
Forensic Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 Mostly Meh, verging on 'ick'. Link to post Share on other sites
ghosts Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 If this is directed towards asexuals, I doubt the first question really applies. If my personal feelings toward sex were positive, would I really identify as asexual? Well, I enjoy sex, yet I still identify as asexual. Voted very positive - I'm assuming that the question referred to how you feel about the actual act of sex, regardless of whether you participate or not. Link to post Share on other sites
lonelyamoeba Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 Well, I voted "very negative" but...I do like having sex sometimes. It's just that I am unable to love or respect a person I've had sex with. It's weird, I know. Link to post Share on other sites
Shockwave Posted April 25, 2008 Author Share Posted April 25, 2008 I find the results so far very interesting. The fact that Neutral/Ambivalent is getting the most votes is not surprising but I was expecting more negative votes than positive votes. Link to post Share on other sites
Jin Kisaragi Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 Neutral to other people doing it, but myself it grosses me out and if it was going on in front of me or pornography was on, I'd run out of the room. So I clicked mostly negative. Link to post Share on other sites
Carsonspire Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 Purple. My feelings are purple. The thought of the act itself disgusts me, so in that sense, you could classify my feelings as very negative. However, the sociology and discourse surrounding the phenomenon fascinate me, and in that sense, could be classified as very positive. So yes, I stand by my answer of purple. Link to post Share on other sites
VirtuteKitty Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 I think sex is fine for other people to have, I just never want to experience it myself. Nor do I wish to have it pushed on me. Like Carsonspire, the sociology and psychology of sex are very interesting, I just never want to have to apply them to my own life :D That's why I put "mostly negative". Link to post Share on other sites
ily Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 Very ambivalent. Link to post Share on other sites
GreyCloud Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 Ambivalent. It goes from fascinating/intriguing/beautiful/positive to frustrating/uncomfortable/unpleasant/negative. Link to post Share on other sites
LaLunaVerde Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 For other people--fine, great, wonderful, very positive as long as it's mutually consensual and an expression of love and intimacy. Involving me and a male--very negative: ewwww no no no no *runs far away. Involving me and a female--more or less neutral I'm not sure what to vote. Link to post Share on other sites
Illusionary Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 I had a hard time choosing, but I finally decided on "Neutral/Ambivalent." I feel very strongly negatively about it in any way involving me. But for other people, I'm more neutral. I can see the positive aspects for others, but I in no way find it positive for myself--I find it quite disgusting, actually. Link to post Share on other sites
Wings of a Dream Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 I went for mostly negative. I don't like the idea of sex and if I have my way I'll never have it. However, I would be willing to try it if I was seriously in love with someone and they wanted it. Link to post Share on other sites
KAGU143 Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 Neutral. 'Been there, done that ... meh. It has its place and a lot of people seem to find it to be a positive thing, so, even though I don't "get it, I'm willing to give it the benefit of the doubt. -GB Link to post Share on other sites
Windmill Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 Forced positive. I don't enjoy the idea of sex. I do not like the feeling I get concerning sex. Because the feeling I get is a very negative feeling. But I myself do not rationally view sex as a bad thing, so my rationality wins. Its a positive thing, but it rules peoples lives far too much. So, yeah.. negative concerning me, but sex as a whole is a good thing, I recognise its a good thing, it brings people closer together, makes them feel good and creates life, so eh? Link to post Share on other sites
Guest the_random_squirrel Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 i voted neutral. i'm not keen on it, but people can do what they like, as long as its legal and doesn't involve me Link to post Share on other sites
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