First of all "hi!" *waving* It's good to see you. I respect your decision to take a break, BUT I'm human and I consider you a friend, and I miss you. So drop in from time to time, okay? (And not just when I piss you off).
Secondly, here's the thing; when you say you're asexual...what you really mean is celibate, right? You're still sexual in the sense that you're an intact female mammal. You were produced via normal mammalian sexuality as well (you were born, not hatched). So was your whole family. So was every puppy or kitten you ever owned (I'm only assuming). Even things that DO hatch are produced sexually...bird and bug, frog and fish. Now ~some~ frogs and fish can switch their gender, but still they produce male or female sex cells after they change, and reproduce in the usual way. Yeast simply buds, so that's completely asexual. I think some worms simply split themselves to reproduce, so they are asexual too. Still...even trees reproduce sexually, and flowers have male and female parts. My point is we live in a world that reproduces sexually. Almost every living thing has sexual dimorphism. Almost every living thing came from parents. It affects our physiology, it colors our relationships. It causes males to protect females, and provide for them, and (in higher animals) structure their societies in order to survive and prosper and reproduce. Wolf packs organize around the mated alpha pair, for instance, and every wolf feeds and protects and nurtures that union. We have family units because of sexual reproduction, and we share dna, yet each new birth is a new combination of that dna, so sex makes us diverse. Each of us is unique because of sex. You have grandma's eyes because of sex (maybe?)...I have my grandpere's artistic skills (I firmly believe that's genetic). Yeast buds and makes an exact genetic copy of itself, but most things reproduce sexually and it's the basic process that creates diversity in most living things...we are evolution in motion.
I don't happen to think there's a single thing wrong with celibacy. I don't think it's aberrant, or a crime against nature, or anything of the sort. If only heterosexually active people who reproduce are considered viable living beings, I think it'd be a damn shame and a pretty boring world. I love my gay friends and I think every one of them is an amazing unique being who has a lot more to offer the human species than just dna. I love my sister who has never married or gotten pregnant, and if she never does she still is a force of nature to be reckoned with. Despite trying, I can't have any more babies because my body isn't working right anymore, and I've lost the ability, so my dear husband who is good and smart and unique will never pass on his dna unless he dumps me...and he's not that kind of person. Our relationship is strong and we are devoted to eachother...I don't consider us invalid just because we can't reproduce.
Still, we live in a world of sexual reproduction. The world of "The Twelve Kingdoms" is a world where all living things are hatched from pods that grow on trees. Every animal, person, even divine beings and magical creatures come from pods. Yeah, I know...it's magic. :-) I should just shut up. I just can't help wondering how it would color every relationship right down to a personal level.
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Date: 2006-03-31 06:38 pm (UTC)Secondly, here's the thing; when you say you're asexual...what you really mean is celibate, right? You're still sexual in the sense that you're an intact female mammal. You were produced via normal mammalian sexuality as well (you were born, not hatched). So was your whole family. So was every puppy or kitten you ever owned (I'm only assuming). Even things that DO hatch are produced sexually...bird and bug, frog and fish. Now ~some~ frogs and fish can switch their gender, but still they produce male or female sex cells after they change, and reproduce in the usual way. Yeast simply buds, so that's completely asexual. I think some worms simply split themselves to reproduce, so they are asexual too. Still...even trees reproduce sexually, and flowers have male and female parts. My point is we live in a world that reproduces sexually. Almost every living thing has sexual dimorphism. Almost every living thing came from parents. It affects our physiology, it colors our relationships. It causes males to protect females, and provide for them, and (in higher animals) structure their societies in order to survive and prosper and reproduce. Wolf packs organize around the mated alpha pair, for instance, and every wolf feeds and protects and nurtures that union. We have family units because of sexual reproduction, and we share dna, yet each new birth is a new combination of that dna, so sex makes us diverse. Each of us is unique because of sex. You have grandma's eyes because of sex (maybe?)...I have my grandpere's artistic skills (I firmly believe that's genetic). Yeast buds and makes an exact genetic copy of itself, but most things reproduce sexually and it's the basic process that creates diversity in most living things...we are evolution in motion.
I don't happen to think there's a single thing wrong with celibacy. I don't think it's aberrant, or a crime against nature, or anything of the sort. If only heterosexually active people who reproduce are considered viable living beings, I think it'd be a damn shame and a pretty boring world. I love my gay friends and I think every one of them is an amazing unique being who has a lot more to offer the human species than just dna. I love my sister who has never married or gotten pregnant, and if she never does she still is a force of nature to be reckoned with. Despite trying, I can't have any more babies because my body isn't working right anymore, and I've lost the ability, so my dear husband who is good and smart and unique will never pass on his dna unless he dumps me...and he's not that kind of person. Our relationship is strong and we are devoted to eachother...I don't consider us invalid just because we can't reproduce.
Still, we live in a world of sexual reproduction. The world of "The Twelve Kingdoms" is a world where all living things are hatched from pods that grow on trees. Every animal, person, even divine beings and magical creatures come from pods. Yeah, I know...it's magic. :-) I should just shut up. I just can't help wondering how it would color every relationship right down to a personal level.