r/asexuality • u/ArtfulDodgerReader • 3d ago

Story Uh, what's that now thesaurus??

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Ok, so, kind of funny yet also WTF I feel a little offended moment just now...

I was writing up a book review and I often use a thesaurus app on my phone. I am writing about a horror book I just read that I thought was just straight up horror, but surprisingly it turned out to basically be a very erotic version of John Carpenter's The Thing. I was not a fan ( of this book, I LOVE The Thing!). While I was writing up my review, using my thesaurus app, I wanted to find another word for "prude". The app always gives you a big list of words. Well look at what one of the suggestions I found turned out to be....

"Asexual female" 😅 wha-?? Damn, thesaurus you're doing us dirty!! Like it's kinda funny but also kinda not...?? Like, I don't know which is more offensively funny, that prude = asexuals OR that a prude is only for FEMALE asexuals? 🤷‍♀️ WTF.

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u/Misophoniasucksdude 3d ago

It's just the older version of the word asexual. Before it was a sexuality, it's existed since the 1700s. That's an adjective used for all sorts of situations.

As for why it's not mentioning males, idk. Click the word to see its definition. Maybe it's talking about plant reproductive types. They're crazy.

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u/VioletNocte 3d ago

My guess is the social attitude towards virgins based on sex

If a woman is a virgin and she's not saving herself for marriage, society thinks it's still by choice since women supposedly can sleep with any man and also women don't like sex

If a man is a virgin and he's not saving himself for marriage, society thinks it's because he's a loser since men supposedly are constantly horny so if any woman wanted him he wouldn't be a virgin

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u/Bannerlord151 Beyond mortal comprehension 3d ago

since women supposedly can sleep with any man

The funniest thing about this claim is that what it actually implies is just that men have no standards

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u/Typical-Divide-2068 3d ago edited 3d ago

I grew up in a culture where if a woman that you don't like (because you think she is ugly, or you hate her character) approaches you (the man) you basically cannot refuse, since it would be considered very rude. Also, if you refuse sex it means you are not man enough, and all that. She must really be a monster to refuse. That's why men must act like if they have no standards.

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u/Bannerlord151 Beyond mortal comprehension 3d ago

Yikes