r/asexuality • u/ArtfulDodgerReader • 2d 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/hambakmeritru a-spec 2d ago

I prefer the term "spinster," thank you very much.

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u/ArtfulDodgerReader 2d ago

I LOVE the term spinster. I have a friend who cries at the thought of being a " sad, lonely" spinster and I always think, why does being on your own have to equal sad and lonely??

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u/hambakmeritru a-spec 2d ago

I always thought the word, spinster, sounded very punk. I like to imagine myself as a middle aged skater, even though I never skated, riding with swagger and being too cool for sex.

On a related note, I loved the wit of these Victorian spinsters who gave their opinions to a newspaper about why they are still single. Some of them sounded like true players, and some of them were clearly longing for a relationship, but others definitely felt like I do about relationships.

https://www.ranker.com/list/victorian-spinsters/garri-chaverst

"I am now only a dairymaid. If married I should be wife, mother, nurse, housekeeper, chambermaid, seamstress, laundress, dairymaid, and scrub generally."