Difficult to maintain a sense of gender.
The Raven wrote…
As an asexual, I find it difficult to maintain a sense of gender. I look at people and I see the way spines curve and the way they move when they talk. I see gleaming eyes and vivid lips, collarbones and hands. I see so many beautiful people every day, and I wish they knew how amazing they are, that their sex, their gender means nothing in the face of the living works of art that are human beings.
What’s your experience?
Posted by julian on November 9th, 2009 at 08:00 am
Category: your voice 12 comments »
November 9th, 2009 at 8:12 am |
I wonder if Jesus looked at people with your eyes?
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November 9th, 2009 at 8:32 am |
Thank you for reminding me just how beautiful humanity can be.
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November 9th, 2009 at 1:25 pm |
I think he did.
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November 10th, 2009 at 12:08 am |
How true. Hands are always what I notice. Such amazing, finely tuned pieces of biomachinary…
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November 10th, 2009 at 10:54 am |
I completely agree with this statement. I often find myself viewing people outside of the constraints of gender. I find myself look at a person and utterly astonished by how beautiful they are. Of course this beauty is completely seperate of their gender. In fact, many times the person’s gender is ambiguous to the common viewer.
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December 20th, 2009 at 3:59 pm |
This is exactly how I see things, which is interesting, since I’m asexual as well.
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December 21st, 2009 at 10:04 am |
are you really, alex? we should talk via aven. ravenofroses is my moniker. come find me.
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December 21st, 2009 at 12:07 pm |
Okay. I actually don’t have an account on that yet. I was planning to make one… but I forgot. ^.^”’ I’ll do that now.
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December 21st, 2009 at 4:01 pm |
ha, wonderful. aven is a fun place to be. very supportive, so long as you don’t get dragged down into the drama that always comes with online communities.
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December 21st, 2009 at 7:33 pm |
Yup. But even the drama can make things more interesting.
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March 15th, 2010 at 1:55 am |
Sexual people do seem to get too caught up in the sex of people to really appreciate human beauty.
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March 15th, 2010 at 6:04 am |
I agree. Also, it makes things frustrating when people ask you what you’re attracted to; sometimes all you can say is “their personality” or “I don’t know” and brace yourself for confused looks.
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