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not to be That person but i feel like a lot of language used on aven is super clinical sounding. like how everyone refers to people as males or females, or to non-ace people as sexuals. like "she's a sexual female" or "I'm surrounded by sexuals." Calling people sexuals, especially, is just really dehumanizing imo. it sounds like everyone is talking about animals rather than other humans and it gives me the creeps. has anyone else noticed?
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From what I know of ace history, that term was last widely used a while ago. Maybe a decade ago? (don't quote me on that) Now it tends to be allosexual or allos. I guess I haven't looked at their "info pages" recently, so maybe their info is outdated? I definitely agree with your analysis of the term "sexual" being used to describe allos though and how it's dehumanizing. That's probably why the dialogue has shifted to allosexual or allo for short
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I think "clinical" is a good way to describe a lot of threads. I think it may come from the fact that regulars repeat the same thing over and over, and that becomes the jumping off point for newbies. But on the point of using "sexual" instead of allo, I recently saw a thread when sexual (most were also romantic) people explained they actually preferred that term, as well as romantic over allo.
https://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/170720-sexual-vs-allosexual/?tab=comments#comment-1062807812
It seems to me that allo is more of a chosen label and sexual is a general term. Not sure though, AVEN can be a bit of a mess.
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