We need a sexual revolution where both the decision to have sex and to not have sex are respected equally in upholding bodily autonomy.
We need a sexual revolution where the media depicts virginity as neither negative nor positive but rather as a non-sequitur—where the amount of sexual partners one has had (if any) does not define a person’s character.
We need a sexual revolution that depicts those who forgo sex, for whatever reason, as normal instead of jokes.
We need a sexual revolution that normalizes relationships that don’t involve sex and understands that they are just as important as those that do.
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We need a sexual revolution that allows everyone to refuse sex for any reason, without question or cajoling.
We need a sexual revolution that says it’s okay to deprioritize sex.
We need a sexual revolution that validates that some people live full and fulfilled lives without sex.
We need a sexual revolution that ends the use of the word “virgin” as an insult, as if there is something wrong with people who (like me) do not experience sexual attraction and do not wish to ever engage in sex.
That is the sex-positive sexual revolution society needs. An asexual revolution can provide society with those things, changing society for the better.
If sex without love can exist, why can’t love without sex?
This is the first part of a five-part series on asexuality at LGBTQ Nation in celebration of Ace Week. Come back every day at 9 a.m. to learn more about asexual people.
We need an asexual revolution