Chapter’s 6 and 7 of Women’s Voices, Feminist Visions discuss the important topics of Sex, Power, and Intimacy, as well as Reproductive Justice. Although there are many important things discussed in both of these chapters, I feel by far the most relevant topic to my own experiences, is around asexuality. Given my fairly low sex drive, and emphasis on other aspects of relationships (such as shared activities, and companionship), I can identify with some aspects of the asexual community. Besides my personal experiences, however, I commend the authors for bringing to light, and discussing key issues on this important topic.
By far the most relevant topic to me that chapter 6 discusses, revolves around asexuality. Asexuality is something that I have been interested in for a few years now, and feel like it is an often unrepresented orientation, and community. As the book goes on to highlight it is often presumed in Western …show more content…
If one takes queer to mean anything that differs from the conventions, and standard norms of society (as asexuality does by challenging the notion of universal human sexuality), than one could argue yes. However, the reading also makes an interesting counter argument. That for some within the asexual community, their relationships are not considered queer, or unconventional, but are instead fully in line with the conventional standards of society. My personal take on the questions of queerness within asexuality, is that it is indeed queer as an orientation. As previously stated, by radically challenging the notion of universal human sexuality, asexuality significantly differs from the norms of society. However, given that asexuality is an orientation is something that each person adopts on their own (and uses their own judgement do decide whether or not they are “asexual”), relationship wise, queerness is
By far the most relevant topic to me that chapter 6 discusses, revolves around asexuality. Asexuality is something that I have been interested in for a few years now, and feel like it is an often unrepresented orientation, and community. As the book goes on to highlight it is often presumed in Western …show more content…
If one takes queer to mean anything that differs from the conventions, and standard norms of society (as asexuality does by challenging the notion of universal human sexuality), than one could argue yes. However, the reading also makes an interesting counter argument. That for some within the asexual community, their relationships are not considered queer, or unconventional, but are instead fully in line with the conventional standards of society. My personal take on the questions of queerness within asexuality, is that it is indeed queer as an orientation. As previously stated, by radically challenging the notion of universal human sexuality, asexuality significantly differs from the norms of society. However, given that asexuality is an orientation is something that each person adopts on their own (and uses their own judgement do decide whether or not they are “asexual”), relationship wise, queerness is