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Originally Posted by Freeshadow
@sirtel yes I meant exactly those, David and karellen nailed it.
Btw. taking into consideration how much other 'subsystems' of human behaviour are indirectly influenced by the sexual subsystem (eg. aggressivity) average humans must be pretty alienating for aro/ace people. Is it so? Is it like being Mr. Spock? I'm not mocking, it's just because there were times in my life when I knew I wasn't going to find any social contacts in sexual or romantic fields and thought it would be practical to be able to shut down it all temporarily.
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I guess it depends on the person. Me, I'm also exceedingly introverted (borderline autist, but not quite), so other people in general, their goals and interests often seem alien to me, and not only in romantic/sexual areas. But I'm sure there are socially active and outgoing aro/ace folks as well.
That said, I don't mind romances and sex scenes in books and movies - for me, they're pretty much like any other scene and can be interesting if well done or boring if not so well done. I don't necessarily want to read about people like me all the time - that would bore me to death.