Zashi
Since: Feb, 2010
Jan 22nd 2012 at 7:18:17 AM
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What if a character is Asexual but also has a Paralyzing Fear Of Sexuality? I don't why, but the description seems to imply that they're mutually exclusive. I reckon it would be kind of rare but not impossible to have both. Thoughts?
Edit: Never mind, I just read it more thoroughly and now I get what the trope is about, more exactly. But still, what would you call it when an Asexual character, due to, say, being abused in the past, has a fear of all things sexual?
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jarxon6
Since: Apr, 2012
Apr 23rd 2013 at 11:00:31 AM
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Likely that's more this trope. If it represses there sex drive, it's asexualilty. If it just leaves them afraid of there sex drive, it's this.
So the article's first paragraph says:
... Except the rest of the article (including and especially the paragraph right after this one) clarifies that a person can have any number of reasons to be nervous about sex, with Internalized Categorism being far from the only one. They could just be nervous, they could be insecure, they could be facing rape-induced trauma, et cetera.
But the opening paragraph seems to hammer in the point that this trope arises from people being judgemental prudes who just hate sex, despite the rest of the article clarifying that this isn't the case.
So which is it?
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