Rational rejection of interpersonal sex.

[AL the Inconspicuous]

(Whenever someone makes a crack about my sexuality on another thread, I will reply on this one instead.)

[...]  I doubt that he is trolling about all the pedo stuff, though.  [...]

All jokes aside, the only thing unusual about the mental ephebophilia which exists on the very periphery of my psychosexual framework is my willingness to discuss it openly, and only because irrational prejudices against this condition constitute the greatest threat to intellectual freedom on the Internet.  I wouldn't want to have sex with a teenager in real life even if you paid me to!  (OK, everyone has his price, but mine would be seven digits because my self-esteem is invested quite firmly in the fact that I never acted on those peripheral sexual urges, and never will.)

You mean send him one of those Thor horse dildos plus a lifetime supply of lube? Would this be acceptable his self proclaimed asexual ultimate philosophy of life?

No, it wouldn't be.  I have no sexual affinity for horses, nor for any other violations of my digestive system.  The lifetime supply of lube might be useful insofar as regular masturbation wastes less time and mental energy than total abstinence and all the psycho-chemical changes it brings (aggression, etc), but an asexual person lowers the importance of masturbation to resemble any other necessary bodily function, about as time-consuming and enjoyable as urinating, defecating, maxing out on the bench-press, or brushing my teeth.

[TimeLady Victorious]

ephebophilia does not exist, it should not be a paraphilia to be attracted to a sexually mature woman, or man

[AL the Inconspicuous]

Then there's no such thing as pedophilia.  I don't think anyone is actually attracted to kids under 12-13.  I've never seen kiddy porn that looked younger than that (though it's been almost a decade since I've last looked), and if you look at pedophile fiction (which isn't illegal (yet), but unfortunately it's more associated with homosexuality than I would have liked) you'll find that most of the subjects are high-school-aged teens.




In other news, I've been experimenting with adjusting my masturbation habits to my self-directed asexual psychology.  I deleted all my porn torrents, and, just as an experiment, I tried masturbating to a playlist of videos like this:

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... trying to watch and listen attentively instead of thinking about the sexual experience.  The idea here is to try to disassociate the mental and the physical, just as I can lift weights while watching the same political YouTube videos without necessarily thinking about my muscles, or like reading in the bathroom.  It took me about 10 minutes to reach an orgasm, and I quickly reacquired an erection, continued stimulating myself physically, and had another orgasm about 15 minutes later - which is all very typical for me.  I had some sexual thoughts during the process, of course, but I was trying to deemphasize them.  My loss of mental focus on the videos was significant, but not much more significant than when exerting myself with heavy dumbbells instead.

I'm still undecided if I should limit myself to 1 masturbation session and 1 orgasm per day, or maybe every other day, but mental disassociation away from pornography is definitely a good idea.  And it has the positive side-effect of making it ever-harder for government thugs to plant something on me - if I'm going to jail it's for tax resistance and nothing less!

[TimeLady Victorious]

Pedophilia is attraction to someone who is not sexually mature.

After the person is sexually mature . . . well, it's just a question of legality.

[Alex Libman]

One doesn't come across dramatizations of asexuality very often, but it was handled pretty well in an episode of Star Trek DS9 called The Forsaken.  From the script:

[Commander's office]

(doorbell)

SISKO: Come in. Yes, Odo.

ODO: Commander, I have a problem.

SISKO: Quark again?

ODO: No, sir, this one's named Lwaxana.

SISKO: Lwaxana Troi the Ambassador?

ODO: That's her. There was a minor incident at the bar that I helped her with, and now she's grateful.

SISKO: What's the problem?

ODO: The manner in which she expresses her gratitude. To be honest, Commander, she seems interested in me.

SISKO: What's wrong with that?

ODO: She's extremely aggressive.

SISKO: I see. So, she's after you.

ODO: Like a Wanoni tracehound.

SISKO: Have you thought of letting her catch you?

ODO: Sir?

SISKO: A little romance, Odo.

ODO: I have six pylons that need a complete security sweep. I don't have time for romantic interludes. Frankly, in my humble opinion, most of you humanoids spend far too much time on your respective mating rituals.

SISKO: It does help the procreation of one's species.

ODO: Procreation does not require changing how you smell, or writing bad poetry, or sacrificing various plants to serve as tokens of affection. In any event, it's all irrelevant to me.

SISKO: I'm sorry to hear that.

ODO: I would appreciate it if you would do something about this woman.

SISKO: Me?

ODO: Just tell her to leave me alone.

SISKO: Constable, you can handle thieves and killers but not one Betazoid woman?

ODO: I understand thieves and killers. I don't understand her.

SISKO: I can't help you, Odo.

ODO: I'm just trying to avoid a diplomatic incident. I don't want to insult the Ambassador.

SISKO: A reasonable concern. I suggest you handle the matter with great delicacy.

ODO: I don't handle delicacy very well.

[Robin Police]

I'm a crazy agoraphobic lesbian. Getting out of the house to check the mail once a day is an achievement for me.

Sexy potluck time.

[TimeLady Victorious]

I'm a crazy agoraphobic lesbian. Getting out of the house to check the mail once a day is an achievement for me.

Sexy potluck time.

Now das Madchen von Zeit is forced to go out every other weekday to look for a job.

You can only huddle in your parents' apartment for a certain time before they start wanting you to pay rent...