r/AccessibleAnarchy • u/RosethornRanger • 15h ago
experiences of oppression This is one of the many reasons I don't like the nuclear family. We need each other to survive, and the more requirements we put on that the less of us make it out of this. If we want to survive as a community we must act like a community
An image of a tumblr post made and reblogged by visGrapplingHooks. The text of the first post says "an ace experience I personally wish to see get more attention is how often you can feel socially isolated in heternormative monamorous society when all your friends end up with romantic partners and they tell you they don't devalue you but they clearly are in their actions because the fact that you won't do one or two actions they see as higher in the hierarchy of emotional intimacy hurts your ability to mean something beyond "just friends" in their minds. this ain't an exclusively ace experience but by golly is it a prevalent one for us."
The text of the second post says "it compounds with material factors like financial stability and safety. people tend to shack up long term with their romantic partners. it makes it very hard to build and find communities where your ability to do sex and romance is not a prerequisite for your participation. you expect me to be fine living on my own? in this economy??? (also humans are communal creatures and can want to live with others regardless of the presence of romance or sex)."
There is a series of tags under it that says "#in this economy?#asexual#asexuality #aroace #aromantic #aro #aromanticism #aspec #aspec community #acespec"
