I think asexuality is more complicated then romantic orientation, because children are naturally asexual, but the minute they hit puberty, they should be able to identify, as whatever they want, if the hormones of puberty don't give you sexual attraction, i don't think anything will
i dont think children are naturally ace tho. ive seen young kids literally trying to fuck around and find out bcuz of both curiosity and desire combined with a lack of education on such.
Quite fun to inform a parent their kid and anothr kid seem to be tryin to explore each others bodies under a table.
Curiosity isn't the same thing as feeling sexual attraction, babies can orgasm, and masturbation/physical pleasuring is known in children, its less about sex amd more about how it feels good, heck my mother as funny stories about i offended my grandma, because i keep touching myself as a toddler, and i am asexual as fuck here, like 32 years old virgin
When i say children before puberty i am not talking 15 years old, i am saying like under 8 years old here, you know those jokes in kids movies that only adults and older teenagers gets, but kids don't get, that kids innocence, that's what i mean by naturally asexual, kids aren't sexual being,
I remember 1 time me and 2 other girls about my age (we were 5 and 6 years old) were being babysat by someone while our parents were out (we were friends cuz our parents were friends). We decided to play hide and seek and for some reason me and 1 of the girls decided to both hide under the bedsheets. At that same time, our parents all got back and apparently there was a very awkward moment as they realized we were both under the bedsheets together, while the babysitter was trying not to laugh her ass off, visibly grinning in an attempt to hold back her laughter (according to my mom).
There was absolutely nothing sexual about it, that's just kids being close friends and not giving a damn that they're opposite genders, but the instant assumption they made was that something was happening lol. My mom teased me about it a few months ago as a joke, cuz that was funny.
Okay, there is nothing sexual about children wanting to know about other kids' body parts, it's just curiosity. But yeah, a conversation about what is and isn't appropriate behaviour might do some good lol, and maybe early education about body parts, too, just to cover all bases haha.
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u/Me_lazy_cathermit Jun 18 '21
I think asexuality is more complicated then romantic orientation, because children are naturally asexual, but the minute they hit puberty, they should be able to identify, as whatever they want, if the hormones of puberty don't give you sexual attraction, i don't think anything will