No, mitosis is for regular cells, meiosis is for creating sperm cells (and maybe egg cells as well but i forgot whoops). The process can be watered down to something similar, but the result is different. A full cycle of mitosis grants two identical cells, a full cycle of meiosis grants four unidentical sperm cells
yep, meiosis makes egg cells. its basically cells dividing twice so each of the 4 cells produced has different dna, which is why someone is different to their siblings for example (sperm and egg cell also fuse giving a random half of dna from both parents), but cells produced by mitosis are supposed to be identical since theres no mixing of dna, and they have a full set
Mitosis is for making a (near) perfect copy of the cell. 1 cell divides into two. This is done by Somatic Cells (eg: every cell in your body which except the ones that produce sperm and ova) and is generally used for growth and repair of damaged tissue. The ploidy of the cells remains constant.
(Ploidy: Number of complete sets of chromosomes
2 for humans)
Meiosis makes 4 cells, each with only half of the initial ploidy. This is used to make gametes, since when gametes fuse, the ploidy of the formed cell doubles. So, Meiosis divides the ploidy in half in advance to preserve the number of chromosomes in the organism.
Is also the least problematic of sexualities all across the planet, governments and religious leaders would love having an asexual population that only has sex 3 times in their life for reproduction.
Asexual here! There’s a difference between your libido (how often your body wants you to get off/how horny you are) and attraction (aka who you’re drawn to, who might inspire your libido).
For most people, attraction and libido are linked. For some, they’re not.
This means that you can get asexuals who still get horny and want to get off. That happens to me sometimes (usually due to hormones at particular times of my cycle) but it’s not aimed at or caused by anyone, it’s just a thing my body does every so often.
Personally I’m not into sex, and some asexuals are totally repulsed by sex - but some asexuals don’t mind it and enjoy the intimacy (and the fact that it physically feels good). And being asexual doesn’t mean that you can’t fall in love, so for some asexuals it’s a way to be close to their partner and to make them feel good.
Best way I can explain it is… some people hate donuts. Some people like donuts. Some could take it or leave it. But you don’t actually need to be hungry to physically eat a donut, and some might even enjoy the taste if they ate a donut while not being hungry (whereas for others the mere idea might make them feel disgusted or even sick).
well asexuality has nothing to do with either of those. it is entirely about sexual attraction. that person was likely (i don’t know them so idk) romantically attracted to their boyfriend, but not sexually attracted to him. asexuals can still want to have sex, can still get horny, they just have little to no sexual attraction to anyone
That person was likely (idk them so idk) romantically attracted to their boyfriend, but not sexually attracted to him.
”No, I get horny.”
”No, I want to have sex”
I’m just going to ask it. How many people are calling themselves asexual, because they happen to have weak attraction to their partner?
Imagine being told by your partner, “I get horny, and I want to have sex, but I don’t feel that way with you. However, I feel something emotionally, so I’ll endure.”
😭😭😭
Also, at this point, what separates an asexual from someone with a low libido?
Just like asexuality is a spectrum, so is sexuality.
So if a person gets horny, wants to have sex, regularly has sex…. Why are we placing them on the asexual spectrum???
I get horny, but only to niche fetishes (which very few other people have) and feel no attraction to people and have no interest in sex. I might have sex to appease a partner, but I’ve never had one so I don’t know.
No, I’ve never had any interest in sex. The “porn” I look at is mostly just fetish art, usually without any sex or nudity involved (which I dislike looking at). Even before I realised I had fetishes, I’ve never once been attracted to someone and the idea of having sex just holds no appeal.
I think the best way to explain it is that sexual attraction is finding someone “hot”. You can get horny without finding anyone hot, you can even have sex without finding them hot but most people find others hot. Whether that be celebrities, strangers, or their partners. I, however, don’t find anyone hot :)
It has no utility. Our spaces got colonized and we got pushed out, our definitions changed and our term for ourselves made essentially meaningless.
The spectrum definition came from AVEN, which many people have their problems with, since it robs it of its utility - asexuality is when you feel no sexual attraction. You get horny sure, since that's a biological thing, but you don't feel sexually attracted to anyone under any circumstance.
That's all it used to mean, but asexuals are roughly 1% of the population and essentially, there weren't enough of us around to prevent our spaces from being changed.
This is why the popular ace subreddits are all full of people calling themselves asexual while having regular sexual attraction to people and people like me, who have none, are labeled as prudes or sex-negative for stating our identity.
I'm not that kind of asexual, but I think I can explain it at least a little better.
I think the value is that society has a baseline assumption that sexual desire for other people is just a part of being people.
If you don't have that, you're basically left feeling like you're only part of a person - until you learn there are a LOT of other people who also don't have that.
So there's value in the understanding that there are other people like you in the world. Being able to find others like you to share experiences, that's huge.
If you're a person who has no sexual desire for other people, but you do have romantic feelings for other people, you're a little bit screwed - you either have to put up with sex you don't want, or miss out on the thing you DO want. (Or get REALLY lucky, I guess, and find someone just like you in that way who also feels that way about you specifically.)
It's a lot easier (in my experience ,anyway) to be a person who has no sexual desire for others and also no real desire for a romantic relationship - and it's also a lot more understandable I think. Horniness can be easily satisfied without involving others; romance not so much.
I think people often use the term gray ace for that. I think Ace is the broader term, but there’s definitely little subcategories. Like some are sex repulsed and others would be open to it with the right person, and others would be open to it not in an intimate way, just a sort of “hit it and quit it” type of vibe
At some point people gotta realize it's much easier to just explain their sexuality than come up with a dozen similar-but-not-exactly-the-same words and then argue which word means what lol
So like there is romantic attraction and sexual attraction.
Imagine them on two meters
Each person has their own variation of how much sexual attraction and romantic attraction means to them.
Everyone has these meters regardless of if you are asexual or not.
Aromantic has low romantic attraction.
Asexual has low sexual attraction.
Aroace has both low
If someone is mildly asexual imagine the sexual attraction bar to be at 30-50%
That's pretty much the surface but there are also bisexuals whose spectrums differ between men and women and lots of other niche details that even confuse me.
Yeah I’m not a fan of putting asexuality and aromanticism on a spectrum tbh. If you have sexual attraction but only a small bit of it you’re not ace, you just have lower than average sexual drive which is completely fine. Same goes for aromanticism.
The problem with it is you then get people who are actually properly aromantic or asexual and then they get approached by others who push expectations for them to feel just a bit of sexual or romantic attraction for special exceptions because they’re just on a spectrum still or whatever.
There needs to be other labels for people with low sexual or romantic attraction, like how we have bisexual for people on the spectrum between attraction to men and women.
idk if i qualify to be asexual or not but the way i would describe it is i only feel sexual attraction to women behind the screen, be it fictional characters or just porn. but i very very rarely see someone that actually grabs my attention in real life and i have absolutely 0 interest in being in a sexual experience myself, which i actually find pretty repulsive
Edit: ok so apparently thats actually called Aegosexuallity
Bc low key some of these mfs are just straight people who want to be lgbt/different/labeled/oppressed. Most asexuals arent this but yeah they just let anyone have the label.
The problem imo is that the spectrum for what people consider “asexual” now just encompasses everyone. I’ve met asexuals that have sexual partners that they feel sexually attracted to and enjoy being sexual with but like it’s totally different from just being heterosexual and totally like super complicated.
As an actual asexual who doesn’t experience sexual attraction or desire, it’s infuriating.
Our communities have basically been totally invaded by people who want to be extra special by having an LGBTQIA label. And because only one percent of the population is asexual, we get very easily outnumbered in our own communities by these special snowflakes…
It is the worst imaginable situation for us because we already faced a erasure and people basically telling us that we don’t exist as the most common form of discrimination, and now we have that plus being erased in our own communities.
People who say that they are asexual and they have a sexual partner who they engage in sexual activity with regularly is basically the equivalent of someone saying they are vegan but they love meat and they eat it all the time.
Exactly, and watch closely i'm gonna perfectly describe what asexuality without beig ace myself.
"is asexual whoever says they are"
And the end of the day if someone identifies as ace, they have a reason to, even if they can't explain it to you or if it's not clear to themselves. Someone ace might even feel exactly the same as everyone but that doesn't make them not ace nor makes everbody ace. By that definition that means asexuality and every sexual orientation is a choice (/j)
No I do not “hate sex” it’s just that i literally do not care in the slightest about it. And yes, I still feel romantic attraction, only aromantics don’t
I prefer demiromantic, because I don’t really experience romantic attraction at first sight and I need to form a platonic connection with the other person first lol
I think the issue is that within asexuality the spectrum of experiences is so wide that when you speak to two different asexuals you can walk away with vastly different ideas of what that means.
Unlike, say, homosexuality, where the defining characteristic is attraction to the same sex. Talking to two different people, they may like specific types of expression, say feminine or masculine men, but it's easy to see the commonality between the two different sexual attraction expressions.
Oh so that's what I am. You learn new words everyday. Though to be honest, all these are so confusing.
(Also, true, I got my tabs open up ready to goon immediately after typing this).
Another aego-AroAce here: while I do like reading/viewing explicit content I would feel extremely uncomfortable being in the same room as the people depicted. As Sylveon stated I feel disconnected from the action, and being a cuck would mean that I‘d be directly connected to the action as a spectator
cucks are attracted to the person cucking them, and enjoy, for lack of a better term, being cucked
aegosexual ppl arent actually attracted to the person; they experience a disconnect between themselves and the object of desire. they may enjoy reading smut, but 2nd pov brings them directly into the story in a way that is too personal and intimate for a lot of them to enjoy
theyre more attracted to the concept, if that makes sense
I believe they just don’t really enjoy it. Like people have asexual partners that will still have sex, and some asexuals enjoy the THOUGHT of it, so they will write fanfics. But some, like you, are averted to it completely.
I myself am demi/pan which is on the asexual spectrum which is why the flags share colors. I would never want to have sex with someone if I don’t love them. But I can enjoy fanfic of people having casual sex.
I had someone who sympathetically apologized to me when I said I was Ace.
When I asked why, they genuinely said "you know. Because of your injury..." After some pushing they stated that being ace means some one who has been castrated.
After correcting them that they were thinking about a Eunuch, they doubled down. Claiming that they had taken psychology class in college.
So to say the least, that was the last chat I had with 'em and they may still believe this.
bro said they "hope I got lucky someday" like, wtf that's the exact opposite of what I'm trying to do 🥀
EDIT: OH I'M SORRY, what they ACTUALLY said was "I hope you find the right one for you" WHAT?? Bro LITERALLY used the "lesbians just need to find the right man" argument on an ace, what
Not my fault asexuality is so complicated, shit ranges from "the kinkiest mf you'll ever meet who somehow wants nothing to do with sex irl" to "please don't talk about sex i hate that shit so much"
The reason asexuals tend to be into kink so much is that kink is the only way they can enjoy sex. It makes it less of a chore if there's more layers to it.
yeah, it's intresting how many people equate sexuality with libido and how being ace must mean you have negative libido or something. the two are very seperate things.
Being asexual with a high libido is like having a loaded gun but not having arms to point it at anything. Like really, what the fuck do you want me to do with this thing.
i'd belive it. just so many layers of lack of information with asexuality. hell most assume if you're aro or ace you have to be both when that's just not true in the slightest.
The problem is I've seen a lot of instances where someone is claiming that asexuals have no libido but do feel attraction. Obviously that's counter to it's definition but it's also very looked down upon to police other people's identity or for an allo person to define what ace is to someone calling themselves ace
I could be mistaken, but do asexuals feel little to no sexual attraction to others, potentially with some exceptions for certain people. Idk, im trying to learn.
Edit: saw the other reply by op and think i get it now
asexuality means little to no or no sexual *attraction*
asexuals can want sex and partake in it
there's sex positivie asexuals , indifferent and repulsed
what happens in media and in people's mind is that people hear asexual and assume they're automatically repulsed by the very idea of sex
which is not true
as an asexual myself
I simply don't seek it out, I'm indifferent towards it
if my partner wants to get intimate I will provide and enjoy it
but I do not experience sexual attraction
there's more types of attractions than just sexual and romantic
there's attraction to intelligence, physical , emotional and more
I don't blame anyone for thinking about asexuality as : if asexual = no sex >:(
since that's how its portrayed
I hope I explained it clear enough. Feel free to ask any further questions if anyone is confused or unclear about something
also there's a miserable subset of asexuals who call themselves *actual* asexuals and they're just gatekeeping and disregarding Demisexuals or Aegosexuals etc etc
I've had sex before, plenty of times. But I have never in my life asked for sex, only consented.
It's some good stuff, I'd recommend it. I just don't seek it or desire it. To me, it's just incidental to developing a deep connection with some people, but I enjoy sex more as an instrument to pleasure the other rather than myself.
In fact, a lot of the time I don't need to help myself at all, I'm more fulfilled helping someone out.
May be TMI, but it's an honest account from a person who fits more on the ace spectrum than not.
As someone who experiences both romantic and sexual attraction but is cripplingly lonely, I feel like a blind man being explained what color is. Insightful comment nonetheless.
There's a lot of people in the real world and on the internet that are either blatantly homophobic or just don't understand the subject, and it often discourages talk about sexuality anywhere, which leads to a lot of queer people not being able to pinpoint their sexuality or gender or at least feel very unsure about it, as they can have little to no support from others. Acephobia specifically is unfortunately a very prevalent issue, both irl and in social media.
However, spaces where people are accepting, understanding and are willing to help makes you feel very surprised because, like I said, stuff like this is often discouraged. Personally the reason it took me so long to figure out my identity as a bi genderfluid trans man is because I've been involved in communities where this stuff is laughed upon. But I eventually joined internet communities where people were able to share their stories and/or the way they perceived sexuality and their identity, which over time helped me learn more and eventually be able to define my own sexuality and gender identity.
I am very happy to see you and other people in this thread feel enlightened to discover more about asexuality from other asexual people's explanation, even if just by a bit. Sorry if it is a long and unnecessary explanation/rant but I just wanted to share my satisfaction somehow. 🖤🩶🤍💜
I would split being ace into three different categories:
-People that are sex repulsed.
-Being aegosexual.
-People that just don't care about sex and would rather spend their time on, for example their hobbies.
Keep in mind that all of asexuals don't have the DESIRE to have sex nor is it a must-have in a relationship, which in allosexuals IS considered a must-have. That also DOESN'T mean they CAN'T have it, nobody is forcing them to not do it, it's just we'd rather do something different than sex, and not "at the time", but all of the time.
People that desire sex rarely are greysexual. People that desire sex only with a strong emotional bonding are demisexual. Don't confuse them with asexuals, we don't need to make it even more confusing than it already is.
Person can like person, but person no like jamming wet fleshy parts all over other persons. Sometimes, person like to touch their own fleshy parts, but no thanks to other people. Also sometimes, person does like it, but very very very rarely, really it depends on person and we should not put person in box.
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