I feel that the “everybody fucks” mentality in sexual health/sexual education communities is dangerous to asexuals, people with low/no libido, or anyone else who has little/no interest in actually having sex for whatever reason.  Here’s why:  When the person sees that, they immediately think “oh, this isn’t a place/community for someone like me” and turn away.  

But sexual health is more than STDs and condoms and how to have sex without hurting each other.  It also has to do with diseases and defects which affect the reproductive system, or having unusual reproductive organs, and that can happen to anyone, sexually active or not.  So these people are feeling unwelcome in a place that has information they might NEED.

It’s also just another tacit reinforcement of society’s idea of “Everybody wants to have sex with somebody, and if you’re not interested, there’s something wrong with you.”  I get that “everybody fucks” is a nice snazzy catchphrase, but that’s not true sex positivity; sex positivity also respects your right to not be interested in sex.  I think they could come up with something better.

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