Ace and Aro Journeys by The Ace and Aro Advocacy Project

Author:The Ace and Aro Advocacy Project
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Published: 2023-04-21T00:00:00+00:00

The same labels exist for romance within the aro community, and these labels can be useful when thinking about potential relationships or partnerships and the activities that someone is open to participating in.

Processing Negative Feelings

There are many negative feelings that aro and ace people may have to process when coming to terms with their identities. In the responses to our questionnaires, ace and aro people discussed negative feelings around their orientations, and their responses could generally fit into a few main themes, listed below.

While some or even many of those feelings may persist or reemerge throughout life, understanding, rejecting, or moving past them is an important part of embracing an ace or aro identity. Many of these experiences will overlap in category, but it can be helpful to think about them in specific contexts to better understand their impacts. Some of these experiences are similar to the roadblocks in Chapter 6 and can be overcome in the same way.

Many of the negative feelings stem from amatonormativity and compulsory sexuality, both of which impact some people and communities more than others. In particular, amatonormativity is a tool of white supremacy and the patriarchy, stigmatizing non-white and non-Western forms of relationships, as well as reinforcing toxic gender roles and attitudes.3

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