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logically-asexual:

first tweets of a thread by @CantonWiner: My paper on the relationship between asexuality and feelings of detachment from gender just won the 2023 Graduate Student Paper award from @socwomen-South! I’m thrilled to see this work recognized by a feminist organization. A quick summary of the paper: My findings are based on interviews with 77 people on the asexuality spectrum. At first, I planned to compare the experiences of asexual men, women, and “beyond the binary” asexuals. I had to scrap that plan. Why? About 1/3 of interviewees felt detached from gender altogether. These respondents often gave a gender identity when I initially asked. But as we talked, I learned that they felt uncomfortable with being interpreted through the lens of gender. They found gender presentation/identity to be irrelevant, pointless, or even oppressive.ALT

i feel so seen!!

(twitter thread)