Doing this as a sort of exercise in dissecting my thoughts so I can have something coherent to tell my therapist lol.

  • FRANK
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    1 year ago

    Do you feel you relate well to other auto-zoos and asexual paraphiles, or do you feel alone at times? What’s it like engaging with either community given the other identity? What sort of criticism would you have for the larger paraphilic community and the vocabulary they use in discussing attraction?

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      1 year ago

      Well I only figured out I was an autozoophile like a week ago so I don’t know the answer to most of these. I relate to the one other asexual autozoo I know but I haven’t really explored the community. I think I’d feel alone either way, like I am right now. From what little I see of the paraphilia community there’s a heavy emphasis on writing out your sexual fantasies, and the asexual community is adamant about “you can be ace and still experience sexual attraction” but will MORE THAN LIKELY shun the likes of me. As for my criticism of the paraphilic community, I’d say there needs to be more discussion surrounding its intersection with asexuality, because I’ve been able to find next to nothing on the topic. We should also discuss paraphilias experienced through tertiary attraction!