Antisexualism

Antisexualism is a term that describes either,

• the views of someone who is antagonistic towards sexuality;
• or a movement against all forms of sexuality.

People involved in, and proponents of, the movement may be described as "antisexual". In pre-modern times, antisexualism was usually expressed in religious terms, but it now also occurs as a secular social reform agenda. Most antisexual people believe that sexuality is a kind of addiction resulting in both physical and social effects, that it disrupts relationships, and causes people to lie and cheat to achieve the pleasure of sexual gratification. An antisexual person who refuses to have sex is considered to be a celibate or an antisexual celibate and is not necessarily asexual. Some antisexual people believe sexuality to be the cause of many of the world's problems. Antisexuals can also be opposed to the idea of romantic love, with some describing it as an "addiction to a person".

Reasons for antisexualism

The antisexual movement promotes antisexualism as a way of life. Antisexuals are not necessarily asexual, but the reasons for their antisexuality are often based on their reasoning or morals. A few of the claims some antisexuals make include:

• Sexuality can complicate relationships (as when people are hostile towards each other because they are sexually attracted to the same person).
• Sex may hinder one's spiritual development (example of a non-secular argument).
• Sexual desire can cause people to place primitive instinct ahead of intellect (people across the world continue to have unsafe casual sex despite their awareness of the dangers of STDs, for example).
• Sexuality asserts itself in the human mind by releasing neurochemicals comparable to addictive drugs into the brain.
• Sexual desire can cause people to lie and cheat in the pursuit of sexual relationships.
• Sexuality can lead to discrimination, based on perceptions of sexual immorality and intolerance of certain sexual preferences (Homophobia, for instance).
• Sexual desires could be false assumptions that are foisted on you by society, hence you may need to look at how your sexuality is ideologically and institutionally constructed.
• Sexuality, which is usually based on the notion of physical attractiveness, encourages and justifies obliviousness to the unfairness of discrimination against people who are deemed unattractive by others.
• There is no difference between consent and coercion; sex is a means of oppression.
• There is a link between unrestricted reproduction, resource depletion, and environmental decay. *This is a position ideologically connected to deep ecology.
• Mother roles are a construct used to subjugate women, hence they oppose procreation. This argument chimes with certain feminist and queer theories (lesbian and Green feminism), but not others.
• Male-dominated families can be a harmful entity for society, which is similar to the theory of Marx and Engels that male-dominated family structures which reduce females to objects of reproduction and household chores are more a form of prostitution than one of the ethical family values.
• Sexual behavior evolved for human reproduction. If life is more a burden than a joy we do a service to would-be offspring by not having them. Human existence should be phased out.

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