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2019-12-18
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Aromantic Analogies-Aro Poems/Prose

Summary:

A collection of poems and prose I've written, regarding asexuality, aromanticism, and my experiences as a person who identifies as both.

Notes:

I recently discovered that I'm asexual aromantic and want to write some poems about my aromantic experiences to spread some knowledge about what being aromantic feels like and give some representation!
Some questions to get you started if you son't know what aromantic means/what it is make up the first chapter. I will probably add more if I think of any.

(See the end of the work for more notes.)

Chapter 1: Questions and Answers-not poetry/prose

Chapter Text

  1. What is "aromantic"?    Take the word apart and you have the two pieces "a" and "romantic". The prefix "a" means not and romantic is romantic. It literally means "not romantic".
    A person who identifies as an aromantic experiences little to no romantic attraction. They can be repulsed by the idea of being in a romantic relationship, be open to it, or simply disinterested. This is also a spectrum, where some people's lack of/romantic attraction varies. These people identify as "arosepc" which is short for aromantic spectrum.
    Aromantic is not the same as asexual.

 

  1. What is romantic attraction?   Romantic attraction" is a response that most people experience in which they have a desire for a romantic relationship with the person(s) that caused the reaction. This is not the same as sexual attraction or aesthetic/physical attraction, where someone finds sexual attraction to someone or is attracted to someone's appearance respectively.

 

Here is a link to the AVEN definition for the term!
http://wiki.asexuality.org/Aromantic