castielskywalker:

kingofaros:

Really tho, the most arophobic posts i find tend to be from actual literal terfs, and they’re going after aro het men specifically.

Arophobia from run of the mill ace exclusionists is bad, I won’t deny it. But with them, 90% of the time we’re an afterthought. They reduce our aromanticism to screwing and not calling the next day, and they often forget aro aces exist.

When radfems do it, they frame us as all being straight men who use women for sex at best, abusive men at worst. The think the idea of being a man attracted to women sexually but not interested in dating her means he’s preying on her. They don’t even mention aro women or aros who are not exclusively attracted to a different gender. “Aromantic” gets processed through their minds as “straight misogynistic men”.

But you know what ace exclusionists do when they see those posts? Some probably check the source, but others trust it cause it’s going after a-specs, and they reblog it cause they either don’t know thats a radfem or they don’t care. And if you criticize it? They’ll defend the radfem. Supposedly anti-terf ace exclusionists will defend a terf if said terf is talking negatively about aromantic people.

This is how radfem/TERF ideas spread. It’s insidious. Be aware of who you’re supporting.

I know I talked about this on my blog once but it was a while ago, so I’m gonna say it again. I have seen so many radfems blatantly state that aromantic allosexual people should undergo conversion therapy. Not like implying it, just outright saying that feeling sexual attraction without romantic attraction could only be proof of mental illness and that also aros need help.

I never once saw somebody combat those posts.