Asexuals And Sexuality

The very possibility of asexuality, because it is not something many people seem to relate to, could easily not be thought of by many people left to themselves.  There is nothing irrational about this on its own.  Still, any non sequiturs or assumptions people might have about asexuality, such as that asexuals would never sexually pleasure themselves, are completely avoidable by everyone, as are misconceptions embraced by asexuals about sexuality.  Yes, there are plenty of people who would likely never think about asexuality or sexual attraction, whichever is the opposite of what they experience, if it was not for social prompting, but it is always possible for people with either general kind of sexuality to completely understand what they do not experience.  One does not have to experience something to think about or understand it, as the most central truths of logic are what governs experience both metaphysically and epistemologically, and these are both inherently true and universally accessible.  Because of this, something that is in reality in one sense paradoxical is indeed logically possible: asexuals can fully understand sexuality, and vice versa.

Asexuals can understand sexuality, and someone who experiences sexual feelings and, more specifically, sexual attraction to other people can understand asexuality, as unrelatable as it might be for them.  Having or not having sexual attraction towards other people is not a logical prerequisite to discovering that sexuality is only one part of human nature and not the most foundational part, that it can be deeply pleasurable to the point of intense existential stimulation, that it is a significant philosophical topic for its moral and general metaphysical aspects, and so on.  To name but a few more examples, an asexual could realize with the help of reason, which is what non-asexuals would already be relying on if they truly understand sexuality themselves, that sexual attraction is not a gender-specific trait, that it cannot override someone's rationality and moral commitment, or that it makes a particular action like adultery or rape good just because it would be personally appealing for someone.

Truth about sexuality, as with truth about all things, is dictated by or confined by the laws of logic, and knowledge about these truths, though it might sometimes be prompted by experience, is obtained through logic as well.  Asexuals and people who do have sexual attractions alike can access reason, and thus neither has an advantage or disadvantage when it comes to discovering and understanding truths about sexuality--with the sole exception of how if everyone was asexual, even the physical functioning of their bodies might not necessarily spur them all to contemplate sexuality and find out what does or does not follow by logical necessity from given truths, concepts, experiences, or situations.  Inversely, even if some non-asexuals would need conversational or experiential prompting to realize that asexuality is possible, they are capable of discovering logical truths about asexuality, such as how it does not have to entail an aversion to sexuality.

Sexuality is far more than the somewhat aimless connection between sexual feelings and activities that it is often treated as, both by people who worship it or fear it.  Regardless of our sexual orientations, the same logical truths and moral issues are intertwined with sexuality, and no one has an excuse to ignore sexuality or make assumptions about it just because they do not personally experience some other possible mental state reported by others.  It is not the lack or presence of sexual feelings that makes sexuality epistemologically understandable.  For those who are not asexuals, it is not the mildness or intensity of sexual emotions that makes someone willing or able to grasp various philosophical facts about this controversial subject.  In all cases, it is reason: it is reason that reveals that sexuality is a vast, deep part of human nature, so thoroughly intertwined with human life that even if someone experiences no sexual attraction in any circumstances, they are still a sexual being on a bodily level.  Asexuals certainly do not appear to be anything but a minority, but they have the same capacity to know profound truths about sexuality as anyone who directly feels sexuality flare up in their hearts.