Yes, yes, yes.

Last night’s episode of House featured an asexual couple, but in a way that may have harmed discussions of asexuality more than helped them. 

A woman comes in with an illness and Dr. Wilson suggests she take a pregnancy test. This leads to her revealing that she and her husband are asexual - they cuddle and kiss, she says, but they have no interest in sex. Dr. Wilson reads up on asexuality, telling House that it’s a legitimate orientation with which 1% of the population identify, but House is unconvinced.

He spends the rest of the episode looking for a biological reason why this couple doesn’t want to have sex, and eventually he does! The woman’s husband has a tumor that lowers his libido and gives him ED, and she plays along to make him happy. 

There are a number of reasons why this was a terrible route for the show to take. The asexuality episode has been hyped up for a while now and advocates were certainly looking forward to some kind of medical evidence to prove to nonbelievers that asexuality is, in fact, a thing.

Instead, the writers of House made it into a punch line, implying that there’s something “wrong” with asexual people or that they’re just lying to themselves and the world. And I’m personally not OK with that. Linked above is a reaction from an asexuality blog about the episode - this person clearly isn’t happy either. 

As we know, I overreact to things, so I’d love to hear your thoughts. Did anyone watch the episode or read highlights? What did you think?

Ignorance hurts. Even if you don’t know much about asexuality, start here to learn. 

lillithxlotus asked: Is it possible to be biromantic and bisexual at the same time? I've been attracted to both men and women for as long as I can remember, but I've never been in a sexual relationship with either, or look forward to it.

If you’re attracted to men and women romantically and sexually, bisexual should pretty much cover it. My knowledge of the term biromantic is that it applies to an asexual person who’s romantically but not sexually attracted to both sexes. Basically, bisexual (to me) implies physical and emotional attraction, whereas biromantic (again to me) implies just emotional attraction. So no, I don’t believe you can be both at once. However, others may disagree with me.