Quote Originally Posted by Thatperson View Post
Lseadragon, when I said asexuality what I meant was, the thing wikipedia calls "Hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD)". And on the article it does say So Asexuality (or HSDD) is considered a sexual dysfunction but homosexuality is not? Double standards?

As you seem to know the difference could you please clarify for me the difference between HSDD and Asexuality? They seem identical to me :S


EDIT: Oh Dear. Upon further reading it appears that the Asexual lobby are trying to get HSDD removed as a disorder.
It's not a disorder in my opinion and the dsm criteria are no where near perfect tools for psychological diagnoses. Many people who would be considered disordered according to the DSM would argue against such a label. Many people are impacted in a disproportionately negative way by poorly construed diagnoses criteria. Look up Dr. John Breeding for more information on how our identities and individualities are put at serious risk by psychiatrists, ignorant people, conspiratory entities and self-proclaimed psychology know-it-alls.
One of the key points Dr Breeding makes is that average in a statistical sense (which has a large impact on our behaviour) does not exist in people. It exists between them. That is to say people might converge on a mean, but no one can be statistically average. And also, means vary based on the sample and the time. They are contingent and subject to change. There are always people who aren't average and diversity is compromised more and more by labels and stigmatisation. Also note that the use of psychiatric drugs has increased massively in recent times, but there has been no real change in suicide rates, delinquency rates or many other rates supposedly connected to mental disorders to correlate with the increased use of medication.
i apologise if this is slightly off topic, but I think this stuff should be brought to people's attentions.