Sounds Fake But Okay: An Asexual and Aromantic Perspective on Love, Relationships, Sex, and Pretty Much Anything Else

Summary

"Somehow, over time, we forgot that the rituals behind dating and sex were constructs made up by human beings and eventually, they became hard and fast rules that society imposed on us all."

True Love. Third Wheels. Dick pics. "Dying alone." Who decided this was normal?

Sarah and Kayla invite you to put on your purple aspec glasses—and rethink everything you thought you knew about society, friendship, sex, romance, and more.

Drawing on their personal stories, and those of aspec friends all over the world, prepare to explore your microlabels, investigate different models of partnership, delve into the intersection of gender norms and compulsory sexuality, and reconsider the meaning of sex—when allosexual attraction is out of the equation.

Spanning the whole range of relationships we have in our lives—to family, friends, lovers, society, our gender, and ourselves, this book asks you to let your imagination roam, and think again what human connection really is.

Includes audio exclusive commentary from the authors.