The following might seem strange to most:
I would like to be genetically engineered in such a way that I become completely asexual. I'd rather get my pleasure from taking some relatively safe drug (something that's yet to be synthesised, something unlike heroin) than from someone else's body, directly or indirectly. Being a heterosexual male, I'm obviously attracted to women. But I wish I weren't. No, I do not wish I were gay. I just wish I didn't have any sexual feelings at all. And no, I'm not going to castrate myself (and then be ostracised by society), physically or chemically, in order to achieve that end.
I do not like being attracted to anyone. It sort of puts the person you're attracted to on a higher pedestal, especially when they're not attracted to you at all (I know this is more an argument from my own ego than from rationality, but the satisfaction of my ego is fundamental to my happiness) . It distorts objectivity. You tend to judge people based on their physical beauty rather than objectively.
One might argue that sexuality is wonderful and is the basis for a lot of art, music, literature etc. But there are a lot of other things in life that can spawn art, music and so forth. I'd rather give sex a miss.
Have any of you ever thought anything along these lines?
Of course, all of this is hypothetical. I still like hot chicks and beer.
* Yes, I do realise this is a pretty weird thing to talk about.
I would like to be genetically engineered in such a way that I become completely asexual. I'd rather get my pleasure from taking some relatively safe drug (something that's yet to be synthesised, something unlike heroin) than from someone else's body, directly or indirectly. Being a heterosexual male, I'm obviously attracted to women. But I wish I weren't. No, I do not wish I were gay. I just wish I didn't have any sexual feelings at all. And no, I'm not going to castrate myself (and then be ostracised by society), physically or chemically, in order to achieve that end.
I do not like being attracted to anyone. It sort of puts the person you're attracted to on a higher pedestal, especially when they're not attracted to you at all (I know this is more an argument from my own ego than from rationality, but the satisfaction of my ego is fundamental to my happiness) . It distorts objectivity. You tend to judge people based on their physical beauty rather than objectively.
One might argue that sexuality is wonderful and is the basis for a lot of art, music, literature etc. But there are a lot of other things in life that can spawn art, music and so forth. I'd rather give sex a miss.
Have any of you ever thought anything along these lines?
Of course, all of this is hypothetical. I still like hot chicks and beer.
* Yes, I do realise this is a pretty weird thing to talk about.
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