Before there was visibility for gay people many young gay teens did not understand their sexuality and social pressures led many to enter into heterosexual relationships. That makes sense doesn't it? We all know that is what has occured in the past (and unfortunately still in the present, for some).
In the same way, before visibility of asexuality as a legitimate enduring experience, many young asexual people did not understand their own experiences and because of social pressures entered into sexual relationships.
Surely, on a feminist forum, people can appreciate that this is not a good thing either, and that young people benefit from the language and legitimate identity to help assert themselves in a world where social pressures and the desire to fit amongst their peers and be 'normal' are overwhelming?
I can't believe what I read on here at times.
This language is a tool which helps young people more easily assert their right to decline a sexual relationship without awkward conversations that young people find difficult to navigate, and the visibility provides the broader social context to help others understand that individual's enduring right to not enter into sexual relationships and refrain from saying things like 'Ahhhh, it's because you just haven't met the right person', or put them in difficult positions: 'Well why don't we just try some stuff in bed and see what you feel, I'm sure I can change your mind'.
I thought feminists used to care about these issues, but on this forum and for JKR it would seem that sneering is the way forward instead.