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While all of aspec is harmed by [[Amatonormativity]], loveless aros are especially harmed by it. Some [[Alloromantic Asexual|Alloromantic Asexuals]] may try to make themselves more palatable by claiming they can "still love," which not only alienates arospec identities that do not experience romantic attraction, but also enforces the amatonormative belief that romance makes someone appealing. Similar messages may also be parroted by using examples of [[Tertiary Attraction]] attraction instead, which instead enforces that experiencing any love makes someone appealing if it is "close enough" to being [[Romantic Attraction|romantic]]. |
While all of aspec is harmed by [[Amatonormativity]], loveless aros are especially harmed by it. Some [[Alloromantic Asexual|Alloromantic Asexuals]] may try to make themselves more palatable by claiming they can "still love," which not only alienates arospec identities that do not experience romantic attraction, but also enforces the amatonormative belief that romance makes someone appealing. Similar messages may also be parroted by using examples of [[Tertiary Attraction]] attraction instead, which instead enforces that experiencing any love makes someone appealing if it is "close enough" to being [[Romantic Attraction|romantic]]. |
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Due to the fact that "love" is usually synonymous with "romance," loveless aros are often forcibly disconnected from love due to the inability to feel romantic attraction. When others try to broaden the definition of love to be about tertiary attraction in addition to romantic attraction, loveless aros have already been alienated and are attempted to be put into a box they do not want to be in. Loveless aros reclaiming their inability to love is similar to [[Voidpunk|Voidpunks]] reclaiming being inhuman. |
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