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Around summer of 2019 the term nonamorous, along with other terms like it, was criticized by part of the aromantic community. The criticism stemmed from the fact that the term implied that someone who is not nonamorous would be "amorous". Since amorous and amory is typically used to exclusively describe sexual or romantic relationships this caused discomfort among parts of the community that would fall under this "amorous" label. |
Around summer of 2019 the term nonamorous, along with other terms like it, was criticized by part of the aromantic community. The criticism stemmed from the fact that the term implied that someone who is not nonamorous would be "amorous". Since amorous and amory is typically used to exclusively describe sexual or romantic relationships this caused discomfort among parts of the community that would fall under this "amorous" label. |
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However, when potential alternatives to nonamorous were created they were similarly criticizes, leaving the nonamorous part of the community frustrated at not having an "acceptable" term to describe themselves. This led to the user Arotaro replacing any instance of "nonamorous" with the self introduction monologue of Greed from [[wikipedia:Fullmetal Alchemist|Fullmetal Alchemist]]<ref>https://arotaro.tumblr.com/post/185810716576/ive-decided-from-now-on-instead-of-trying-to-find</ref> to show the futility in trying to create perfect labels and the frustration of not being able to label themselves, as well as |
However, when potential alternatives to nonamorous were created they were similarly criticizes, leaving the nonamorous part of the community frustrated at not having an "acceptable" term to describe themselves. This led to the user Arotaro replacing any instance of "nonamorous" with the self introduction monologue of Greed from [[wikipedia:Fullmetal Alchemist|Fullmetal Alchemist]]<ref>https://arotaro.tumblr.com/post/185810716576/ive-decided-from-now-on-instead-of-trying-to-find</ref> to show the futility in trying to create perfect labels and the frustration of not being able to label themselves, as well as showing that the meaning of any given word is completely arbitrary. The quote goes ''"I’m Greed. I want everything you can think of: money and women, power and sex, status, glory, I demand the finer things. And of course I crave eternal life." '' |
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