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'''Desexualization''' is the practice of depriving people of sexual characteristics or sexuality. Desexualization is a major motive behind keeping incels from complaining. Men being forced to emasculate in favor of a feminine form of sexuality ( | '''Desexualization''' is the practice of depriving people of sexual characteristics or sexuality. Desexualization is a major motive behind keeping [[incels]] from complaining. [[Men]] being forced to emasculate in favor of a feminine form of sexuality (a.k.a. [[demisexuality]]) can also be a form of desexualization. Since there are many religions and other cultural tropes that encourage abstinence, it is also meant to ease the (often painful) process of becoming [[volcel]]. | ||
==Inceldom== | ==Inceldom== | ||
[[Inceldom]] is a type of forced desexualization because you are robbed of genuine sexual expression. Also, [[Anti-incels|incel shaming]] or [[virgin shaming]], especially the type meant to elicit disgust, is typically a form of implicit desexualization of incels on a society wide scale. The undertone usually being, "because you can't find a date, you are therefore unfuckable". | [[Inceldom]] is a type of forced desexualization because you are robbed of genuine sexual expression. Also, [[Anti-incels|incel shaming]] or [[virgin shaming]], especially the type meant to elicit disgust, is typically a form of implicit desexualization of incels on a society wide scale. The undertone usually being, "because you can't find a date, you are therefore unfuckable". | ||
The anti-manspreading movement and large portions of the #metoo movement were other major examples of desexualization. | The anti-manspreading movement and large portions of the #metoo movement were other major examples of desexualization. | ||
==SSRIs== | ==SSRIs== | ||
SSRIs serve as a (perhaps accidental or unconscious) desexualization process. SSRIs and related drugs have been scientifically proven to '''not''' be clinically meaningful in the treatment of depression beyond placebo, meaning a mean improved score of more than 4 points on the Hamilton Depression rating scale beyond placebo when looking at metastudies. | SSRIs serve as a (perhaps accidental or unconscious) desexualization process. It has been claimed that SSRIs and related drugs have been scientifically proven to '''not''' be clinically meaningful in the treatment of depression beyond placebo, meaning a mean improved score of more than 4 points on the Hamilton Depression rating scale beyond placebo when looking at metastudies. Alledgedly, the only near universal effect of the drugs that have been scientifically proven as meaningful has been their propensity to induce severe [[anasorgasmia|orgasm delaying]] and long-term sexual dysfunction. | ||
<youtube>ISptt3CRAqc</youtube > | <youtube>ISptt3CRAqc</youtube > It remains strange that there isn't a larger pushback within academia against something that could creates so much needless sexual dysfunction. Some may argue that decreased genital sensitivity is an asset in bed, it ends up discouraging many, especially [[women]], who already have difficulty reaching orgasm, from sex or [[masturbation]]. | ||
==MGM and FGM== | ==MGM and FGM== | ||
Desexualization serves as a motive for male genital mutilation and [[female genital mutilation]]. Practitioners of female genital mutilation believe that desexualization, and its physical manifestation, such as FGM, ensures chastity, and by extension, prevents promiscuity.<ref>Gruenbaum, Ellen, and Elizabeth Wirtz. "Female genital cutting debates." The International Encyclopedia of Human Sexuality (2015).</ref> When beliefs surrounding the virtues of desexualization are put into practise through FGM, it is done through interpreting the outer vulva as representing the source of a woman's [[libido]].<ref>Garba, I. D., et al. "Prevalence of female genital mutilation among female infants in Kano, Northern Nigeria." Archives of gynecology and obstetrics 286.2 (2012): 423-428.</ref> Others theoretical motives behind desexualizing women in the context of FGM is to prevent family disintegration.<ref>Otaigbe, Barbara Edewele. "Infantile masturbation in an African female: is this a justification for female genital cutting?." World Journal of Pediatrics 4.2 (2008): 148.</ref> Within [[Islamic culture]]s, the zenith of desexualization occurs when it is done in order to uphold a code of honor. In this context, FGM is sometimes practised alongside others attempts at desexualization such as a prohibition on freemixing, the adoption of the [[niqab]] as a form of clothing and threats against bringing dishonor upon the family.<ref>Ghanim, David. "Virginity and Body Discourse." The Virginity Trap in the Middle East. Palgrave Macmillan, New York, 2015. 65-77.</ref> These attitudes may not necessarily have a footing in religious texts, and may instead simply be a reaction to what ultra-conservative Muslims feel is a wave of excessive liberalism and feminism.<ref>Nelson, Christopher. "The domestic is political, and the political is gendered: An analysis of veiled subjects, gendered epistemologies, and Muslim bodies." Islamophobia Studies Journal 3.1 (2015): 106-114.</ref> Some analysts that have interviewed excisors have claimed that female genital mutilation that involves clitoridectomy, is especially intended to desexualize women, due to the central nature of the clitoris in women's sexuality.<ref>AHMADU, FUAMBAI. "Equality, Not Special Protection: Multiculturalism, Feminism, and Female Circumcision in Western Liberal Democracies." Universalism Without Uniformity: Explorations in Mind and Culture (2017): 214.</ref> Another method through which desexualization manifests itself is by expropriating and then augmenting existing desexualized attitudes such as those towards aging people and the [[Disability|disabled]]. In this instance, desexualization can be viewed as an instrument of [[ableism]].<ref>Brown, Lydia XZ. "Ableist Shame and Disruptive Bodies: Survivorship at the Intersection of Queer, Trans, and Disabled Existence." Religion, Disability, and Interpersonal Violence. Springer, Cham, 2017. 163-178.</ref> | Desexualization serves as a motive for male genital mutilation and [[female genital mutilation]]. Practitioners of female genital mutilation believe that desexualization, and its physical manifestation, such as FGM, ensures chastity, and by extension, prevents promiscuity.<ref>Gruenbaum, Ellen, and Elizabeth Wirtz. "Female genital cutting debates." The International Encyclopedia of Human Sexuality (2015).</ref> When beliefs surrounding the virtues of desexualization are put into practise through FGM, it is done through interpreting the outer vulva as representing the source of a woman's [[libido]].<ref>Garba, I. D., et al. "Prevalence of female genital mutilation among female infants in Kano, Northern Nigeria." Archives of gynecology and obstetrics 286.2 (2012): 423-428.</ref> Others theoretical motives behind desexualizing women in the context of FGM is to prevent family disintegration.<ref>Otaigbe, Barbara Edewele. "Infantile masturbation in an African female: is this a justification for female genital cutting?." World Journal of Pediatrics 4.2 (2008): 148.</ref> Within [[Islamic culture]]s, the zenith of desexualization occurs when it is done in order to uphold a code of honor. In this context, FGM is sometimes practised alongside others attempts at desexualization such as a prohibition on freemixing, the adoption of the [[niqab]] as a form of clothing and threats against bringing dishonor upon the family.<ref>Ghanim, David. "Virginity and Body Discourse." The Virginity Trap in the Middle East. Palgrave Macmillan, New York, 2015. 65-77.</ref> These attitudes may not necessarily have a footing in religious texts, and may instead simply be a reaction to what ultra-conservative Muslims feel is a wave of excessive liberalism and feminism.<ref>Nelson, Christopher. "The domestic is political, and the political is gendered: An analysis of veiled subjects, gendered epistemologies, and Muslim bodies." Islamophobia Studies Journal 3.1 (2015): 106-114.</ref> Some analysts that have interviewed excisors have claimed that female genital mutilation that involves clitoridectomy, is especially intended to desexualize women, due to the central nature of the clitoris in women's sexuality.<ref>AHMADU, FUAMBAI. "Equality, Not Special Protection: Multiculturalism, Feminism, and Female Circumcision in Western Liberal Democracies." Universalism Without Uniformity: Explorations in Mind and Culture (2017): 214.</ref> Another method through which desexualization manifests itself is by expropriating and then augmenting existing desexualized attitudes such as those towards aging people and the [[Disability|disabled]]. In this instance, desexualization can be viewed as an instrument of [[ableism]].<ref>Brown, Lydia XZ. "Ableist Shame and Disruptive Bodies: Survivorship at the Intersection of Queer, Trans, and Disabled Existence." Religion, Disability, and Interpersonal Violence. Springer, Cham, 2017. 163-178.</ref> | ||