Is there aphobia?
Aphobia, and its subsets acephobia and arophobia, describe discrimination against asexuals (people who don’t experience sexual attraction) and aromantics (people who don’t experience romantic attraction). Some examples of aphobia are: assuming everyone will be in a relationship/have kids, devaluing platonic relationships compared to romantic ones, forcing people into sexual/romantic situations to "fix" them, and telling someone they’re wrong/broken/mentally ill because they don’t experience a type of attraction. Some examples of acephobia are: saying being ace is equivalent to having no libido, saying they’re a prude for not feeling sexual attraction, and saying that their romantic relationships aren’t "real" relationships because they’re not having sex. Some examples of arophobia are: saying being aro is just about using people for sex, calling people derogatory names (sl*t, wh*re, etc.) for having sex without romance, saying they’re cold and loveless because they aren’t dating.
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TV Show • 2004 Report
Yes
11
No
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5
roseatespoonbill
S8
E8
There's an episode in which House doesn't believe in asexuality and bets Wilson it's a medical issue for one partner and the other is lying because she wants to stay with her husband. He is proven right.
TV Show • 2017 Report
Yes
10
No
1
2
SiRenfield
A character that is asexual in the source material is straightwashed into an allosexual much to the backlash of fans and even their own actor
TV Show • 1966 Report
Yes
6
No
0
4
CheSnailTheAbomination
S2
E2
The episode The Apple focuses on a planet where the people don't date, have sex, or have children, which Kirk and Bones express is "wrong" and that they need to "fix" the people of that planet. Spock argues that they should not interfere and that the people are happy, but his opinion is quickly shot down.
TV Show • 2007 Report
Yes
6
No
1
2
silencesilence
Sheldon is strongly hinted to be asexual. His friends make fun of the way he doesn't understand sex.
TV Show • 2006 Report
Yes
5
No
0
3
SiRenfield
S3
E3
Okay there’s nothing egregiously offensive said about asexual people but I ESPECIALLY don’t recommend the episode Fertilityklok for having messaging valuing sex over relationships. Granted one we’re not supposed to be take seriously since the characters are meant to be idiots and assholes ,but could still be rather be invalidating to asexual people (and not even one that’s inversely validating to AlloAros either). In general the series is weirdly inconsistent on if Toki is into sex or not, and the latter is framed as a bit of a childish quality
TV Show Report
Yes
5
No
1
3
saste12
Characters constantly make fun of Sheldon's lack of sexual attraction to anyone throughout the series. Amy, Sheldon's girlfriend, constantly complains how he won't have sex with her.
TV Show • 2013 Report
Yes
5
No
0
3
lucy_burns
S2
E2
Season 2 Episode 18: Gina says to Terry and Amy “I'm sorry if we implied you're both asexual nerds who can only be friends with service animals.” Asexual is used as a derogatory term in this context.
TV Show • 1997 Report
Yes
5
No
3
TV Show • 2022 Report
Yes
4
No
0
1
BigBouncyBalls
Unintentional aphobia in towards an aspec character by their partner, but that gets resolved.
Movie • 1990 Report
Yes
4
No
1
0
mothyman
there's some discussion about herbert's lack of attraction to women, but it comes across more as homophobia in my opinion
Movie • 2002 Report
Yes
4
No
2
2
SiRenfield
The sequel pretty much only exists to give Quasimodo a girlfriend to appease those dissatisfied that he didn't end up with Esmerelda
Short Story • 2011 Report
Yes
4
No
1
2
ErinHollow
In-universe, and it's more dismissive than discriminatory. Episode 4
Movie • 2015 Report
Yes
3
No
0
1
silencesilence
In this movie, it doesn't matter if you're happily single: you HAVE to find a partner, otherwise you'll be turned into an animal forever.
Movie • 2019 Report
Yes
3
No
0
3
Amy17
Of the aromantic kind, quite a lot. Charcaters are always talking about love and how everyone finds someone to love one day
Movie • 1985 Report
Yes
3
No
2
1
SiRenfield
Herbert West is asexual if you take “Word of Saint Paul” (in this case a 1996 interview with Jeffrey Combs) into account. And I love him, I really do; but he does meet a fair amount of criteria for the amoral asexual stereotype. Edit: Judging by how much downvotes I get every time I mention the asexual thing, because how DARE I try to contradict a popular headcanon, here is my primary source: https://www.oocities.org/sunsetstrip/villa/5949/shockint.html
Video Game • 2019 Report
Yes
3
No
0
1
jdpamv
Some of the lore is that “asexuality” is part of what caused the apocalypse, as people weren’t reproducing. The term is misused to refer to lack of sexual activity and it’s overall not painted in the most flattering light.
TV Show Report
Yes
3
No
1
1
SiRenfield
The main antagonist of Season 1 is an asexual that values treasures over people and all in all framed as very amoral
TV Show • 2007 Report
Yes
3
No
2
0
nh17
In "nerds of a feather," someone asks if an asexual person can get a girlfriend, but is shut down.
TV Show • 2011 Report
Yes
3
No
1
2
SiRenfield
S1
E1
Shringold goes on about saving love for “your special one”, although bare in mind they are very clearly a villainous cult and the show is dissing heteronormativity in organized religion
TV Show • 2010 Report
Yes
3
No
0
TV Show Report
Yes
2
No
0
1
Sys.Arc
S1
E1
A girl's sister and her boyfriend comment on the girl's virginity, mocking her, saying she must want to have sex, and offering to invite friends over for her to lose her virginity with. The boyfriend later approaches her and says he knows she's attracted to him and that she doesn't want to be a virgin. The girl says nothing during these times
Movie • 2014 Report
Yes
2
No
0
1
nh17
The cult says love can only be romanic straight love. They are in the wrong
Video Game • 2014 Report
Yes
2
No
1
1
jdpamv
It’s impossible to make aromantic Miis and there’s no way of ensuring that they won’t want to have babies after marrying so kind of?
TV Show • 1999 Report
Yes
2
No
0
TV Show • 2006 Report
Yes
2
No
0
Book • 2023 Report
Yes
1
No
0
1
Passing mention
TV Show • 2009 Report
Yes
1
No
0
0
sbtuarry
Borderline yeah, in season 3 Artie says that Rachel and Blaine need to lose their virginity and 'grow up' to become the best actor they can be or something along those lines.
Manga • 2015 Report
Yes
1
No
0
0
SpaceZinnia
Yes, but mostly off-screen; it's mainly a character mentioning in passing how they feel pressured to get into a romantic relationship, but two of their friends tell them they may be aromantic and asexual in a supportive way.
TV Show Report
Yes
1
No
0
0
Pantalones
I lean towards yes. Sex is shown as being vital to all main characters and most of them have quite a lot of it. Jack is from the far future and it's implied most people from his time period are pansexual and really into sex.
Movie • 2001 Report
Yes
1
No
0
0
TotallyaLEMON
It’s not explicit, but there’s one scene where satine says she “can’t” fall in love (as in her not falling in love is dependent on her having a job) and Christian reacts by saying how not falling in love is a bad way to live (paraphrasing)