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The portrayals of asexuality in the media reflect societal attitudes towards asexuality. Throughout history, asexual characters have appeared in television series, animated series, literature, comics, video games, music, and film.
Asexual representation in the media is limited and rarely openly acknowledged or confirmed by creators or authors.[1] Representation for asexual people in fiction has been mixed, with strong prejudice against asexuals, asexual erasure, and few asexual characters in media.[2][3][4]
History
[edit]Asexuality as an identity term is a recent invention, commonly agreed to have entered currency in the early 2000s [5], but various representations of non-sexualities that can be interpreted to resemble modern ideas of asexuality have existed throughout history. Reading historical texts for traces of asexuality has been termed looking for 'resonances'. [6]
In works composed prior to the beginning of the twenty-first century, characters are generally automatically assumed to be (allo)sexual[8] and the existence of a character's sexuality is usually never questioned.[8] Several legendary characters are often interpreted as being aroace, including the Greek goddesses Hestia, Athena,[9] Artemis, and Hecate and Kay, Galahad, Bors, the Grail heroine (Percival's sister), and Dinadan in Arthurian legend [citation needed]. Some researchers have found asexual resonances in the writings of 17th-century French poet Catherine Bernard.[10] Arthur Conan Doyle portrayed his character Sherlock Holmes as what would today be classified as asexual,[7] with the intention to characterize him as solely driven by intellect and immune to the desires of the flesh.[7] Sue Bridehead in Thomas Hardy's 1895 novel, Jude the Obscure is portrayed as having an active aversion to sex and is considered by some to be an asexual character.[11]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Kelemen, Erick (2007). "Asexuality". In Fedwa Malti-Douglas (ed.). Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender. Vol. 1. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA. p. 103. Retrieved May 2, 2016 – via Archive.org.
- ^ Kate, Lyons (September 1, 2012). "Prejudice Against "Group X" (Asexuals)". Psychology Today. Sussex Publishers, LLC. Archived from the original on December 30, 2019. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
- ^ Jankowski, Laura (February 27, 2015). "Too Niche". Jim C. Hines. Archived from the original on June 21, 2020. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
- ^ Jankowski, Laura (February 28, 2019). "Asexual Representation in Mainstream Speculative Fiction". Book Smugglers. Archived from the original on February 28, 2019. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
- ^ Ghaleb, Sara (March 26, 2018). "Asexuality is still hugely misunderstood. TV is slowly changing that". Vox (website). Archived from the original on March 26, 2018. Retrieved September 18, 2024.
- ^ Cooper, Danielle (June 1, 2014). "Asexual Resonances: Tracing a Queerly Asexual Archive". Duke University Press. Retrieved September 18, 2024.
((cite web)): CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b c Bogaert, Anthony (2012). Understanding Asexuality. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc. pp. 36–39. ISBN 978-1-4422-0099-9.
- ^ a b Jackson, Stevi; Scott, Sue (2010). Theorizing Sexuality. Maidenhead: Open UP.. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
- ^ Fedelm, Siobhan (May 30, 2017). "Queer Folklore: Athena and Hestia Bring the Asexuality to Olympus". Autostraddle. Archived from the original on July 11, 2017. Retrieved September 19, 2024.
- ^ Waters, Michael (March 6, 2020). "Asexuality Is Often Dismissed as an "Internet Identity." But in Reality, "Aces" Existed Well Before They Could Log On". Slate Magazine. Retrieved May 11, 2023.
- ^ Krieger, Elliot (January 11, 2016). "Sue Bridhead's asexuality in Jude the Obscure". Elliot's Reading. Archived from the original on June 23, 2020. Retrieved June 23, 2020. Elliot is a former reporter-editor at the Providence Journal.
Further reading
[edit]- The Asexual Visibility and Education Network
- GLAAD (2017). Where We Are on TV Report – 2017 (PDF) (Report). GLAAD.
- Pasquier, Morgan (October 27, 2018). "Explore the spectrum: Guide to finding your ace community". GLAAD.
- GLAAD (2019). Where We Are on TV Report – 2019 (PDF) (Report). GLAAD.
- Why I Find BoJack Horseman's Depiction of Asexuality Deeply Relatable by Michael Cuby
- Home page of the Demisexuality Resource Center
- Home page of the Asexuality Archive
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