Discord Comics - Shades Cover. Cake, Food, and Sex: Attraction Analogies & Hierarchical Comparisons. The concept of asexuality — human asexuality — confuses an awful lot of people, which is why it’s tempting to turn to a more familiar metaphor to explain it.
Comparing sex (the act) and genders (of people) to desserts, a couple of popular posts on Tumblr have used food analogies to explain this and other orientations. [ 1 2 ] I’m not a fan. If this actually does help someone understand or take a step toward understanding, then that’s great, but I prefer other ways of explaining* that aren’t entrenched in as many problems.
Asexuality's Journal. Tumblr. Love from the Asexual Underground. Asexy beast. Asexual curiosities. Shades of Gray. Charlie the Unicorn, Ace Detective. A/Sexy Tango.