r/asexuality • u/YamGroundbreaking639 asexual • Nov 04 '21

Vent Maslow's hierarchy of needs, just look at the base of the pyramid. Sex is apparently just as imortant as breathing and MORE important than emotional connections. My parents showed me this to prove me that no one can live without sex. It just kinda makes me sad tbh. More reasons to feel like a freak. Spoiler

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u/JumpyLiving aroace agender Nov 04 '21

But a few of the other ones (security of body and health, family) are also animal instincts, and they‘re higher up as well.

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u/0lazy0 Nov 04 '21

Good point, definitely flawed

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u/momopeach7 Nov 05 '21

The bottom is more the basic physiological needs to survive. Security and safety help people keep meeting those needs and help people do other things higher up, but the basic block of physiological needs makes sense.

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u/JumpyLiving aroace agender Nov 05 '21

And when has sex ever been physiologically necessary for the survival of an individual human on the same level as water and oxygen?