Writer's Block: Study break

[rabid1st]

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Easily my favorite class ever was Animal Behavior with the hilarious Dr. Wilson. That was followed closely by Anatomy & Physiology of Farm Animals, with Dr. James Chapman, a class with only 12 people and lots of hands on study of anatomy and physiology. Dr. Chapman was the toughest teacher I ever had, but he really expected us to learn something in his classes.

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[nightbeast.livejournal.com]

It is (or was) asexuality awarness week. I've been presented with an article where Steven Moffat describes Sherlock Holmes as asexual. I thought you'd be interested:

http://meganchristopher.net/?p=2888

[rabid1st.livejournal.com]

I do think that in the case of Sherlock Holmes we have a great example of asexuality. I also think that for the most part the Doctor exhibits some asexual characteristics, but he does leave us some historical leeway with Susan and then there is little question that some part of him was specifically attracted to Rose. I can't speak for Moff's Doctor, as yet. He certainly seems asexual in his relations with River, but that is easily excused by who River is and what he knows of her.

Equally, I can make a case for Moff's Holmes being gay. But I don't think that was the meaning behind that scene in A Study In Pink in the restaurant. I do believe that we see Holmes as asexual there and we see Watson and the waiter do what this article suggests everyone in our society does, imply that Holmes is gay because they don't understand his disinterest in the subject.

I was having this discussion with a friend a few days ago about a man we know who appears to have no interest in his wife. The friend had some details and apparently the man spends all his time working and leaves the wife unsatisfied. He has a pattern of doing this in every relationship and the question I was asked is, "That means he's gay, right?" I said, "Well, maybe he doesn't like sex very much." "Because he's gay? Right? Or he doesn't like his wife. Because all men like sex." I had to wonder if the woman in question was unsatisfied because she had a higher sex drive than her husband or was it because she was consumed with this idea that "all men like sex, so he doesn't like me."