The Hugh Downs School of Human Communication, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA.
J Homosex. 2024 May 11;71(6):1560-1583. doi: 10.1080/00918369.2023.2185092. Epub 2023 Mar 17.
Despite exploring other queer topics, communication scholars and rhetoricians are lacking in offering academic inquiries involving asexuality. We engaged in a critical thematic analysis of posts and comments posted from asexual and/or aromantic folks on the online communities of Reddit and AVEN, the Asexuality Visibility & Education Network. The analysis focused on three cultural tropes prominently used when describing asexual and aromantic folks, namely robots, aliens, and monsters. Our discussion centers asexual and aromantic voices and invites communication and rhetorical scholars to take steps in combating the allonormativity of our fields by centering the voices and experiences of intersectional aces and/or aros in their own research. We conclude with a call for an asexual and aromantic communication studies.
尽管探索了其他的酷儿话题，但是传播学学者和修辞学家在涉及无性恋这一问题时，缺乏学术研究。我们对来自 Reddit 和 Asexuality Visibility & Education Network（无性恋可见度与教育网络，简称 AVEN）线上社区的无性恋和/或无爱群体发布的帖子和评论进行了批判性主题分析。分析集中在三个文化比喻上，这些比喻在描述无性恋和无爱群体时经常被使用，即机器人、外星人、和怪物。我们的讨论围绕无性恋和无爱群体的声音展开，并邀请传播学和修辞学学者通过将交叉无性恋和/或无爱群体的声音和经历置于他们自己的研究中心，采取措施来对抗我们学科的异性恋规范。最后，我们呼吁开展无性恋和无爱群体的传播研究。
