Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week
Amatonormativity is:
The widely held societal belief that a committed monogamous relationship is a universal goal and a special site of morality and social responsibility
Putting romantic relationships on a pedestal above all other interpersonal bonds
1100+ legal privileges granted by state-sanctioned marriage
Treating coupled romantic relationships as the sole source of all support, physical affection, and emotional intimacy, causing isolation by creating artificial scarcity of caring, which in turn weakens community efficacy
Sex shaming and sex-negative attitudes; treating sex as immoral without the 'morality' of romance
Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week
Amatonormativity harms us all:
Rewards and encourages romantic harassment (e.g. persistent unwanted advances & boundary violations) by assuming that romance is inherently good and universally desired
Treats coupled romantic relationships as essential to happiness and fulfillment, misleading people to believe that being in an unhappy or unhealthy relationship is better than being single and that their worth is linked to romantic desirability
Devalues friendship, chosen kin, community, and all other platonic bonds
Glorifies artificial scarcity of caring through the idea of "The One," a magic bullet for unhappiness, displacing personal accountability, communication, and effort in relationships and encouraging codependency, possessiveness, and fear of loss
"Monogamy is a step forward for women's rights" can fuck right off.
You can only gain access to certain rights/privileged through marriage, harming all people who dont want Amatonormativity, which harms women and *ALL* people who don't want monogamous marriage
#AroAwarenessWeek
