Re: Digest Number 448

[Guest guest]

Cerulean wrote:

> -----------I don't have a problem with that per se, it

> was that, from checking into the cartoon porn sites he

> went to, other, more hard-core sites came up in pop up

> ads, and I really don't think he needs to be going to

> those at all at his age.

You can block those pretty easily. Mozilla has had this ability for some time,

as does Opera, and the newest version of AOL. There are several pop-up blockers

that work with MSIE too. In addition, some software firewalls include

popup-blocking. However, they won't stop the banner ads that may be on the

sites he visits, nor do they stop him from seeking out sites like that if he

decides to do so (not to mention that he may also disable the popup blocking

feature).

[Guest guest]

the thing is that hormones are really

> > powerful, and kids with a strong libido are driven

> > to do anything that they can to satisfy that. They

> > are not going to take on everything mommy says.

I was wondering how common is it among those on the spectrum to have a low

libido during the teen years. If I had any sexuality back then, I wasn't

aware of it, though I did engage in masturbation. Even to this day, sex

holds little interest for me.

[Guest guest]

> the thing is that hormones are really

> > > powerful, and kids with a strong libido are driven

> > > to do anything that they can to satisfy that. They

> > > are not going to take on everything mommy says.

> I was wondering how common is it among those on the spectrum to have a low

> libido during the teen years. If I had any sexuality back then, I wasn't

> aware of it, though I did engage in masturbation. Even to this day, sex

> holds little interest for me.

I've heard a lot of autistic people say they either don't have much of a

libido or acquired one late. As far as I go, I have what I call a

" binary libido " -- it's either all the way on or all the way off, but

there's not much in between.

--

" The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the minds of

the oppressed. " -Steve Biko

[Guest guest]

--- Dave wrote:

>

I was wondering how common is it among those on the

> spectrum to have a low

> libido during the teen years. If I had any

> sexuality back then, I wasn't

> aware of it, though I did engage in masturbation.

> Even to this day, sex

> holds little interest for me.

>

>

---------I had a fairly strong libido but a lot of

hang-ups about it. Make-out sessions with boys was

fairly unsatisfactory but perhaps b/c i felt

disconnected from my body. A boyfriend at l7 I

enjoyed feeling close to his body, but could never

relax enough for him to be able to penetrate, I guess

I was sealed up tighter than Fort Knox.

Nanne

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" Let's go get drunk on light again---it has the power to console. " --

Seurat

[Guest guest]

wrote:

> I've heard a lot of autistic people say they either don't have much of a

> libido or acquired one late. As far as I go, I have what I call a

> " binary libido " -- it's either all the way on or all the way off, but

> there's not much in between.

I do not wish to generate children, so my libido is of no use. I wish it would

go away; it is quite annoying. It can be quite strong at times, but I do not

let it control me. Many males seem to embrace it and enjoy it, or at least see

it as a natural thing, and never question it... I do not see how it would be

enjoyable, and I definitely see it as something that is a burden to live with.