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When partners make public jokes about your asexual identity

My partner says they're fine with me being asexual but they keep making comments about our sex life to friends like it's a joke we both share, except I don't find it funny.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Being made the subject of humor about one's sexual identity, even by accepting partners, can feel like a violation of dignity and privacy.

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