"But Adrienne," you say, out of genuine ignorance and not because you're a bigot, "In what sense do asexuals face legal discrimination?" When i immigrated to Canada, I HAD TO PROMISE THE QUEEN THAT I WOULD REGULARLY FUCK MY SPOUSE.
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I mean, i didn't have to promise her DIRECTLY, but i had to swear on official government paperwork with her name right there on it that i have "conjugal relations" with my spouse and would continue to do so for a period of at least 2 years after the date on the paperwork.
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Literally if i were asexual (i'm not, which is why i can tell this as if it's a funny anecdote and not life-or-death discriminatory fuckery) the Fuck Police could DEPORT MY ASS FOR HAVING A FAKE MARRIAGE.
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It's not just immigration, either. In many, many legal systems, the entire CONCEPT of "what is a legal marriage" is premised on people who fuck each other, or at least intend to fuck each other. If you don't fuck? Your marriage can be declared invalid!
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Replying to @iridienne
Yup, marriage is construed under the common law as consisting of the three Cs (consummation, cohabitation, commingling of finances)
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If any one of these is missing, it's grounds to challenge the marriage is invalid for the purpose of annulment etc, if all three are then the annulment is pretty much guaranteed
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Some people may fail to achieve one of these things, but it takes a true, pink-streaked, procyon rube to fail the hat trick
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In Canada, for immigration purposes at least, the definition also includes monogamy. "Open marriage" is, we were told in no uncertain terms, invalid according to the Canadian Immigration Bureau.
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Yeah and the definition of polygamy also draws on the three Cs The first one being the big one, as always, but they also look really askance at you having a long-term roommate, especially if said roommate is depositing their paychecks directly into your bank account
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That last piece has fucked a lot of people over who were lowkey practicing polygamy in Utah etc. Insurance companies played a lead role in busting polygamists, by catching out people putting people they weren't legally married to on a joint policy
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Or, like, if you weren't legally married (because it was a poly situation) then you have no legal recourse when you get "divorced" -- the money you sank into helping pay the mortgage was just "rent", the furniture you bought was just a "gift", you can't get anything back
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And even if they can't prove you've actually been having sex with your "roommate", if a married couple has a roommate who's been giving them almost 100% of their paycheck the whole time they've been living there that is sufficient evidence to get arrested by the FBI for bigamy
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