cross-posted from: https://quokk.au/c/lgbtq_plus/p/1184160/why-niger-explicitly-criminalising-asexuality-is-significant-to-everyone-regardless-of-ident
To understand Nigers asexuality criminalisation, we should see this law as part of a bigger – and growing – global trend among conservatives about ‘traditional families’
What, are they going to make it illegal to not have sex then? What?
Being outwardly celibate is a way lots of different people resist. That is now removed.
You can expect to be used against unmarried women, forcing them to get married. Likely also bound to stigmatize getting married at even a mildly later date than one might have.
It removes any protections LGBTQ folks may have had by staying “single” publicly.
Will likely also result in couples being unable to have children being otherwise persecuted.
Nigerian incels’ last hope.
Nigerien*
Nigerian would be someone from Nigeria
So incels are not somebodies? I don’t get it.
Niger being a different, fully islamic country, mostly in the Sahara instead of on the lush coast. Since a lot of people don’t know the difference
Ah, just like how we use “Americen.”
Americens are from Americ
Canadians are from Canadia.
I would not put it past the nutjobs (of any country) to pass a law that requires that each and every person* ensures their own replacement if not also surplus to that effect to make up for those that can’t. Or won’t.
* of course, by that point they might have created propaganda if not also a law about who or what counts as a person, because they only want more of those, not anyone who might be classified as less than one.
“We’re in this for the species, boys and girls!”
It’s more about not being able to be open about it.