Yes there are degrees of aces not being aware of things allosexuals would be aware of, but Georgia is an extreme example, and it feels like she's framing this extreme as typical asexuality. She's made Georgia highly oblvious for the sake of humor. I was focusing on the "lumpy stomach" line because that's the reason she gives for not being turned on, but you're right that the broader context of the scene is that abs don't make her want sex, which is an example I think you might have hit the nail on the head for why this excerpt bothers me.
But it would have never crossed my mind to go 'uh, you find breasts / abs attractive?! Seriously?' talking to a sexual person even when I was a young teenager. Thinking people exaggerate the effect it has on them (maybe unconsciously), influenced by the representations society puts in their head that is the kind of doubt I have had while hearing other people talk about it. Considering we all live in a society which constantly tells us so much about sex and desirable bodies I have trouble believing anyone having gone to school and having a tv / Internet could be completely oblivious to the concept. I can tell the Magic Mike guy or Jessica Alba are sexually attractive and I can explain why. I mean, abs do nothing for me on a sexual level but I've always understood that it was considered an attractive body part, which kind of abs attracted more positive attention and which were more appreciated by a 'fringe' (like the superbodybuilder type). Her character talks more about an alien just having landed on earth or a child than an asexual to me. I don't find the excerpt very convincing either, though. I guess it depends on your definition of 'attraction'.
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