What is it like to be asexual?



BBC story about the "asexual" community. I had no idea that there was just a thing and that they formed a "community".  We now have gay, lesbian, transgender, cis, and asexual orientations.


Twenty-one-year-old Jenni Goodchild does not experience sexual attraction, but in an increasingly sexualised society what is it like to be asexual?


"For me it basically just means that I don't look at people and think 'hmm yeah I'd have sex with you,' that just doesn't happen," says Jenni.


A student in Oxford, Jenni is one of the estimated 1% of people in the UK who identify themselves as asexual. Asexuality is described as an orientation, unlike celibacy which is a choice


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16552173

Jenni with her boyfriend that she does not find sexually attractive.

Here is her YouTube video that explains being asexual:

Comments

  1. lowlyFebruary 3, 2012 at 3:44 PM

    A sexual convention - singles bar?!

    Truth be told, I might be asexual. I blame 30 years of marriage.

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  2. RichardFebruary 3, 2012 at 3:53 PM

    After about two minutes of Jenni's vid I began to lose the will to live.

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    1. SplunkzopFebruary 5, 2012 at 1:50 AM

      2 minutes! I got to 43 seconds and my eyes started to glaze over.

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  3. Erwin SchmidtFebruary 3, 2012 at 5:08 PM

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  4. NickFebruary 3, 2012 at 9:15 PM

    Asexual simply means "lack of sexual attraction." yes, it's a legitimate orientation, it has nothing to do with being a frigid or a prude. Many asexuals can still have sex as sexual attraction does not equate sex or the act of sex.

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  5. StephenFebruary 4, 2012 at 3:08 PM

    That used to be called celibacy.

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  6. ParapliersFebruary 5, 2012 at 10:10 AM

    I didn't watch it. I don't care what it's like to be a fruitcake or a hipster douche or any other niche pervert.

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  7. Chevalier MaximilianFebruary 9, 2012 at 5:03 AM

    Liberal silliness. Very self centered nonsense, its all about me me me

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  8. BritlurkerFebruary 12, 2012 at 8:02 PM

    I looked at Jenni and I felt no sexual attraction at all - and Im not asexual by any means. What can it mean? ;-)

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  9. bobnFebruary 22, 2012 at 7:34 PM

    I thought the picture of Jenni with her boyfriend says it all. Poor bastard can't even bring himself to look at the camera. He looks liked he'd like to die from embarrassment.

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