Do you know someone who is asexual?

Morag · 03-09-2011 02:23PM

Yes I know several people who identify as Asexual.
For some it is just how they are and it never changes, other's go through periods of being asexual and just having no interest in sex and are not just sexually attracted to anyone.

Biggins · 03-09-2011 02:42PM

John Doe1 wrote: »

Apparently 1 percent of people are asexual. Have you over met anyone who could be?

Yes, I know of one person.
A friend I have to say and is one of the nicest persons I know also.

Kasabian · 03-09-2011 02:45PM

I am asexual since I met a couple of boardsie's.

tfitzgerald · 03-09-2011 02:47PM

My wife has a friend who has no interest in sex ir having anything to do with anything like that all she wants is her dogs

Links234 · 03-09-2011 02:47PM

I was considering myself to be asexual for a while. I'm not, I just have some pretty severe hangups about sex, which isn't really the same thing but for a while I did consider quite seriously that I was asexual.

I don't know anyone else who is asexual though

zimmermania · 03-09-2011 02:50PM

Kasabian wrote: »

I am asexual since I met a couple of boardsie's.

Like a guy once said "i never thought a platonic relationship could work until i got married".

paddyandy · 03-09-2011 02:53PM

John Doe1 wrote: »

Apparently 1 percent of people are asexual. Have you over met anyone who could be?

Interesting question but the Clowns are taking over this thread.So i'll end here.

Kanoe · 03-09-2011 03:20PM

Links234 wrote: »

I was considering myself to be asexual for a while. I'm not, I just have some pretty severe hangups about sex, which isn't really the same thing but for a while I did consider quite seriously that I was asexual.

I don't know anyone else who is asexual though

I was, considered myself asexual and was in practical terms for most of my twenties. I genuinely wasn't interested in sex but I think I was always one of those very deep people

and the physical never really came anywhere near close enough to satisfying my needs. It doesn't mean I don't crave intimacy but that there didn't seem to be anybody around who was capable of providing what I was looking for. I sorta made up for it in my thirties.

Reamer Fanny · 03-09-2011 03:29PM

Snails are asexual

Simon Adebisi · 03-09-2011 03:43PM

tfitzgerald wrote: »

My wife has a friend who has no interest in sex ir having anything to do with anything like that all she wants is her dogs

I think i might have heard a story about her, a jar of peanut butter and a surprise party.

punk77 · 03-09-2011 03:51PM

tfitzgerald wrote: »

My wife has a friend who has no interest in sex ir having anything to do with anything like that all she wants is her dogs

Surely then she's not Asexual but A sexual deviant.

Ason Unique · 03-09-2011 03:58PM

I know plenty asexual women.

Mike 1972 · 03-09-2011 04:06PM

Surely a lot of people who appear to be asexual may be just suffering from some kind of hormone deficiency ?

Kanoe · 03-09-2011 04:11PM

Mike 1972 wrote: »

Surely a lot of people who appear to be asexual may be just suffering from some kind of hormone deficiency ?

and or depression, although some people do the opposite and go hyper sexual. I know more than a few nymphos.

wolf moon · 03-09-2011 04:24PM

tfitzgerald wrote: »

no interest in sex..............all she wants is her dogs

It's obvious to me that she's not asexual.... She's just not into humans :rolleyes:

paddyandy · 03-09-2011 04:27PM

Mike 1972 wrote: »

Surely a lot of people who appear to be asexual may be just suffering from some kind of hormone deficiency ?

Suffering from it? I suffered from normal feelings being asexual would have spared me a lot.

tfitzgerald · 03-09-2011 04:34PM

Simon Adebisi wrote: »

I think i might have heard a story about her, a jar of peanut butter and a surprise party.

No no you are wrong she's not from patrickswell she just loves her dogs

John Doe1 · 03-09-2011 07:58PM

Kanoe wrote: »

and or depression, although some people do the opposite and go hyper sexual. I know more than a few nymphos.

To be honest when i had depression, i was thinking about sex a lot more maybe i was just feeling lonely or something.

My name is URL · 03-09-2011 08:03PM

There seems to be quite a bit of scepticism about asexuality here. Why is that? Shouldn't homosexuality be looked at in the same way?

stripysocks85 · 03-09-2011 08:05PM

My name is URL wrote: »

There seems to be quite a bit of scepticism about asexuality here. Why is that? Shouldn't homosexuality be looked at in the same way?

No, because with homosexuality, there is still the presence of desire and lust. I suppose maybe it has to do with hormones. Asexual people, maybe don't have the same level of hormones, as it is hormones that attracts us to others.

DublinWriter · 03-09-2011 08:08PM

ElectraX wrote: »

Apparently Cliff Richard is!

Oh yeah...he's a screaming asexual all right.

ToddyDoody · 03-09-2011 08:23PM

I wonder is there a sex drive scale where people answer questions relating to their sexual behaviour and is it a case that if you fall below a certain point on the scale you're considered to be practically asexual? The biology of it would be that those who are sexually very active would have taken lots of risks in the wild, left lots of offspring quickly but died young due to risk taking, while those with low sex drive leave offspring slowly but live longer and so reproduce over a longer lifespan due to minimal risk taking. You'd need patience with the latter!

My name is URL · 03-09-2011 08:28PM

stripysocks85 wrote: »

No, because with homosexuality, there is still the presence of desire and lust. I suppose maybe it has to do with hormones. Asexual people, maybe don't have the same level of hormones, as it is hormones that attracts us to others.

So once there's a presence of lust & desire then it can't be called a hormonal imbalance or viewed as something which can be treated/reversed?

stripysocks85 · 03-09-2011 08:33PM

My name is URL wrote: »

So once there's a presence of lust & desire then it can't be called a hormonal imbalance or viewed as something which can be treated/reversed?

Do you think homosexuality can be 'treated' or 'reversed'?!

rubadub · 03-09-2011 08:40PM

Saila wrote: »

everyone knows a woman with lots of cats, so the answer is yes

Actually those women are might be more likely to be promiscuous.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxoplasmosis#Behavioral_changes

Toxoplasmosis is a parasitic disease caused by the protozoan Toxoplasma gondii.[1] The parasite infects most genera of warm-blooded animals, including humans, but the primary host is the felid (cat) family.

Female carriers are suggested to be more outgoing, friendly, more promiscuous, and are considered more attractive to men compared with non-infected controls.

My name is URL · 03-09-2011 08:40PM

stripysocks85 wrote: »

Do you think homosexuality can be 'treated' or 'reversed'?!

No, that's not really what I'm getting at. Do you think asexuality can be treated? I just think it's interesting that people can say that one is treatable but the other not.

stripysocks85 · 03-09-2011 08:43PM

My name is URL wrote: »

No, that's not really what I'm getting at. Do you think asexuality can be treated? I just think it's interesting that people can say that one is treatable but the other not.

What are you getting at? I'm having a slow day, you will have to be patient and 100% clear with me! :P

I don't think it can be no. I don't know of anyone who is asexual, but I looked it up there and Wikipedia gives a short list of people who have apparently claimed to be asexual. I imagine it's similar to homosexuality, in that, you are born with it or you're not. I guess if it's to do with a hormone imbalance, then hormones could be injected to counteract this...... I don't know to be honest.

Yahew · 03-09-2011 08:58PM

Hmm, I think you cant tell if someone is asexual or not by their perceived sexual habits. They may be riding the Rabbit all night and day for all you know.

pow wow · 03-09-2011 09:18PM

Does the Rabbit count and if so does using it often make you a slut?! :eek:

03-09-2011 09:19PM

I'd say the jedwards could be.

Do you know someone who is asexual?

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