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http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=are-there-asexuals-among-us-on-the-2009-10-29
 But actually, some scientists believe that there may be a fourth sexual orientation in our species, one characterized by the absence of desire and no sexual interest in males or females, only a complete and lifelong lacuna of sexual attraction toward any human being (or non-human being). Such people are regarded as asexuals. Unlike bisexuals, who are attracted to both males and females, asexuals are equally indifferent to and uninterested in having sex with either gender. So imagine being a teenager waiting for your sexual identity to express itself, waiting patiently for some intoxicating bolus of lasciviousness to render you as dumbly carnal as your peers, and it just doesn't happen. These individuals aren't simply celibate, which is a lifestyle choice. Rather, sex to them is just so ... boring.
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ASS FUCK SUPREME
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From a realist's point of view, I don't think it's possible. The scientific evidence apart, humans are made to reproduce. Attraction comes hand in hand with that. So I don't think anyone can claim Asexuality for real.
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I think there's always going to variation. I am not a scientist so I can't really say, but if sexual attraction is purely a hormonal thing, and you don't have said hormones, then you won't experience it. Libido varies from person to person of any orientation, and I don't find it hard to believe that some simply have no libido.
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Yes, they do exist. I imagine complete asexuals are rare, but people who simply have a very low sex drive are probably not as much - I know one such individual quite well. He connects with people on an empathic level, but not not so much a sexual one. Several people in high school thought he was gay, but he honestly just wasn't interested.
He'd much rather either play around with tech stuff / work on computers or help out his church and youth groups.
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Quote: from Ass FUCK Supreme at 5:16 pm on Nov. 2, 2009
From a realist's point of view, I don't think it's possible. The scientific evidence apart, humans are made to reproduce. Attraction comes hand in hand with that. So I don't think anyone can claim Asexuality for real.
See my above post.
Biological variation ensures that not all traits are going to be beneficial. Thus, asexuality would be rare, but entirely possible, and as my example points out people who just have a very low sex drive aren't all that rare.
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Quote: from Stormblazer at 7:40 am on Nov. 10, 2009
Quote: from Ass FUCK Supreme at 5:16 pm on Nov. 2, 2009
From a realist's point of view, I don't think it's possible. The scientific evidence apart, humans are made to reproduce. Attraction comes hand in hand with that. So I don't think anyone can claim Asexuality for real.
See my above post.
Biological variation ensures that not all traits are going to be beneficial. Thus, asexuality would be rare, but entirely possible, and as my example points out people who just have a very low sex drive aren't all that rare.
I don't care, tbh.
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Yes I think it's possible they exist, and yet I imagine that a high number of people who claim to be asexual are, in fact, not. A lot of people seem to be unclear of the actual definition of asexuality, and sometimes confuse it with celibacy or impotence. I heard a large percentage of asexuals have chromosomal disorders or autism or something of the sort, so I'd imagine one day science may find a relationship between something genetic and this sexual orientation. But in the mean time, I tend to think of asexuality to be something like homosexuality - it isn't what humans are instinctively or naturally made for, but variations of sexuality are obviously possible. If some people can be born without lungs, be born without sight, be born without taste, then surely they can grow up to be adults with no sexual attraction to anyone or anything. Perhaps a dysfunction or abnormality of the body or brain, but still possible.
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