asexuality

(noun)

Asexuality, in its broadest sense, is the lack of sexual attraction to others or the lack of interest in sex. It may also be considered a lack of a sexual orientation.

Related Terms

  • heterosexual/homosexual binary
  • heteronormativity

Examples of asexuality in the following topics:

  • Age and Sexuality

    • Whereas contemporary cultural discourses often paint children and older people as asexual beings, empirical findings consistently demonstrate that such beliefs are false assumptions dependent on socio-cultural commentaries and specified within specific historical, cultural, and (especially) religious understandings of the world.
    • Building on the aforementioned observations, researchers have also noted tremendous variation between heterosexual and lesbian, gay, bisexual, trangender, intersex, queer, and asexual (LGBTIQA) aging processes.
  • Sexual Orientation

    • Some individuals have tried to trouble these categories of sexual orientation by not describing themselves as hetero-, homo-, bi-, or asexual and preferring the umbrella term "queer. " Part of the opposition to the gender binary is that it creates heteronormative assumptions that mark heterosexuality as normal and homosexuality deviant merely because it is the opposite of heterosexuality.
    • Explain the development of sexual orientation (heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual or asexual) in terms of both static and fluid sexuality
  • Sexual Behavior: Kinsey's Study

    • Kinsey's associates actually added an additional category, X, to represent asexuals, or people who experience no sexual desire.
  • Romantic Love

    • Romantic love is contrasted with platonic love which in all usages precludes sexual relations, yet only in the modern usage does it take on a fully asexual sense, rather than the classical sense in which sexual drives are sublimated.
  • What is a family?

    • a cohabiting gay, lesbian, or asexual couple with three foster children
  • New Developments in Families

    • Are children raised by same-sex parents more likely to be lesbian, gay, or even bisexual or asexual?
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