Romantic versus Sexual Orientation
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- Category: Asexuality 101
- Published on Sunday, 31 July 2011 19:33
- Written by Lara Landis
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Asexuals and to a similar extent, Bisexuals talk about the concept of romantic attraction. Many people assume that romantic attraction is the same thing as sexual attraction, but this is one of the ideas about love and romance that the Asexual community is trying to challenge. Many Asexuals do want to have romantic adventures. When they do, they focus their attention on the opposite sex, the same sex or both. This brings rise to the labels homoromantic, biromantic and heteroromantic.
The idea of romantic attraction has led to the creation of several Asexual dating sites. The most successful dating sites for Asexuals has been Acebook, but none have achieved the level of success of many gay and lesbian dating sites.
Did God/Nature really intend for humans to have sex?
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- Published on Tuesday, 26 July 2011 12:29
- Written by CF_Asexual
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Historically, it may seem that way, especially if you believe in the biblical story of Adam & Eve. However, also historically, there have been humans that saw sex as nothing more than a chore that had to be done from time to time. So if God(s) or nature, intended for us humans to have sex, then why did God(s) or nature design some of us to have very little or no desire for sex?
Grey Asexuality and Demisexuality
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- Published on Wednesday, 20 July 2011 21:45
- Written by Lara Tacita
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Gray Asexuals and Demisexuals fall somewhere within the Asexual and Sexual spectrum. Like Asexuals themselves, they can be romantically oriented towards people of the opposite sex, the same sex, or to people of all sexes. Gray Asexuality and Demisexuaity are not the same thing, however.
Asexuality: Not just for Youth
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- Published on Saturday, 23 July 2011 16:27
- Written by Lara Tacita
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A common misconception about Asexuality is that Asexuals are young or that it is a current fad. It is harder to deny that as a relatively new movement, it is more likely to attract younger Asexuals than it is to attract older Asexuals. People do become set in their ways as they get older. Further encouraging the idea are a number of teenage users on Tumblr, AVEN and other forums geared towards Asexuals.
Why is Cake an Asexual Symbol?
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- Published on Tuesday, 19 July 2011 21:27
- Written by Lara Landis
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Cake has been adopted as an Asexual symbol, although it is not clear why.(Ed Note: Perhaps because if one were to give Asexuals a choice between cake & sex, it's safe to say that they would choose cake). The history behind it also seems somewhat clouded. As with many Internet memes, it does not matter how something got started. What the readers need to know at this point, if they are not familiar with it, is what it means.