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"Me: "Well, y'know, I think I'm asexual." Him: "...Wait, you just talked about.." We had talked about the Sherlock Holmes movie, and I had admitted to thinking Watson was gorgeous. I have no problem thinking like that about [[Reading list|fictional characters]]. Still, worried how I would explain how it all fit together, I answered: "Yeah, but just because I think he's [[Attraction#Aesthetic Attraction|good-looking]] doesn't mean-" He cut me off in the middle of the sentence with an "Ooh." and this expression of sudden understanding."
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If I offered you a tall glass full of cow's blood, would you be disgusted at the idea of drinking it? It's not fear, it's not hatred, it's simply being [[repulsed]] by something you do not want to do.
  
  
&ndash; rakel [http://www.asexuality.org/en/index.php?/topic/47443-best-responses-to-your-asexuality/page__st__210__p__1687205#entry1687205 on the distinction between aesthetic and sexual attraction.]
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&ndash; Salogma [http://www.asexuality.org/en/index.php?/topic/55969-asexual-vs-sexual-aversion-disorder/page__p__1698642#entry1698642 distinguishes repulsion from anti-sexuality.]
 
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Asexual: a person who does not experience sexual attraction.


Welcome to the Asexual Visibility and Education Network. AVEN hosts the world's largest online asexual community as well as a large archive of resources on asexuality. AVEN strives to create open, honest discussion about asexuality among sexual and asexual people alike.

Unlike celibacy, which is a choice, asexuality is a sexual orientation. Asexual people have the same emotional needs as everybody else and are just as capable of forming intimate relationships. To find out more about asexuality, click here.

AVEN Post of the Week

If I offered you a tall glass full of cow's blood, would you be disgusted at the idea of drinking it? It's not fear, it's not hatred, it's simply being repulsed by something you do not want to do.


– Salogma distinguishes repulsion from anti-sexuality.

Did you know...

• … that some asexual people are happier on their own or with a group of close friends, while other asexuals have a desire to date and will form more intimate romantic relationships?


• … that asexual relationships are based on the same elements that are also important for many sexual people, like understanding, commitment, trust, emotional intimacy and communication?


• … that for some asexuals arousal is a fairly regular occurrence, though it is not associated with a desire to find a sexual partner? Some asexuals will occasionally masturbate, but feel no desire for partnered sexuality. Other asexual people experience little or no arousal.

Asexuality in the Media

• After a long hiatus, AVENues, AVEN’s online newsletter, is under new management and is back for a fantastic October issue!

Harlot magazine, the online version of Scarlet magazine, featured an article entitled "Rise of the Asexual" in issue 19 in October 2010.

• Helen Croydon interviewed several AVENites for an article in Foreplay magazine and another in the Times.

forskning.no has a Norwegian article, "Det siste sex-tabuet", which gives a basic summary of asexuality.

Marie Claire contains a short article, "The New Asexual Movement".

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