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A '''nonlibidoist''' is a person who does not have a [[Sex drive|sex drive]] and has never had one, and hence does not experience sexual urges or desires (and in particular, does not [[Masturbation|masturbate]].) Nonlibidoism is a much more stringent definition than AVEN's standard description of asexuality. A large percentage of asexuals do have sex drives, but still lack any [[Attraction|sexual attraction]], and on a more abstract level many believe the libido to be an innate and indivisible part of the creative subconscious, as defined by Jung[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libido].
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A '''nonlibidoist''' is a person who does not have a [[sex drive]], and hence does not experience sexual urges or desires (and in particular, does not [[Masturbation|masturbate]]). Nonlibidoism is not equivalent to asexuality, since a large percentage of asexuals do have sex drives or libidos, but still lack any [[Attraction|sexual attraction]].
  
Some nonlibidoists, such as those at the (now defunct) Official Nonlibidoist Society ([http://web.archive.org/web/20060112235108/http://www.theofficialasexualsociety.com/ Internet Archive Link]), consider that nonlibidoism is the only valid form of asexuality. Due to the popularity of a more inclusive definition of asexuality, the Official Nonlibidoist Society has ceased to use the term "asexual" for its members, believing that it has "by now become almost synonymous for solo-sexual [or] masturbator." (reference no longer available)
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The term "nonlibidoism" was used by the (now defunct) Official Nonlibidoism Society<sup>[http://web.archive.org/web/20060112235108/http://www.theofficialasexualsociety.com/]</sup>. Due to the popularity of a more inclusive definition of asexuality, the Official Nonlibidoism Society ceased to use the term "asexual" for its members, believing that it had "by now become almost synonymous for solo-sexual [or] masturbator"<sup>[http://web.archive.org/web/20060827173836/http://www.theofficialasexualsociety.com/productssimple6.html]</sup>.  Nonlibidoism was a much more stringent definition than AVEN's standard description of asexuality, for people who have no sex drive, and have never had one.  Some people considered nonlibidoism the only valid form of asexuality.
  
Other nonlibidoists, particularly those at AVEN, believe that nonlibidoism is simply one among many valid varieties of asexuality, neither better or worse than being an asexual with a sex drive.
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Most people on AVEN believe that nonlibidoism is simply one among many valid varieties of asexuality, neither better nor worse than being an asexual with a sex drive.
  
==See Also:==
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==See also==
 
*[[Antisexual]]
 
*[[Antisexual]]
 
*[[Asexuality]]
 
*[[Asexuality]]
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*[[ABCD types]]
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*[[Not interested]]
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*[[Dual Definitional Model]]
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*[[Collective identity model]]
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[[Category:Related identities]]
 
[[Category:Related identities]]

Latest revision as of 03:00, 27 August 2017

A nonlibidoist is a person who does not have a sex drive, and hence does not experience sexual urges or desires (and in particular, does not masturbate). Nonlibidoism is not equivalent to asexuality, since a large percentage of asexuals do have sex drives or libidos, but still lack any sexual attraction.

The term "nonlibidoism" was used by the (now defunct) Official Nonlibidoism Society[1]. Due to the popularity of a more inclusive definition of asexuality, the Official Nonlibidoism Society ceased to use the term "asexual" for its members, believing that it had "by now become almost synonymous for solo-sexual [or] masturbator"[2]. Nonlibidoism was a much more stringent definition than AVEN's standard description of asexuality, for people who have no sex drive, and have never had one. Some people considered nonlibidoism the only valid form of asexuality.

Most people on AVEN believe that nonlibidoism is simply one among many valid varieties of asexuality, neither better nor worse than being an asexual with a sex drive.

See also