Primarily, how does it affect romantic and sexual relationships and urges?
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As a self-identified asexual, I’ll try to offer up my experience. I have no desire to have sex. I think it’s gross, and when I encounter sexual content in movies or television, I fast forward through it because I don’t want to see it. I do enjoy the emotional aspects of a romantic relationship, but there’s no desire to physically act on it.
I started identifying as asexual when I was in college and discovered that there was a label for how I had felt my entire life. My high school had taught abstinence only sex education, and at the time, I couldn’t understand why remaining abstinent would be hard for someone. At the time, my parents told me that everything would change once I met the right man, but that never happened.
Please don’t assume that my asexuality is due to an inability to attract a boyfriend. I’ve had plenty of offers, but I’ve turned them all down because it didn’t feel right to start a relationship with someone when I am repulsed by the thought of sexual activity.
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