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Title: Asexuals leave the closet, find community
Post by: Shana A on August 25, 2009, 08:21:51 AM
Post by: Shana A on August 25, 2009, 08:21:51 AM
Asexuals leave the closet, find community
Demian Bulwa, Chronicle Staff Writer
Monday, August 24, 2009
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2009/08/24/MNC6194GN4.DTL (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2009/08/24/MNC6194GN4.DTL)
(08-24) 16:47 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- When she wasn't drawn to boys as a teenager, Cathy Roberts figured she was just shy. As she steered men away from her college bed, she convinced herself she wasn't ready. Later, when a therapist coaxed her along a path toward enjoying sex, she didn't even want to do the tamest of exercises.
It wasn't until Roberts was in her 40s, and in a relationship with a woman, that she concluded she was asexual - simply not interested in sex.
Demian Bulwa, Chronicle Staff Writer
Monday, August 24, 2009
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2009/08/24/MNC6194GN4.DTL (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2009/08/24/MNC6194GN4.DTL)
(08-24) 16:47 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- When she wasn't drawn to boys as a teenager, Cathy Roberts figured she was just shy. As she steered men away from her college bed, she convinced herself she wasn't ready. Later, when a therapist coaxed her along a path toward enjoying sex, she didn't even want to do the tamest of exercises.
It wasn't until Roberts was in her 40s, and in a relationship with a woman, that she concluded she was asexual - simply not interested in sex.
Title: Re: Asexuals leave the closet, find community
Post by: heatherrose on August 28, 2009, 12:57:03 AM
Post by: heatherrose on August 28, 2009, 12:57:03 AM
Is Asexuality a sexual identification or a sexual orientation?
I believe that it is more of a romantic inclination than either of the former.
I am glad that the APA has decided to remove it from the list of disorders.