Asexuality
Asexuality – the complete absence or a very low level of sexual attraction to other people.
Asexuality should not be confused with antisexualism, the conscious decision to abstain from sexual activity, such as celibacy, a physical inability to engage in sexual activity, infertility, or an unwillingness to have children.
Debates concerning the nature and classification of asexuality have continued in academic and public discourse. Some researchers have interpreted asexuality within the framework of sexual dysfunction, while others maintain that it is not a pathology and does not in itself harm an asexual person’s physical or mental health.
Asexuality may also be understood as a sexual orientation alongside heterosexuality, homosexuality, and bisexuality (Cavendish, 2010). It is often described as a spectrum, since asexual people may experience sexual attraction rarely, under particular circumstances, or not at all.
Asexuality should not be equated with the absence of romantic attraction, sexual behavior, physiological arousal, or the capacity to form intimate relationships.
Reference:
Cavendish, M. (2010). Asexuality. In Sex and Society (Vol. 1, pp. 82–83). New York.
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