Alright, it is common knowledge to anyone out side of very religions German couples that sex is an instinct. You are either attracted to the Female sex, the Male Sex, or both.
Has there been ANY recorded cases of having NO sexual preference? Like, not being attracted to either sex? (This does not include celibates.)
There was a person who appeared on one of those usually tasteless daytime talk shows (Montel?) who was born without genitalia (or any gender-specific parts) and claimed to not be sexually attracted to either sex.
The person did admit to have strong emotions towards others of both genders, but in equal amounts.
“Is it possible to be non-sexual?”
Allow me to introduce you to my ex-wife. 
It was actually Sally Jesse Raphael.
(note: the webpage is poorly designed and difficult to read)
Allow me to introduce you to my present wife!
It also attempted to download spyware when I clicked on the link
Given the endless variations humans are capable of, I have no doubt whatsoever that there are people for whom sexual activity seems unpleasant, if not downright nauseating.
Not me, thank God, but some people.
Isn’t it odd that you never see bizzwire’s and Pablito’s wives in the same place at the same time? It’s almost as if… nah.
I spent part of an evening flirting with a woman who turned out to be a member of the Organization for Antisexualism
Think what great sexual passion all Angels must have for mankind. Posessed of both organs. Impregnation through spirit and body. Many Angels have had intercourse with the daughters and sons of man.
Yes, it’s possible for people to be asexual. They just have no libido at all. I’ve known a few people that I think are probably asexual or damn close to it. They’re capable of forming romantic attachments, but the sex thing just doesn’t appeal to them at all.
I’m hard up, I want an angel to rape me.
My guess is that if you plotted sexual interest with age you would see a bell curve that peaks in the 20’s and approaches zero for the very young and very old.
I can also remember someone on this board stating that he or she was essentially asexual and had virtually no interest in sex one way or the other.
Hmmm…that’s weird. It didn’t do that to me. I’m using Mozilla w/Zone Alarm Pro.
Sorry 'bout that, Chief.
Allow me to introduce you to me!
Though in my case, it’s not by choice…
According to the first reply in this thread, T. E. Lawrence (as in Lawrence of Arabia) “just wasn’t interested in the whole idea of sex.”
As far as “Toby” goes, couldn’t Toby have a chromosome test done to determine whether Toby has XX or XY? It wouldn’t necessarily CHANGE things, but it would be interesting to see.
About six months after DesertWife and I got married, her best friend of some twenty-odd years and I were driving somewhere and she asked if I’d mind a very personal question. I said go ahead and ask, the worst I’d do is refuse to answer. She hemmed and hawed a bit, then finally blurted out, “How often do you and DW ‘do it?’” I mulled it over and said it varied widely depending on circumstances, anywhere from twice a day to twice a month. Mostly, though it was three or four times a week. She said, “Really?” somewhat sadly, and changed the topic.
Later, when I saw DW again, I asked her what that was all about. She replied that her husband’s libido was just about zip; they had sex only two or three times a year. I don’t think it was a control issue, and he did love her–they’d even managed to have a son, somehow–his sexual fires were just practically non-existent.
I’ve also referred from time to time to DesertRoomie. The Roomie part is deliberate because I can’t in truth call her Lover or even Girlfriend since in the ten years we’ve lived together we’ve never slept in the same bed or had sex. At age 44 she is a virgin–she was raped at age 28 but never had voluntary intercourse. Now, getting raped did not help, but she had no interest in sex before that or even getting close enough to anyone to have a normal male/female or female/female relationship. I’ve probed a bit but she’s reluctant to talk about her feelings. I asked point blank if she’d ever had a climax and she said that she’d masturbated and described what sounded like an orgasm. She said that it felt good but she’d felt sad afterwards and never felt the urge to repeat the experiment. I wouldn’t mind taking her to bed but, to be honest, I don’t love her the way I did DesertWife, at least in part because I don’t dare love someone who can’t love me back. I’ve seen her parents and both of them seemed like a pair of cold fish. Perhaps growing up with them made her that way–neither her older brother or younger sister have had a marriage that lasted.
I myself have not had sex with anyone in the twelve years since I lost DW. I do masturbate, though.
DD
You could, but it might or might not clear things up. There are different ways something like that could happen. Still, a genetic study would probably be interesting.
There’s even an asexuality.org, complete with links page.
And, according to Wikipedia…
And then, of course, there is Type E…the “Confirmed Old Bachelor.” (Seen here, at left and right.)
