# What type of sexual are you? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 22, 2013, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-sexual-are-you/659062 "2013-05-22T20:25:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-sexual-are-you/659062/81 "2013-05-24T02:16:13Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > You’re on your third tequila sunrise and are giggling at things that aren’t funny. I’m 100% hetero when sober but turn into 50% hetero, 50% asexual when past my third one. Except of course for girls I’m in love with. Or think I’m in love with. Or may fall in love with after a couple more drinks. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-sexual-are-you/659062/82 "2013-05-24T03:47:49Z")
I’m a celibate heterosexual. I love girls, but I’m 47 now and the last time I had sex with another person was when I was 29. I’m in the unfortunate position where my taste in women hasn’t aged along with me, but I fully recognize the fact that the young women who appeal to me are not likely to have any interest in me, and so I don’t push the issue. And if I found myself in bed with a young lady who turned my crank, I’d probably just embarrass myself, so I don’t even try. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-sexual-are-you/659062/83 "2013-05-24T04:12:12Z")
> [@Mister\_Rik](#): > > I’m in the unfortunate position where my taste in women hasn’t aged along with me, but I fully recognize the fact that the young women who appeal to me are not likely to have any interest in me, and so I don’t push the issue. And if I found myself in bed with a young lady who turned my crank, I’d probably just embarrass myself, so I don’t even try. This is genuinely sad. And I mean this in a non-snarky, empathetic way. In a certain way, I can commiserate with you. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-sexual-are-you/659062/84 "2013-05-24T05:18:43Z")
I’m a flaming antisexual All you people and other creatures who stick your sticky, private parts into other people’s and creature’s sticky, private parts really disgust me. _Just don’t do it_, please! I’m going to be so embarrassed when we start getting visited by extraterrestrial aliens who adhere to proper etiquette. I’m gonna have some s’plainin’ to do, on our planet’s behalf, _“I’m sorry, fellas, I’m afraid you’ve landed on a planet with a rather obscene biosphere, but may I interest you in a nice cup of tea and watercress sandwiches?”_ In fact, I’m not a fan of all you asexual reproductive critters either. All your budding and binary fission shenanigans—disgusting! Just keep it in your pants, ok?!? I’m getting a splitting headache just thinking about it. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-sexual-are-you/659062/85 "2013-05-24T06:13:36Z")
> [@Shakester](#): > > Well, you’re hetero, just not practising. > > You’re not asexual if you’d _like_ to have sex but don’t/can’t. > > ETA: Which is, by the way, my category: hetero, but not practising. Oh I practice quite a bit. Heck, I’m ready to have sex at Carnegie Hall. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-sexual-are-you/659062/86 "2013-05-24T06:55:53Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > I’m _totally_ (totally) hetero but I wish I was gay 'cause I’ve always wanted a penis in my mouth. And in my bum. But it can’t happen 'cause I’m only attracted to the ladies (and only hot ladies, dammit!). Is this a quote or something? Haha it’s hilarious but I can’t make any sense of it. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-sexual-are-you/659062/87 "2013-05-24T18:20:32Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > This, exactly. I have had any number of meaningful, committed friendships with women, and if I could just flip a switch and make myself interested in sleeping with them (without the involvement of tequila), I would do it in a second. What is a “committed friendship”? I’m in a commited relationship with my wife; it means that we’ve promised one another not to have sex with other people or to get married to anyone else. I have a lot of friends, some of whom are very dear to me, but I’d not call us “committed.” What do you mean by it? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-sexual-are-you/659062/88 "2013-05-24T20:30:31Z")
> [@River\_Hippie](#): > > Is an asexual person interested in masturbation or does asexual mean uninterested in any kind of sex? Like every single question about any sexual act, that depends on the person. Some do, some don’t. When I was talking with the guy, some extra-religious person brought up the idea that God wants “man and woman” to be together. He replied “Do you think God really cares whether I have orgasms by getting laid or masturbating?” > [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > In theory or in practice? Sexual attraction is “in theory.” Hence the “ex-gay” movement. Yeah, they’re acting straight, but who are they attracted to? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-sexual-are-you/659062/89 "2013-05-24T21:00:02Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Sexual attraction is “in theory.” In that case, hetero. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-sexual-are-you/659062/90 "2013-05-24T21:35:51Z")
Genderqueer. I’m attracted to people with the opposite physiological morphology. I’m the opposite gender of most other people with my physical morphology. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-sexual-are-you/659062/91 "2013-05-25T00:55:04Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > Is this a quote or something? Haha it’s hilarious but I can’t make any sense of it. Nope, just some stupid shit of my own. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-sexual-are-you/659062/92 "2013-05-25T09:57:48Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > When I was talking with the guy, some extra-religious person brought up the idea that God wants “man and woman” to be together. I don’t really believe in God, but that argument never even made any sense to me. If God wanted “man and woman” to be together, then why did he create gays in the first place? Seriously, you’re telling me that God screwed up his own creation? You don’t think He knows what the fuck He is doing? (Yeah, I know, Panglossianism, Problem of Evil, free will, etc. But that always leads to the conclusion that there is no God, and in that case, I’m most certainly going to hump whomever I want.) ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-sexual-are-you/659062/93 "2013-05-25T10:04:33Z")
(“You” in the previous post referring not to **Annie-Xmas** , obviously, but to the religious person in question.) ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-sexual-are-you/659062/94 "2013-05-25T10:08:14Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > I was just pointing out that you may not realize the pain and disappointment you could open yourself up to. A person (and by ‘a person’ I mean me) may not figure out that it is really, really important to make good decisions in this area until the damage has been done. > > For some people romance and dating is fun, gratifying and fulfilling. But for a whole lot of us it isn’t. Its kindof like the parallel thread someone else has going about how people envy him for having almost no emotions. He may not have the good emotions, but he also doesn’t have to live with the bad ones either. > > Why does asexuality make you feel ashamed? Given how often sex is used to sell, even to sell things such as “getting a better job” or “going to a better school”? You’re not supposed to do those things because you find them more interesting, or to consider “better” the job that leaves you more time for your solo hobbies: it should be because it makes you more attractive, or to prefer the job that gives you more time to be with your family. It’s… like infertility or not wanting to have children, something that you do not control, which is a fundamental difference from the assumed norm and to which most people’s reaction will range from incomprehension to trying to fix you to pulling their children away from this devil person. It can’t be that you’re frigid, you just haven’t met the right macho yet. It can’t be that you don’t enjoy being hugged, you’re just being a bitch. Etc. I’m hetero, but would be interested in some women, but in any case not a lot. But then, my grandmother says she’s only ever met one person she wanted to have sex with, so it’s not like I can say I have no idea where I picked it from. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-sexual-are-you/659062/95 "2013-05-25T12:09:08Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > Why does asexuality make you feel ashamed? When people ask why I don’t have a SO, I tell them I haven’t met the right person. The dating scene is SO lame, don’t you know? And then we move on to another topic to my relief. I once made the mistake of telling a couple of coworkers the truth, and they told me I needed to go to a doctor. It’s not normal to be _that_ weird. I vowed never again. I’m not mature or evolved enough not to care what people think, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-sexual-are-you/659062/96 "2013-05-25T13:24:32Z")
I’m a wish-I-had-some-sexual. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-sexual-are-you/659062/97 "2013-05-25T15:57:50Z")
> [@Student\_Driver](#): > > Hetero. I’m another “100%-er” even though I’ve heard plenty of times that supposedly everyone has a little bit of homosexual tendency within. Never been attracted to a guy in any sense, never had an urge to experiment, and don’t even like seeing them in porn (whereas a lot of hetero guys like to see a guy in porn so that they can put themselves in the guy’s place to “participate”)… which puts me into **Leaffan** ’s category, I suppose. > > Not that I think it’s gross or anything, just that it’s a completely alien concept for me. I even tend to prefer women for platonic friendships. This exactly describes me, too. I am 100% hetero. From a sexual POV, men do absolutely nothing for me. The thought of me in a homosexual encounter grosses me out. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-sexual-are-you/659062/98 "2013-05-25T16:37:00Z")
> [@Martian Bigfoot](#): > > I don’t really believe in God, but that argument never even made any sense to me. If God wanted “man and woman” to be together, then why did he create gays in the first place? Seriously, you’re telling me that God screwed up his own creation? You don’t think He knows what the fuck He is doing? > > (Yeah, I know, Panglossianism, Problem of Evil, free will, etc. But that always leads to the conclusion that there is no God, and in that case, I’m most certainly going to hump whomever I want.) This is like saying if God wants people to be honest, why did He create thieves? ---
**Author:** ![colander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e8c25b/32.png) [@colander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colander)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-sexual-are-you/659062/99 "2013-05-25T17:17:07Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > This is like saying if God wants people to be honest, why did He create thieves? No it isn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-sexual-are-you/659062/100 "2013-05-25T20:57:01Z")
People choose to be thieves. Despute what religious people would have you believe, people do not choose their sexual attractions. > [@monstro](#): > > I once made the mistake of telling a couple of coworkers the truth, and they told me I needed to go to a doctor. It’s not normal to be that weird. I vowed never again. The next words out of my mouth would have been “So fucking what? Whoe am I hurting by not having sex?” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-sexual-are-you/659062.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-sexual-are-you/659062.md?page=6)