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[–]DropItLikeItsHot 12 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 0 fun13 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

The only "asexuals" I've met are people who've gone through trauma or are in clear need of counseling for personal issues. It's not that they don't have sexual interests; it's that they're so bad at human interactions that they withdraw from them and label themselves as too special to need physical contact.

They're not asexual. They're just not terribly interested in having sex frequently, sometimes due to underlying stuff that could benefit from counseling, and sometimes just because they're not that into sex.

[–]RedEyedWarriorGay | Male | 🇮🇪 Irish 🇮🇪 | Antineoliberal | Cocks are Compulsory 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yep. I’ve never met an asexual person, but I have spoken to one online and a friend of mine told me about an asexual man she knew. The first person wants a husband, she just doesn’t like sex, but she acknowledges she’s heterosexual. The other person is said to have a wife, so obviously he’s straight.

[–]opinioncloset 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I do know an asexual who hasn't (as far as I understand) gone through any trauma, but he is also quite autistic and has also been taking an absolute fuckton of adderall since he was a child. Like, 100mg a day. For perspective, I occasionally take it, and if I take more than 20mg I'm bouncing off the walls.

I don't know if there is any demonstrated effects of that much chronic use of amphetamines on one's sexuality, but I could easily imagine it might.