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Coming to an Asexual Identity: Negotiating Identity, Negotiating Desire

Scherrer, Kristin S.·2008·Sexualities
DOI 10.1177/1363460708094269PMC PMC2893352
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Sexuality is generally considered an important aspect of selfhood. Therefore, individuals who do not experience sexual attraction, and who embrace an asexual identity, are in a unique position to inform the social construction of sexuality. This study explores the experiences of asexual individuals utilizing open ended internet survey data from 102 self-identified asexual people. In this article I describe several distinct aspects of asexual identities: the meanings of sexual, and therefore, asexual behaviors, essentialist characterizations of asexuality, and lastly, interest in romance as a distinct dimension of sexuality. These findings have implications not only for asexual identities, but also for the connections of asexuality with other marginalized sexualities.

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Authors
Scherrer, K. S.
Affiliations
University of Michigan, USA,
Venue
Sexualities
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2008-10
Volume
11
Issue
5
Pages
621-641
ISSN
  • 1363-4607
  • 1461-7382
DOI
10.1177/1363460708094269
PMC
PMC2893352
Cited by
203
References
1
Language
en
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)

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