What's it Like to be Asexual? [View all]

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BBC News Article at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16552173

Twenty-one-year-old Jenni Goodchild does not experience sexual attraction, but in an increasingly sexualised society what is it like to be asexual?

"For me it basically just means that I don't look at people and think 'hmm yeah I'd have sex with you,' that just doesn't happen," says Jenni.

A student in Oxford, Jenni is one of the estimated 1% of people in the UK who identify themselves as asexual. Asexuality is described as an orientation, unlike celibacy which is a choice.

I agree it's an orientation. The first asexual man I met was back in 1983. He patiently explained about his life and it made sense to me. I've always felt that human sexuality is a fluid spectrum, not a label.