However, that has not been my personal experience. My experience has simply been that I am not interested in act of sex. According to everything I have read this not the case for many other asexuals as well.
For example, according to this website:
http://asexualawarenessweek.com/asexuality-101/
How can you be asexual but have a sex drive? Isn't that impossible?
Sexual orientation and sex drive are two separate things. Asexuals with a libido experience what is sometimes called an “undirected sex drive”. Whereas most people would ideally satisfy their libido through partnered sexual activity, for asexuals with a libido this is usually not the case, as they are not sexually attracted to anyone
There has not been much research on this in humans but they have done some studies with Rams and found no difference in Hormone levels:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asexuality#Sexual_activity_and_sexuality
Though comparisons with non-human sexuality are problematic, a series of studies done on ram mating preferences at the United States Sheep Experiment Station in Dubois, Idaho, starting in 2001 found that about 2–3% of the animals being studied had no apparent interest in mating with either sex; the researchers classified these animals as asexual, but found them to be otherwise healthy with no recorded differences in hormone levels.[44][45]
The way I think about it is think of a strict Lesbian. Just because she is not sexually attracted to a man does not mean she does not have a sex drive. Just that she has no interest in having sex with men.
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