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'''Asexuality''' (or '''nonsexuality''')<ref name="asexual">{{cite web|title=Asexual|publisher=TheFreeDictionary.com|accessdate=3 December 2011|url=http://www.thefreedictionary.com/asexual}}</ref><ref name="nonsexual">{{cite web|title=Nonsexual| publisher=TheFreeDictionary.com| accessdate=3 December 2011|url=http://www.thefreedictionary.com/nonsexual}}</ref><ref name="Harris">{{cite web|first=Lynn|last=Harris|title=Asexual and proud!|work=Salon |date=26 May 2005|accessdate=3 December 2011|url=http://www.salon.com/2005/05/26/asexual/}}</ref> is the lack of [[sexual attraction]] to anyone, or low or absent interest in [[Human sexual activity|sexual activity]].<ref name= Bogaert2006>Bogaert, Anthony F. (2006). [http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=18172400 "Toward a conceptual understanding of asexuality"]. ''Review of General Psychology'' '''10''' (3) 241–250. Retrieved 31 August 2007.</ref><ref name="Kelly">{{cite book|last = Kelly| first = Gary F.| authormask = |authorlink = |title = Sexuality Today: The Human Perspective|url =|edition=7|series =| year = 2004 | publisher = McGraw-Hill |location=|isbn= 978-0-07-255835-7|oclc = |doi =|bibcode =|id =| page = 401|pages=| nopp =| at =|chapter = Chapter 12 | chapterurl =|quote =|ref =| laysummary =|laydate =|separator=|postscript = &nbsp;&nbsp;Asexuality is a condition characterized by a low interest in sex.|lastauthoramp =}}</ref><ref name="Prause">{{cite book|last=Prause|first=Nicole|author2=Cynthia A. Graham|date=August 2004|url=http://www.kinseyinstitute.org/publications/PDF/PrauseGrahamPDF.pdf|title=Asexuality: Classification and Characterization|book=Archives of Sexual Behavior|volume=36|pages=341–356|accessdate=31 August 2007|doi=10.1007/s10508-006-9142-3|format=PDF|pmid=17345167|issue=3| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20070927014407/http://www.kinseyinstitute.org/publications/PDF/PrauseGrahamPDF.pdf| archivedate= 27 September 2007 <!--DASHBot-->|deadurl= no}}</ref> It may be considered the lack of a [[sexual orientation]], or one of the four variations thereof, alongside [[heterosexuality]], [[homosexuality]], and [[bisexuality]].<ref name = Bogaert2004>{{cite book |last=Bogaert|first=Anthony F. |year=2004 |title=Asexuality: prevalence and associated factors in a national probability sample |book=Journal of Sex Research |volume=41 |issue=3 |pages=279–87|pmid=15497056 |doi=10.1080/00224490409552235}}</ref><ref name="Sexual orientation">{{cite book|last=Melby|first=Todd|title=Asexuality gets more attention, but is it a sexual orientation?|book=Contemporary Sexuality|date=November 2005|volume=39|issue=11|pages=1, 4–5| issn = 1094-5725|url = http://www.apositive.org/wordpress_backup/?page_id=222 |accessdate=20 November 2011 | postscript = &nbsp;&nbsp;[http://journalseek.net/cgi-bin/journalseek/journalsearch.cgi?field=title&query=1094-5725 The journal currently does not have a website]}}</ref><ref name="Sex and society">{{cite book|editor=Marshall Cavendish|title=Sex and Society|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=aVDZchwkIMEC&pg=PA82|accessdate=27 July 2013|volume=2|year=2010|publisher=Marshall Cavendish|isbn=978-0-7614-7906-2|pages=82–83|contribution=Asexuality}}</ref> A study in 2004 placed the prevalence of asexuality at 1% in the British population.<ref name=Bogaert2004/><ref name="cnn">{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/10/14/asexual.study/index.html |title=Study: One in 100 adults asexual |publisher=CNN |accessdate=11 November 2007 | date=15 October 2004| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20071027081628/http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/10/14/asexual.study/index.html| archivedate= 27 October 2007 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref>
  
'''Asexuality''' (or '''nonsexuality''')<ref name="asexual">{{cite web|title=Asexual|publisher=TheFreeDictionary.com|accessdate=3 December 2011|url=http://www.thefreedictionary.com/asexual}}</ref><ref name="nonsexual">{{cite web|title=Nonsexual| publisher=TheFreeDictionary.com| accessdate=3 December 2011|url=http://www.thefreedictionary.com/nonsexual}}</ref><ref name="Harris">{{cite web|first=Lynn|last=Harris|title=Asexual and proud!|work=Salon |date=26 May 2005|accessdate=3 December 2011|url=http://www.salon.com/2005/05/26/asexual/}}</ref> is the lack of [[sexual attraction]] to anyone, or low or absent interest in [[Human sexual activity|sexual activity]].<ref name= Bogaert2006>Bogaert, Anthony F. (2006). [http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=18172400 "Toward a conceptual understanding of asexuality"]. ''Review of General Psychology'' '''10''' (3) 241–250. Retrieved 31 August 2007.</ref><ref name="Kelly">{{cite book|last = Kelly| first = Gary F.| authormask = |authorlink = |title = Sexuality Today: The Human Perspective|url =|edition=7|series =| year = 2004 | publisher = McGraw-Hill |location=|isbn= 978-0-07-255835-7|oclc = |doi =|bibcode =|id =| page = 401|pages=| nopp =| at =|chapter = Chapter 12 | chapterurl =|quote =|ref =| laysummary =|laydate =|separator=|postscript = &nbsp;&nbsp;Asexuality is a condition characterized by a low interest in sex.|lastauthoramp =}}</ref><ref name="Prause">{{cite book|last=Prause|first=Nicole|author2=Cynthia A. Graham|date=August 2004|url=http://www.kinseyinstitute.org/publications/PDF/PrauseGrahamPDF.pdf|title=Asexuality: Classification and Characterization|book=Archives of Sexual Behavior|volume=36|pages=341–356|accessdate=31 August 2007|doi=10.1007/s10508-006-9142-3|format=PDF|pmid=17345167|issue=3| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20070927014407/http://www.kinseyinstitute.org/publications/PDF/PrauseGrahamPDF.pdf| archivedate= 27 September 2007 <!--DASHBot-->|deadurl= no}}</ref> It may be considered the lack of a [[sexual orientation]], or one of the four variations thereof, alongside [[heterosexuality]], [[homosexuality]], and [[bisexuality]].<ref name = Bogaert2004>{{cite book |last=Bogaert|first=Anthony F. |year=2004 |title=Asexuality: prevalence and associated factors in a national probability sample |book=Journal of Sex Research |volume=41 |issue=3 |pages=279–87|pmid=15497056 |doi=10.1080/00224490409552235}}</ref><ref name="Sexual orientation">{{cite book|last=Melby|first=Todd|title=Asexuality gets more attention, but is it a sexual orientation?|book=Contemporary Sexuality|date=November 2005|volume=39|issue=11|pages=1, 4–5| issn = 1094-5725|url = http://www.apositive.org/wordpress_backup/?page_id=222 |accessdate=20 November 2011 | postscript = &nbsp;&nbsp;[http://journalseek.net/cgi-bin/journalseek/journalsearch.cgi?field=title&query=1094-5725 The journal currently does not have a website]}}</ref><ref name="Sex and society">{{cite book|editor=Marshall Cavendish|title=Sex and Society|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=aVDZchwkIMEC&pg=PA82|accessdate=27 July 2013|volume=2|year=2010|publisher=Marshall Cavendish|isbn=978-0-7614-7906-2|pages=82–83|contribution=Asexuality}}</ref> A study in 2004 placed the prevalence of asexuality at 1% in the British population.<ref name=Bogaert2004/><ref name="cnn">{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/10/14/asexual.study/index.html |title=Study: One in 100 adults asexual |publisher=CNN |accessdate=11 November 2007 | date=15 October 2004| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20071027081628/http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/10/14/asexual.study/index.html| archivedate= 27 October 2007 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref>
   

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Asexuality (or nonsexuality)[1][2][3] is the lack of sexual attraction to anyone, or low or absent interest in sexual activity.[4][5][6] It may be considered the lack of a sexual orientation, or one of the four variations thereof, alongside heterosexuality, homosexuality, and bisexuality.[7][8][9] A study in 2004 placed the prevalence of asexuality at 1% in the British population.[7][10]

Asexuality is distinct from [[sexual abstinence|abstention from sexual activity and from celibacy,[11][12] which are behavioral and generally motivated by factors such as an individual's personal or religious beliefs.[13] Sexual orientation, unlike sexual behavior, is believed to be "enduring."[14] Some asexual people engage in sexual activity despite lacking a desire for sex or sexual attraction, due to a variety of reasons, such as a desire to pleasure themselves or romantic partners, or a desire to have children.[6][11]

Acceptance of asexuality as a sexual orientation and field of scientific research is still relatively new,[4][6][8][15] as a growing body of research from both sociological and psychological perspectives has begun to develop.[6] While some researchers assert that asexuality is a sexual orientation, other researchers disagree.[8][9]

Various asexual communities have started to form since the advent of the World Wide Web and social media. The most prolific and well-known of these communities is the Asexual Visibility and Education Network (AVEN), which was founded in 2001 by David Jay.[9][16]

References

  1. ↑ Asexual. TheFreeDictionary.com. Retrieved on 3 December 2011.
  2. ↑ Nonsexual. TheFreeDictionary.com. Retrieved on 3 December 2011.
  3. ↑ Harris, Lynn (26 May 2005). Asexual and proud!. Salon. Retrieved on 3 December 2011.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Bogaert, Anthony F. (2006). "Toward a conceptual understanding of asexuality". Review of General Psychology 10 (3) 241–250. Retrieved 31 August 2007.
  5. ↑ Sexuality Today: The Human Perspective McGraw-Hill
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Asexuality: Classification and Characterization (August 2004) http://www.kinseyinstitute.org/publications/PDF/PrauseGrahamPDF.pdf
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Asexuality: prevalence and associated factors in a national probability sample
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Asexuality gets more attention, but is it a sexual orientation? (November 2005) http://www.apositive.org/wordpress_backup/?page_id=222
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Sex and Society Marshall Cavendish http://books.google.com/books?id=aVDZchwkIMEC&pg=PA82
  10. ↑ "Study: One in 100 adults asexual", CNN, 15 October 2004. Retrieved on 11 November 2007. 
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Varcarolis' Foundations of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Elsevier Health Sciences http://books.google.com/books?id=mZ15AAAAQBAJ&pg=PA382&dq=&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ysV7Upr5FfPnsATW8IGYBw&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=&f=false
  12. ↑ DePaulo, Bella (26 September 2011). ASEXUALS: Who Are They and Why Are They Important?. Psychology Today. Retrieved on 13 December 2011.
  13. ↑ The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (3d ed. 1992), entries for celibacy and thence abstinence
  14. ↑ Sexual orientation, homosexuality and bisexuality. American Psychological Association. Retrieved on March 30, 2013.
  15. ↑ Overview. The Asexual Visibility and Education Network (AVEN) (2008). Retrieved on 14 October 2011.
  16. ↑ Swash, Rosie (February 25, 2012). Among the asexuals. The Guardian. Retrieved on February 2, 2013.
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