Asexuals

Poll

Do Asexuals exist?

Do people believe this orientation exist? For those that say no. What's your reasoning when there are many people (granted 1% population) that say they do exist?

Another important question is... do you think it's possible to have a romantic relationship without the sexual tones? :biggrin:

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Reply 1

Jangrafess

19

Asexuality implies reproduction with oneself by splitting in half.

Pretty tricky stuff.

Reply 2

Collingwood

15

No it doesn't. Some plants are asexual and do not do that. It implies that the individual does not partake in sex.

Reply 3

manderlay in flames

12

Jangrafess

Asexuality implies reproduction with oneself by splitting in half.

Pretty tricky stuff.

No, it's the name given to themselves by people who don't feel they have a sex drive, literally "without sex". You're thinking of asexual reproduction.

Reply 4

Jangrafess

19

Excellent.

I'll call myself asexual then. So pleased to be proved wrong. :biggrin:

Reply 5

CommunistHamster

While it's a real orientation, it's really rare for obvious reasons (self-negatively-selecting)

It would certainly make life a lot simpler for people :P although then you'd be at a higher risk of prostate cancer because you'd feel hardly any urge to relieve yourself....

Reply 6

~style

I thought someone was trying to be funny by creating this thread and wanted to give a scientific name to masturbation.

Reply 7

I Wanna Be Adored

1

My trick is, I claim to be asexual; I can't get laid... However, come the time, I may suddenly get this sex-drive business. Unfortunately, the trick isn't doing me any favours, nor has it for the past 17 years.

Reply 8

Chumbaniya

17

I don't know why on earth you think a poll can decide whether people are capable of having a particular orientation. If someone doesn't have sexual desire for members of either sex, a poll isn't going to change how they feel.

I thoroughly disapprove of this thread.

Reply 9

Glutamic Acid

17

~style

I thought someone was trying to be funny by creating this thread and wanted to give a scientific name to masturbation.

Onanism?

Reply 10

johnboy91

Would someone claim to be an asexual and then say they don't exist... meh
And no, I don't believe they exist...

Reply 11

~style

Glutamic Acid

Onanism?

I knew I should've researched it before posting that or atleast reworded my post meanwhile.

Reply 12

Sanity Panda

OP

Chumbaniya

I don't know why on earth you think a poll can decide whether people are capable of having a particular orientation. If someone doesn't have sexual desire for members of either sex, a poll isn't going to change how they feel.

I thoroughly disapprove of this thread.

I never claimed that I could change others, I'm just asking what people feel about idea. On that note, I realised adding the last option was just stupid. @_@;

I am asexual :cry:

Asexual predator?

Sanity Panda

I never claimed that I could change others, I'm just asking what people feel about idea. On that note, I realised adding the last option was just stupid. @_@;

What I mean is that it's obviously completely pointless having a vote on something which is an individual trait. You can't have a vote on whether individuals are capable of having a particular sexual orientation; whether they do or not is a feature of their personalities and you can't invalidate that by having ignorant students claiming that they're just confused or deluding themselves. Some people do not feel sexual desires and therefore they are asexual - this is undeniable, so a poll is pointless.

Reply 16

Sanity Panda

OP

Alright I accept that I've gotten the title wrong. It should be changed to whether students believe they exist or not.
It can be a study on what people think as well, so I wouldn't call it entirely pointless.

Reply 17

~style

Sanity Panda

Alright I accept that I've gotten the title wrong. It should be changed to whether students believe they exist or not.
It can be a study on what people think as well, so I wouldn't call it entirely pointless.