Wait a minute, a lot of asexuals masturbate, but still don’t want to have sex?
This question confuses being attracted to someone, being able to experience sexual pleasure and wanting to have sex, three very different categories. Most asexuals are as capable of feeling pleasure down there as anyone else in the population, and many experience a drive that needs to be sated sooner or later. But some asexuals don’t see the appeal of sex with a partner (since they are not attracted to them), likening it to picking your nose – sometimes rather satisfying, but not something you’d want someone else to do to you! And of course, some asexuals do have sex, and some enjoy it. No, seriously, I thought asexuality was the same as being celibate. Celibacy means to abstain from sex, to deny your desires and not have it. It can also be a temporary state – some people will be celibate for years, and then become sexually active. It is, however, a choice. Although some asexual people are also celibate, plenty aren’t, or wouldn’t refer to themselves as such, because they’re not ‘givin
