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What if you weren't sexually attracted to anyone? An increasing number of individuals are identifying as asexual. They aren't sexually attracted to anyone, plus they contemplate it a sexual orientation - like gay, right, or bisexual. Asexuality is the invisible orientation. A lot of people think that "everyone" wants intimacy, that "everyone" is aware of what this means to be attracted to other people, which "everyone" wants currently and partner. But that is where asexual people are overlooked - they don't really find other people sexually attractive, and if they say so, they are incredibly rarely treated as if that's alright. When an asexual person comes out, alarming reactions regularly follow; family members fear an asexual person is sick and tired, or psychologically warped, or experiencing abuse. Critics confront asexual people who have accusations of carrying out a fad, hiding homosexuality, or making excuses for intimate failures. And all of this plays a part in a discouraging get good at narrative: there is no such thing as "asexual". Being an asexual person is a lie or an illness, and it requires to be set. In The Invisible Orientation, Julie Sondra Decker describes what asexuality is, counters misconceptions, provides resources, and puts asexual people's experiences in context as they undertake an extremely sexualized world. It includes information for asexual visitors to help understand their orientation and what this means for their relationships, as well as tips and facts for many who want to comprehend their asexual friends and family members.
