Scherrer Kristin S
University of Michigan, USA.
Sexualities. 2008 Oct 1;11(5):621-641. doi: 10.1177/1363460708094269.
Sexuality is generally considered an important aspect of self-hood. Therefore, individuals who do not experience sexual attraction, and embrace an asexual identity are in a unique position to inform the social construction of sexuality. This study explores the experiences of asexual individuals utilizing open ended Internet survey data from 102 self-identified asexual people. In this paper I describe several distinct aspects of asexual identities: the meanings of sexual, and therefore, asexual behaviors, essentialist characterizations of asexuality, and lastly, interest in romance as a distinct dimension of sexuality. These findings have implications not only for asexual identities, but also for the connections of asexuality with other marginalized sexualities.
性取向通常被认为是自我认同的一个重要方面。因此,那些没有性吸引力并认同无性恋身份的个体,在塑造性取向的社会建构方面处于独特地位。本研究利用来自102位自我认定为无性恋者的开放式网络调查数据,探索无性恋个体的经历。在本文中,我描述了无性恋身份的几个不同方面:性行为的意义,以及无性恋行为的意义,无性恋的本质主义特征,最后是对浪漫爱情作为性取向一个独特维度的兴趣。这些发现不仅对无性恋身份有影响,也对无性恋与其他边缘化性取向的联系有影响。