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Examining the Social Tabooisation of Asexuality: The Underpinnings of Anti-Asexual Bias
IntroductionAnti-asexual bias has received limited but growing public and academic attention. Examining prejudice towards asexuals expands the depth...
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A Sco** Review of Empirical Asexuality Research in Social Science Literature
Research on asexuality as a part of the experience of human sexuality has increased over the last two decades. However, there has not yet been a...
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Sexual Minority Identity and Mental Health Among Individuals on the Asexuality Spectrum in China: A Longitudinal Study
This study examined the association between sexual minority identity and mental health among Chinese asexual individuals. Data were collected in two...
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Are Autism Spectrum Disorder and Asexuality Connected?
Asexuality is a lack of sexual attraction to any gender. There is some evidence to suggest that many self-identified asexuals have a formal diagnosis...
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Beliefs About the Inevitability of Sexual Attraction Predict Stereotypes About Asexuality
Similar to other sexual minorities, asexual individuals often face prejudice and stereoty**. However, the source of these attitudes and beliefs is...
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Asexuality: When Sexual Attraction Is Lacking
In the past decade, human asexualityAsexuality has garnered much attention and emerged as an empirically documented sexual orientationSexual...
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The Nuances of Intimacy: Asexual Perspectives and Experiences with Dating and Relationships
Asexuality studies are an emerging field in North America and Europe which lack large-scale, qualitative studies. Much existing research focuses on...
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Sexual orientation and gender differences in sexual minority identity in China: Extension to asexuality
Sexual minority identity had far-reaching influences on psychological outcomes among lesbian women, gay men, and bisexual people. Previous studies...
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Asexuality and Its Implications for LGBTQ-Parent Families
Asexuality, most often defined as a lack of sexual attraction, has emerged as a relatively new sexual identity category, and very little research has...
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Belonging to the Ace Spectrum: Correlates of Cognitions, Feelings, and Desires of Ace Individuals
IntroductionAsexuality is typically defined as a lack of sexual attraction, and yet this definition fails to include the multitude of experiences...
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Sexuality, Sexual Behavior, and Relationships of Asexual Individuals: Differences Between Aromantic and Romantic Orientation
Asexuality is a complex construct with a considerable lack of research until recently. Building upon available findings, we examined the extent to...
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Brief Report: Asexuality and Young Women on the Autism Spectrum
Existing research suggests that people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are more likely than those without ASD to self-identify as asexual, or as...
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Beyond the Label: Asexual Identity Among Individuals on the High-Functioning Autism Spectrum
Researchers have suggested that asexuality, which has been conceptualized traditionally as a persistent lack of sexual attraction to others, may be...
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The Nonverbal Communication of Sexual Orientation
Chapter 3 covers the nonverbal cues (appearance and behaviors) associated with people’s non-clinical sexual...
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A Comparison of Mate Preferences in Asexual and Allosexual Adults
Asexuality is a sexual orientation characterized by a lack of sexual attraction. Sexual attraction is likely associated with preferences for certain...
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Violence Against Asexual Individuals
Asexual individuals—people who experience little or no sexual attraction to individuals of any sex or gender—comprise approximately 1% of the...
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The Self-Identification, LGBTQ+ Identity Development, and Attraction and Behavior of Asexual Youth: Potential Implications for Sexual Health and Internet-Based Service Provision
While often included in the spectrum of sexual minority identities, asexuality receives comparatively little attention. Awareness and understanding...