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ORIGINAL: IrishMist

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Women rarely have true fetishes where they must have a specific object for them to become aroused.

Knives.
All I have to do is look at a knife, imagine it on my skin, cutting the skin...and WOW....intensely erotic and arousing images begin to flow through the mind

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ORIGINAL: Greta75

I also have no idea what you're talking about, but recently, I read a news about a woman, who looks like a woman. Has breasts and vagina on the outside. But did not have her period. So at 23 yr old, she finally got herself checked out, and through x-ray or something, her insides are apparently like a male, even though her outside is perfectly female. So she has internal male parts but external female parts.
And she's categorized as a asexual.

So it was very confusing for her as all her life she thought she was a female and now she does not know what she is. Her DNA is male too.

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ORIGINAL: Greta75

I also have no idea what you're talking about, but recently, I read a news about a woman, who looks like a woman. Has breasts and vagina on the outside. But did not have her period. So at 23 yr old, she finally got herself checked out, and through x-ray or something, her insides are apparently like a male, even though her outside is perfectly female. So she has internal male parts but external female parts.
And she's categorized as a asexual.

So it was very confusing for her as all her life she thought she was a female and now she does not know what she is. Her DNA is male too.

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ORIGINAL: searching4mysir
Sounds to me as if she was more intersex and was chosen to be made female as an infant and never told.

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ORIGINAL: MariaB

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ORIGINAL: Greta75

I also have no idea what you're talking about, but recently, I read a news about a woman, who looks like a woman. Has breasts and vagina on the outside. But did not have her period. So at 23 yr old, she finally got herself checked out, and through x-ray or something, her insides are apparently like a male, even though her outside is perfectly female. So she has internal male parts but external female parts.
And she's categorized as a asexual.

So it was very confusing for her as all her life she thought she was a female and now she does not know what she is. Her DNA is male too.

That isn't asexual, its something called Androgen insensitivity syndrome (AIS). She was born with an xy set of hormones (which are male) but the testes stay inside the body and the genitals will develop and appear to be female. There are different degrees which means AIS children can grow up to feel completely male or completely female.

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ORIGINAL: starkem

demisexuals are not sexually attracted to anyone of any gender

Demisexuals are not choosing to abstain; they simply lack sexual attraction until a close relationship is formed.

Though factors such as looks and personality do not affect primary sexual attraction for demisexuals/b],

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ORIGINAL: sexyred1

Ah words....to me the term demisexual, which is the first time I am hearing it, just means being picky.

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ORIGINAL: starkem

Celibacy is potentially temporary as a conscious choice while asexuality is supposedly hard wired into the subconscious and less likely to change that mindset and/or behaviors.

Though I'm still in favor of asexuality equals pickiness. Simple, yet brilliant breakdown analysis.

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ORIGINAL: BecomingV

I've never heard the term before, but that does describe me. I've wondered over the years why the men I feel chemistry with don't look like commercial versions of sexy.
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But, when not in a relationship, I literally walk around and it's like men are invisible to me as potential mates. This isn't a love thing or any kind of traditional value or adherence to social limitations on female sexuality. It's just like the switch is turned off, towards others. Or, like wearing blinders, but not because I've chosen to... it just happens.

Because of the highly sexual nature of my relationships, I'm wondering how I could fit under a label that is connected to asexuality.

Got any wisdom on that? Does it mean the term does not fit me?

I do think that this way of being has enhanced my ability to form and maintain platonic friendships with men over the course of many decades. Their wives/partners feel perfectly secure about their friendships, with me. Just an observation. :)

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ORIGINAL: FieryOpal



Look up sapiosexual. Sapiosexuals are only attracted to someone they have an intellectual connection with. It is part of what determines whether they have sexual chemistry with a potential mate. Physical appearance is secondary or tertiary.

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Many go through long periods of celibacy having little to do with their degree of sex drive. They are able to sublimate their animal or more primal instincts.

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Basically, anybody who can be indiscriminate or have superficial standards (hotness factor based on looks) of attraction is not a sapiosexual, meaning you don't have to possess a genius I.Q. to be one. You just have to find those who are of high intellect to be sexually attractive or irresistible.