Asexual vs Graysexual - What's the difference?
asexual | graysexual |
Not experiencing sexual attraction; lacking interest in or desire for sex.
* 2010 , Jerrold S. Greenberg, Clint E. Bruess, Sarah C. Conklin, Exploring the Dimensions of Human Sexuality , fourth edition, pages 357–358:
Not sexual in nature, not marked by sexual activity. (Compare Platonic .)
* 2004 , Martha Vicinus, Intimate Friends: women who loved women, 1778-1928 , page 150:
(biology) Having no distinct sex, having no sexual organs.
(biology) Without sexual action; reproducing by some other method than sex.
(biology) A species which reproduces by asexual rather than sexual reproduction, or a member of such a species.
* 2009 , Isa Schön, Giampaolo Rossetti, Koen Martens, Darwinulid Ostracods: Ancient Asexual Scandals or Scandalous Gossip?'', published as Chapter 11 of ''Lost Sex: The Evolutionary Biology of Parthenogenesis , Isa Schön, Koen Martens, Peter van Dijk (editors), page 221:
A person who does not experience sexual attraction; a person who lacks interest in or desire for sex.
(label) Intermediate between sexual and asexual; sometimes, but not usually, experiencing sexual attraction and desire.
* 2013 , M. M, "
* 2014 , Tess Banta, "
* 2014 , Julie Sondra Decker, "
*
As adjectives the difference between asexual and graysexual
is that asexual is not experiencing sexual attraction; lacking interest in or desire for sex while graysexual is intermediate between sexual and asexual; sometimes, but not usually, experiencing sexual attraction and desire.As a noun asexual
is a species which reproduces by asexual rather than sexual reproduction, or a member of such a species.asexual
English
(Asexuality)Adjective
(-)- Many asexual' people experience attraction, but feel no need to act out that attraction sexually. Because they don't see a lack of sexual arousal as a problem to be corrected, ' asexual people focus their energy on enjoying other types of arousal and pleasure.
- The central paradox of Linton's writing was her inability, or unwillingness, to imagine an asexual friendship between women.
- asexual reproduction
Synonyms
* (not experiencing sexual attraction) ace (slang), asexy (slang) * (not of marked sex) epiceneAntonyms
* sexual, hornyDerived terms
* asexual reproductionCoordinate terms
*See also
* fission * gemmationNoun
(en noun)- 11.2 Demonstrating the Status of Long-Lived Asexuals
- [...] Indeed, if sex has so many advantages, then which special adaptations - if any - allow long-term survival without it? However, the main task of the research teams dealing with such putative ancient asexuals has thus far been to demonstrate that their respective groups (mainly bdelloids, darwinulids and certain lineages within orbatid mites) indeed merit the status.
Antonyms
* (biology) sexual * (person) sexualAlso see
* ----graysexual
English
Alternative forms
* gray-sexualAdjective
(-)sex-pos", Post- (Brown University), Volume 14, Issue 13, 21 February 2013, page 7:
- But then I remember: the whole ethos of sex-positivity is predicated on a belief that everyone—sexual, asexual, or gray-sexual ; monogamous, polyamorous, or something in-between; LGBTQ or as hetero as the Romneys—is entitled to pleasurable and safe sex.
The 'A' Stands for Asexual", The Amherst Student (Amherst College), Volume 143, Issue 16, 19 February 2014, page 7:
- Some aces are gray-sexual (or gray-A), meaning that they fall somewhere on a spectrum between asexual and sexual.
How to Tell If You Are Asexual", Time , 18 June 2014:
- Do you feel sexual attraction sometimes, but only rarely? You may be graysexual ,* and you’ll have a lot in common with asexual people if you are.