It does seem to me there's a bit of conflation between those who are asexual from a lack of interest v. those who are not active sexually due to *more compelling* interests (other demands on their time). Hard to tell which is which in a book unless the author chooses to make that explicit (ok by me, just dubious about others' claims to *know* what's going on in a book).
That's partly an error of my transcription, I think; it was addressed in the panel. One point that was made was that it would be better if more characters were explicitly asexual. If it's not explicit, then one can choose to read the character that way, but definitely one can't "know."
I like Sandra Fallow (Sheldon's girlfriend). She has been mostly asexual but might be developing some sexuality.
Amy Farrah-Fowler (played by Mayim Bialik) is the name of that character on TBBT. She isn't asexual (this is established early following her introduction to the show), though she's mostly celibate onscreen due to her current boyfriend, i.e., Sheldon, not being interested in sex, but there have been times where she's explicitly stated she'd like to have sex with him or other characters.
I think at least one episode played with the idea of her being hyper-sexual in a certain way (I can't think of another word for it). She fell in lust with Penny's ex-boyfriend (the buff but incredibly stupid one), and when they shook hands, there was (to my mind) an implication that Amy had an orgasm--she was explicitly physically satisfied in some way.
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It does seem to me there's a bit of conflation between those who are asexual from a lack of interest v. those who are not active sexually due to *more compelling* interests (other demands on their time). Hard to tell which is which in a book unless the author chooses to make that explicit (ok by me, just dubious about others' claims to *know* what's going on in a book).
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Amy Farrah-Fowler (played by Mayim Bialik) is the name of that character on TBBT. She isn't asexual (this is established early following her introduction to the show), though she's mostly celibate onscreen due to her current boyfriend, i.e., Sheldon, not being interested in sex, but there have been times where she's explicitly stated she'd like to have sex with him or other characters.
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Is "aromatic" a typo for "aromantic"? Because I got Wrong Ideas.
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