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Request For Research Participants: Stigma and Mental Health
Hello! I am an MSc student at Swansea University. My team and I are looking for people to participate in our study.
We invite individuals on the asexual spectrum who are fluent in English and 16 years old or older to participate in a research study investigating the experiences of social stigma and mental health in this population. We are ( Read more... ) -
Research Participation Request: Asexuality and Intimacy
I am master's student at Illinois State University and I am conducting a survey regarding asexual people's attitudes to and experiences of romantic partner relationships. I am inviting your participation, which involves filling out an online questionnaire. Participation in the task will take approximately 15 minutes.
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Research Participation Request: Exploring the High School Experience of Asexual Individuals
My name is Yuchen Yang, and I am a PhD student in the Department of Sociology at the University of Chicago. I am launching a research about asexuality for my qualifying paper. The research will investigate how did asexual people navigate peer culture in their high school environment (junior high and/or senior high) in the United States. I’m looking ( Read more... ) -
Question about attraction versus good looks.
So yesterday I took my sister to her regular hydrotherapy. Her regular physio is on honeymoon and she'd organised a fill in. The guy that replaced her was about 25, and was honestly the most gorgeous man I'd ever seen. This guy was really fit, I could tell since he was in his trunks. that scruffy beard thing that's in right now was made for his ( Read more... ) -
Is there anybody out there?
I have a question about attraction versus good looks.
But firstly, is there a reason why no one has posted here for nearly a year? Are all the cool kids over at that oother water fountain? It wouldn't surprise me, no one tells me anything these days... -
Meta: Reading Girolamo Riario (Da Vinci's Demons) as on the Asexual Spectrum
Meta exploring Da Vinci's Demon's Girolamo Riario's sexual and romantic orientation. I head-canon him as somewhere on the asexual spectrum. Not necessarily completely asexual but possibly grey-asexual or demi-sexual, maybe with some sexual attraction to all genders; I also think he could be biromantic and/or demiromantic and the meta looks at ( Read more... ) -
Ace-Spectrum Awareness Week
a-spec-tacular is hosting/promoting events for ace awareness week 23 October onwards. (Click that link more for, summary follows ( Read more... ) -
Psychology Today Article
Found this article online today: Asexuality Is a Sexual Orientation, Not a Sexual Dysfunction -
Hello
I just joined the community today and thought I would say hello. I'm 31 years old. It took me some years to become aware that I am asexual and then a couple more years to become comfortable enough to own it. I'm very romantic and for years just viewed sex as a necessary evil to be in relationships with others. I never enjoyed it or initiated it, ( Read more... )