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Ace What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex

Angela Chen

An engaging exploration of what it means to be asexual in a world that’s obsessed with sexual attraction, and what the ace perspective can teach all of us about desire and identity. What exactly is sexual attraction and what is it like to go through life not experiencing it? What does asexuality re...

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It was named one of the best books of 2020 by NPR, Electric Literature, and Them and was written by journalist and editor Angela Chen. The author discusses the misconceptions surrounding asexuality and how it relates to desire, society, and the meaning of sex.

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And I will tell you that I did start reading her work to understand asexuality better. And what happened is that I began to understand myself and everyone that I know better and what sexuality is in g...

— Episode: 250. Why Do We Have Sex? Asexuality with...

Episode: 250. Why Do We Have Sex? Asexuality with Angela Ch...

It was named one of the best books of 2020 by NPR, Electric Literature, and Them and was written by journalist and editor Angela Chen. The author discusses the misconceptions surrounding asexuality and how it relates to desire, society, and the meaning of sex.

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And I will tell you that I did start reading her work to understand asexuality better. And what happened is that I began to understand myself and everyone that I know better and what sexuality is in general better. And it just kind of opened up a whole new world.

And I'm glad that the subtitle did not lie because I do think asexuality is about desire and society and the meaning of sex and not just no one specific experience.

So good to hear, you know, thank you. Shout out to my marketing team. Yes, they nailed it. Exactly. They nailed it. They nailed it.

And I should back up and say, you know, by that point I was in a second serious relationship and I'd never had any, what you might call sexual problems like libido stuff or inhibition. It was all very smooth in that area.

I think that understanding sex and sexuality in the hunger and the hamburger was so liberating to me personally, because it was like, I think there's probably whole swaths of people, including myself, who only understand their sexuality interpersonally.

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It was briefly discussed in the context of a study mentioned in the book that connected physical fear with attraction.

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I was reading Angela Chen's Ace book and she was talking about how there was this study where a bunch of men either walked across a sturdy bridge or a swaying bridge.

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