Abstract

MORA MONTES, José María  and  MORA ENCINAS, María Paz. A better understanding of human sexuality through the study of asexuality. Rev. Asoc. Esp. Neuropsiq. [online]. 2020, vol.40, n.138, pp.115-132.  Epub Feb 15, 2021. ISSN 2340-2733.  https://dx.doi.org/10.4321/s0211-573520200020007.

Asexuality has gained importance with the entrance of the present century. However, this phenomenon has been little studied. The investigations carried out to date confirm that the lack of “erotic attraction” towards one sex or the other is defining and imposes itself as the axis of all the asexual behaviors encompassed under the same name. Therefore, the present study focuses on defining precisely the concept of “sexual attraction”, which is different from affection, admiration, the so-called “romantic attraction”, and sexual excitement. On the other hand, there are frequent masturbatory and paraphilic behaviors in asexual people, and it is obvious that these behaviors respond to other factors not dependent on the “erotic attraction”, which leads us to maintain as evidence the existence of three fundamental constituent factors of the core of human sexuality: sexual attraction, excitement, and orgasm. Non-covariable factors, whose presence, joint or isolated, explains the different sexual behaviors of men and women.

Keywords : asexuality; erotic attraction; romantic attraction; sexual excitement; orgasm; paraphilias.

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