作者: M. A. Yule , L. A. Brotto , B. B. Gorzalka
DOI: 10.1007/S11930-017-0100-Y
关键词: Social psychology 、 Identity (social science) 、 Human sexuality 、 Developmental psychology 、 Sexual dysfunction 、 Mental health 、 Sexual attraction 、 Paraphilia 、 Sexual orientation 、 Asexuality 、 Psychology
摘要: This paper reviews the recent literature on human asexuality, which is generally defined as an absence of sexual attraction. Recent work has focused exploring whether asexuality best conceptualized a mental health difficulty, dysfunction, paraphilia, orientation, or identity/community, and this reviewed. The authors conclude that may be thought orientation identity community important component asexual experience. Overall, term likely describes heterogeneous group individuals, with range experiences. Asexuality normal variation in experience sexuality, future research into might inform our understanding sexuality general.