Abstinence made so simple? Has nature neutered them?

I remember reading about amoeba in my 6th grade biology class. There was no need for me to research about amoebas’ with a career in Marketing and Finance. But recently I stumbled upon an article that talked about the asexuality and that is when I realized that I had read about this terminology at some point in life. I googled to get a better understanding of this term and related to the context of usage in that article. Well the term was none other than “Asexuality”.

It is a common happening in the western world to kiss publicly, while the eastern world takes pride to do such things under the blanket or within the four walls. But in there netherworld there is another community who never seem to be interested in sex or any such acts that lead to the physical union of either sex. We live in the society where love, marriage and divorce are like scratch lotteries, very much instantaneous. For a person to have none of this in his life it would probably mean that they must be supernatural or from another planet. I probably thought these people belonged to the clergy or the Sanyasi class with no inclination towards physical pleasures in life. That rang a bell now, why don’t the religious factions like Vaticans and other clergy from all religions recruit people from this 1% biological anomaly. This would possible save our future generation from sex abuse by the clergy.

There is a stigma associated with Asexual people. They are not celebrities, but they are celibates. Is it by choice or is it by nature? They feel different, left out and sometimes very depressed being a glitch in the creation. But the facts revealed that 1% of human population is born this way without any inclination or physical attraction for either gender. These people lead a normal life like us have a good social circle and a life, but they have never explored their physical side and are not interested to explore. Reading online material on this I realized that this is a process similar to how people with other preferences come out to themselves, be it homosexuals, heterosexuals and the entire other pedigrees. The identity crisis seems to be the common denominator across all factions. Once they get through the denial phase the communities and groups seem to give them the support and encouragement to look beyond biology and preference.

I have heard my friend say that humans get sexually aroused and it can be measured on a scale of one to ten. Zero to five is the female zone and six to ten is the male zone. Depending on the individual factors there is attraction to either male or female. But I don’t understand what happens when it people don’t get attracted to either of the sex. These people don’t get grumpy because they haven’t got their share. People can be sexually dormant for some period of time due to trauma, loss or other stress related factors, but for someone to be sexually dead it must be something different. After researching online on this topic I found out that there is a scale again for asexual behavior. I guess it all depends on how asexuality is defined.

Well that throws a lot of question in my mind. Can people have sexless relationship? Does this hypo active sexual desire due to hormonal reasons? Can it be treated? Asexuals say they connect with people not at a physical level but at emotional level. But does the connectivity at the emotional level need a physical relationship? Do other species in the animal and plant kingdom exhibit such behavior? Is this asexual activity due to childhood abuses and trauma? I don’t know, I guess there is no cookie cutter type answer for this question.

Well all said and done, more is said than done. Same sex unions have gone through revolutions and now the Asexual world is parading around with a lot of support and recognition. Creating communities, having celebrity endorsements and coming with the marketing paraphernalia around human sexuality seem to quickest way to fame and money. Be it politicians or the movie world today people want to walk the thin line on cool and hyped concepts about human sexuality. They want to divide people and make fortune on human identity and preferences.

I read somewhere the other day that scientist say that male chromosomes are undergoing change and in another million years there will be no male species on this earth. It was a fountain of questions that arose in my mind. Will women turn to hermaphrodites? Will there ever be humans procreating in this world?

The Newscientist magazine has an article on Asexual behavior in humans and may be that can make your reading more interesting.

Tickle your brains at http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn6533

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