A character of the 9 pm soap opera on Rede Globo revealed his sexual orientation in this Thursday’s episode, the 15th; The expert explains what asexuality is
This Thursday’s episode 15 of Rede Globo’s 9:00 p.m. soap opera, Crossroadhas led to an important debate on the asexualitysexual orientation in which people have no sexual desire for anyone🇧🇷 After avoiding having sex with his partner Leonor (Vanessa Giácomo), the character CaÃque (Thiago Fragoso) told her he was asexual.
The psychiatrist specializing in sexuality Eduardo Perin explains that contrary to what some might think, asexuality is not a disease And you don’t even need treatment for low libido🇧🇷
“From the moment a person feels no sexual desire and it doesn’t bother them in any way, it becomes a sexual orientation,” he explains. “The fact that she doesn’t have sex doesn’t cause her any problems, so she doesn’t need to be treated,” she adds.
The doctor explains that it is common for people of different sexual orientations to have phases of low libido – which can be caused by hormonal problems, illnesses such as depression, stress, sleep deprivation, lack of physical activity, among other factors.
The big difference is that people who enjoy sex, when they have a low libido, are dissatisfied with it. Asexual people don’t: they don’t like, don’t want and don’t feel any need to have sex. “Low libido is something temporary, transient, while asexuality is something constant throughout a person’s life,” she says.
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Just like the character CaÃque, who is in love with Leonor, asexual people in real life can also develop feelings and build emotional relationships with other people normally. For them, the sentimental relationship does not depend on gender.
Therefore, Eduardo Perin explains that asexual people can be:
- Heteroaffective: who relate emotionally to people of the opposite sex to them;
- homoaffective: someone who has an emotional relationship with people of the same sex;
- Biaffective: who relate emotionally to people of both sexes, female and male;
- Pan-affective: who relate emotionally to people, regardless of their gender.
In general, asexual people refer to other asexual people or keep open relationships🇧🇷 This way, the non-asexual partner can satisfy their sexual desires with other people who also enjoy sex, cultivating a loving relationship with the asexual person.
“In some cases, asexual people may have sex just to satisfy their partner. They have sex even without feeling desire or pleasure,” says the psychiatrist. However, this type of attitude can be offensive and reinforces misunderstanding towards asexual people.
Ideally, the asexual person should have freedom to expose one’s will – and lack thereof – partner and be respected.
Do asexual people masturbate?
Even if they don’t feel like having sex with other people, some asexual people can masturbate on their own and enjoy themselves. However, Eduardo Perin explains that they usually do it as a way to release physical tension and not as a result of sexual fantasies.
“The asexual person is unlikely to fantasize about sexual intercourse or watch pornography, for example, to masturbate,” says the doctor.
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