David Jay, the leading founder of The Asexual Visibility and Education Network, believes that we are entering a "third phase of the asexual movement." The April 2012 article written by Rachel Hills for The Atlantic gives some insight on the state of the asexual community from one of it's leading figures. There is very large push to remove the stigma of asexuality being a defect from the everyday man's idea of what asexual means. To many it means that there is a past trauma or repressed desires and guilt keeping asexuals from acting in a sexual manner. What Jay and many others wish to make clear is that the majority of asexuals are simply without desire. Through interaction with other asexuals online and local communities many have realized that their lifelong asexuality is far from uncommon. To many who identify as asexual it is a welcome part of their personality an lifestyle but doctors and psychologists often disagree with this contentment.
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-Ashley
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