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GREAT SEXPECTATIONS: I think I am asexual
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Marcia Dixon MBE2024-12-30T07:00:00
In our fortnightly column ‘Great Sexpectations’ we answer your questions on sex, faith and intimacy. Drop us an email on womanalive@premier.org.uk and ask us anything. Here, Marcia Dixon answers someone who thinks they might be asexual.
Dear Woman Alive,
I think I am asexual, and I just want to know if this is the way God made me, or whether there is something wrong with me? I know there were eunuchs in the Bible, but I don’t know if they chose to be that way, as they were castrated.
I am a 32-year-old woman, and although I had a boyfriend for two years in my late twenties, I was just happy to hold hands with him. I don’t want to have sex before marriage, so my lack of desire wasn’t an issue in our relationship, but I don’t think I have ever experienced sexual desire.
I was abused once by a babysitter when I was seven, but I don’t feel like that trauma has caused this. Is it ok to be asexual, or should I be praying for sexual desire? I don’t have a huge desire for marriage, but I would like children.
Do you have any advice?
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