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Posted by tizianiHoly moisturize, Tiz you're still around!?
" Deepa* grew up in western India, and when she was 19, she fell in love for the first time—with her college teacher. That Deepa's love for an older woman went unrequited wasn't very surprising. More unusual was that unlike most crushes, Deepa felt no sexual desire. At all. In fact, the idea of her teacher's body made Deepa cringe. And yet she loved her: her mind, her ideas, the reassuring beep of occasionally returned text messages.
It's not like Deepa never felt any desire, though. There were other women she frequently masturbated to: basketball teammates fervently kissing; Finnish ice hockey players warming one another on cold nights; women masturbating at home, bodies bathed in late-afternoon sunlight. Most of them had slightly masculine figures. Several were athletes. And all of them lived on Literotica.com—considered by some to be the internet's largest repository of erotica.
When people first began to use the term asexuality in the mid-20th century, it was widely seen as a complete lack of sexual desire. But as more people began to claim the identity for themselves in the late 90s, its definitions broadened to include a whole breadth of experiences.
"I feel sexual arousal, but I have not felt sexual attraction for anyone to date," said Deepa, now 23. "I am more inclined to have romantic attractions toward women, but I see attraction in terms of ideas, intellect, and emotional attachment. 'Body' is something I cannot think of." "
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