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The first chapter of this book is dedicated to asexuality and how it connects to relationships and families. It explains that your sexual orientation doesn't decide wether or not you have children or start a family. Asexual just means living without sex not living without relationships and even a family.

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Asexuality In Relationships And Family Life

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Asexuality In Relationships And Family Life

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Ruspini, Elisabetta. Diversity in Family Life: Gender, Relationships and Social Change. 1st ed., Bristol University Press, 2013. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt9qgx3b. Accessed 2 May 2025.

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This source explains that asexuality is a lifelong lack or low desire of sexual attraction. It briefly describes subcategories such as Demisexual. It shares the different experiences men, women, and Non-bianry people share with being asexual in today's culture. 

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FILIPOVÁ, Petra. “Gender and Asexuality in Academic Sources.” Gender in Focus: Identities, Codes, Stereotypes and Politics, edited by Andreea Zamfira et al., 1st ed., Verlag Barbara Budrich, 2018, pp. 108–22. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvddzn5f.7. Accessed 2 May 2025.

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This article describes Asexuality as more of a queer orientation to sexuality instead of a sexual orientation. It claims that asexuality is a way to move away from the idea that everyone has to have a sexuality. Asexuality proves that there are ways to form intense relationships and connections not focused on sex.

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Snaza, Nathan. "Asexuality and Erotic Biopolitics." Feminist Formations, vol. 32 no. 3, 2020, p. 121-144. Project MUSE, https://dx.doi.org/10.1353/ff.2020.0043.

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Asexuality opens our eyes to the hidden expectations and rules of sex ingrained in our society. By studying asexuality we get a new perspective on life and society. It can change the way we look at relationships and what we look at what is "normal" in relationships. By using the perspective of an asexual person we can be more mindful about how common sexual themes are in our media and society.

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Hidden Rules Of Love Exposed Through Asexuality

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Hidden Rules Of Love Exposed Through Asexuality

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George, Leigh-Michil and Lillian Lu. ""A Hundred Different Ways of Being in Love": Emma, Queer Austen, and Asexuality Studies." Eighteenth-Century Fiction, vol. 36 no. 1, 2024, p. 149-158. Project MUSE, https://muse.jhu.edu/article/917776.

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Drawing a character as Asexual is hard in our society today. Our society expects everyone to be sexual in some way. It's hard to create a real identity for Asexual characters without coming off as something being wrong or missing with the characters. 

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Miller, Nicholas E. "Asexuality and Its Discontents: Making the ‘Invisible Orientation’ Visible in Comics." Inks: The Journal of the Comics Studies Society, vol. 1 no. 3, 2017, p. 354-376. Project MUSE, https://dx.doi.org/10.1353/ink.2017.0024.

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I chose this topic because it is something you don't hear about often. Asexuality is almost never shown in media. I have always bene interested in the topic but never really looked into it. This project gave me the push I needed to learn more about Asexuality.

I used Project Muse, JSTOR, and Digital Transgender Archives to find all my sources.

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This interview was with Rex who identifies as genderqueer; trans; nonbinary; asexual; white and neurodivergent / autistic. It is important to hear from the voices of those who actually identify as Asexual when discussing the topic. The interview explores their relationships, childhood, and community they have found. 

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Labeau, Rex.  "Interview with Rex Labeau."  Oral Historie.  2020.  Digital Transgender Archive,  https://www.digitaltransgenderarchive.net/files/ks65hc591  (accessed May 02, 2025).

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This article dives into Shakespeare's play The Merry Wives Of Windsor. This play had a lack of sexual desire in story and its characters. Unlike other plays done by Shakespeare this play is able to focus more on the characters' personalities instead of their romances. It is a rare peice of media not focused on sexuality.

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 Shakespeare's play The Merry Wives of Windsor

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 Shakespeare's play The Merry Wives of Windsor

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Tiffany, Grace. "Falstaff's False Staff: "Jonsonian" Asexuality in The Merry Wives of Windsor." Comparative Drama, vol. 26 no. 3, 1992, p. 254-270. Project MUSE, https://dx.doi.org/10.1353/cdr.1992.0008.