Asexual book collaboration
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- Published on Tuesday, 09 August 2011 16:06
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There's currently a project underway for Asexuals to contribute to writing a book on Asexuality. Including both personal stories and general information on Asexuality. Aspects of the book include:
- Asexuals in relationships: Platonic relationships, work relationship, familial relationships & romantic relationships.
- Asexuals in a sexual culture.
- The Asexual community.
- Resources
- Discovering Asexuality
- Aesthetic attraction. As well as masturbation & repulsion.
The book is nowhere near being published yet, but there will be updates as it progresses. Any Asexuals interested in contributing to the book, click the link above.
(Publisher's Note: This project is far from publication). (Ed Note: 'Far from publication', is really just an euphemism for 'nowhere near being published', FYI).
Ace Secrets gives Asexuals a place to share PostSecret like photos
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- Published on Sunday, 07 August 2011 20:18
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Post Secrets lets many people share their thoughts and work out their frustrations. Submissions are made to this blog anonymously. Queer Secrets has continued the tradition, but it focuses on people on the LGBT spectrum. Asexuals often post their own secrets on the Queer Secrets blog, but a new Tumblr blog tries to give Asexuals a place to post their own secrets. Ace Secrets is now filling that role.
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British Psychological Society Condemns DSM-5: What does this mean for Asexuals?
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- Published on Friday, 29 July 2011 21:33
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American psychiatrists still debate over what they want to put into the DSM 5. The new diagnostic manual is going through field testing in several sites throughout the United States, including the University of Philadelphia. While American psychiatrists debate its validity, the British Psychological Society has condemned it.
The society has condemned the new manual for taking a diagnostic approach and looking to place labels on behaviors that are within the range of normal human behavior, according to Psych Central.
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University of Ireland Maynooth student conducts online ethnography of the Asexual community
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- Published on Monday, 01 August 2011 20:16
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An anthropology student from the University of Ireland, Maynooth has decided to conduct an ethnography of the members of AVEN. The study, which was approved by the AVEN Project Team requires the researcher to become a part of the community and observe the online behavior of the Asexual community. AVEN was chosen for the first ethnography for the Asexual community because of its size and importance in the Asexual community. Few Asexual sites reach as large of an audience.
Michaeld, a member of the project team, said that the project was allowed in part because nothing like it had been done before. Andrew Hinderliter, another member of the Project Team, simply announced that he approved the request.
Mark Carrigan: Asexuality and the Asexual movement brings new questions about sexuality
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- Published on Wednesday, 27 July 2011 20:02
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Psychiatrists, psychologists and even sexologists have studied Asexuality for decades. The growing movement has only recently attracted the attention of a Sociologist. Mark Carrigan was finishing his MA dissertation project about human sexuality when he first encountered the Asexual community. Like many other people who experience sexual attraction, he was puzzled by Asexuality when he first encountered it. If it were not for the influence of two of his friends, he may have never started down the path.
When he started his research into Asexuality, he cam across Andrew Hinderliter's Asexual Explorations website. Carrigan was amazed at how little Asexual research existed. Even the books he studied for his dissertation assumed that humans are sexual beings.
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