One being from celibacy historian Elizabeth Abbott.
asexuality
Eli Kintisch: “As a self-declared asexual — someone who doesn't want to have sex, doesn't plan to, and doesn't see anything particularly wrong with that — David is part of a small-but-distinct community that has begun to mobilize online. On websites and mailing lists, they discuss the unique challenges asexual men and women face in a hypersexual culture. Chief among them: getting people to understand their point of view.”
Elizabeth Abbott: “I happened to be celibate because I was not in a relationship. From the outside, my decision [to be celibate] changed precisely nothing. Yet to me, the transition from circumstantial to convinced celibacy felt transformative. As for so many others, in history and in the present, the element of choice made all the difference in how I experienced celibacy. Instead of burdensome and frustrating, it now felt joyous and liberating.”
Both quotes are presented without endorsement or comment other than I don't really fit either category: I want to have sex, but my plans are based on the assumption that it's not going to happen any time soon.
