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Originally Posted by Incomplete Dude
I've always wondered, does it count as asexual if you're not attracted to other people, but you masturbate a lot? Or is that just narcissism?
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From what I saw hanging around some asexual forum (I think it was asexuality.org, not sure) a lot of asexuals do masturbate though they usually don't masturbate to any particular thing. Most get pleasure out of it, others just do it as a way to keep the plumbing clean. And some, such as myself, don't masturbate at all.
Anyway, in case anyone couldn't tell from that last sentence I'm also asexual. Though technically you're not asexual if you have a fetish. Asexuality is the lack of any sexual attraction. Those of us in this topic are more correctly termed exclusive paraphiles (there's three levels of paraphiliac attraction: secondary, in which you just engage in the fetish on an occasional basis but are still primarily attracted to humans. Preferred is where you can get aroused by traditional sex but will incorporate your fetish into sex if given the opportunity. And exclusive, where the fetish
is your sexuality). Though as far as human attraction goes asexual wouldn't be incorrect to use.