For example, nearly half of asexual women and three quarters of asexual men reported both experiencing sexual fantasy and masturbating, despite reporting a lack of sexual attraction to other people and identifying as asexual. Further, there was significant overlap in the sexual fantasies experienced by participants, regardless of their asexual or sexual status. An asexual individual may not experience sexual attraction, but may nonetheless engage in sexual fantasy, perhaps to facilitate physiological sexual arousal and masturbation. With fictional male couples, my sexual fantasies can involve many and varying sexual preferences and fetishes. Instead, I imagine other people in sexual situations, and focus on their thoughts and feelings for a sort of vicarious arousal.

Source: CNN December 05, 2016 10:28 UTC