Asexuality In David's Aven

David is the founder of AVEN which is a first of its kind website where asexual people can go and talk about their lives and he started it because he knew there was nothing out there for asexual people. As an asexual person he does think about sex, but not in the way that most people do. The only reason he thinks about sex is because in today’s society it is everywhere and it is pushed on us. Everywhere you go you can find some sort of advertisement that promotes sex in someway. “We live in a society where being sexual is the norm and if you aren’t than you’re broken,” David explains to that based on society standards, asexuality is seen even more bazar than being gay, lesbian or anything else, just because the people who are asexual don’t want to have sex. In my opinion because of David’s ability to talk to others about his sexual orientation or lack there of, he is very well adjusted. He has no problems answering personal question, like on the view when they asked if he’s tried having sex with himself and he explained that yes he has tried it, but it was only “okay.” David shows us that even when most people haven’t heard of the term asexual, that doesn’t stop him from being able to identify himself as that.

This doesn’t stop David from living a full life with many relationships in it. He keeps what he calls his “community” around him which is a group of his close friends. These are the people that he builds strong and intimate relationships with but that’s as far as it goes. This shows to me that David is able and adjusted in his relationships because he feels comfortable and excepted by his friends and he isn’t pressured into doing anything he doesn’t feel comfortable