Can someone be born asexual?
Yes, you can be born this way and it’s perfectly normal, according to Elizabeth Abbott, dean of women at U of T’s Trinity College and author of the critically acclaimed book, A History of Celibacy. “I definitely think that someone can be born with a very low or non-existent sexual drive,” says Abbott, “in the same way that someone can be born with a very high sex drive. Most people are born within an average range but there’s not a ‘normal’ human range of sexual interest or sexuality.” As one grows up, culture and personal experience can have a very important influence on sex drive and asexuality, Abbott says. “In adulthood, sexually abused children often do everything they can to avoid sexual experiences that they associate with terror, humiliation, shame and so on. For example, young girls who are sexually assaulted before they are old enough to have feelings of desire often put on weight to make themselves physically unattractive.” Calling someone asexual does not necessarily mean t
