Dictionary

non-sexuality en · NOUN

Etymology

From non- + sexuality or non-sexual + -ity.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The quality of being non-sexual; absence of sexuality.
   • People, as Shook points out, make curiously narrow assumptions when it comes to disabled people's sexuality - or non-sexuality as it is more commonly perceived. Consciously or not, it appears our airbrushed society wants to assume that only the physically perfect should be getting laid. 2004 October 13, Helen McNutt, “Hidden pleasures”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Feb 2014:
   • In this culture, men and boys are talked about as being sexually weak and women and girls are supposed to be the holders of all sexual purity. So ultimately women and girls are responsible for the sexual thoughts and feelings and choices that men make, and it's women and girls' responsibility to dress right, to act right, to talk right, to do everything just right to ensure non-sexuality for all people — and if they don't, they potentially risk being categorized as impure or as a harlot. 2018 September 18, Terry Gross, quoting Linda Kay Klein, “Memoirist: Evangelical Purity Movement Sees Women's Bodies As A 'Threat'”, in National Public Radio, Washington, D.C.: National Public Radio, archived from the original on 18 Sep 2018:
   • Now we know that Susan Sarandon - the Dorothy Parker of the Croisette - is a method actor. 'After playing a nun in Dead Man Walking I had gone as far as I could in my arc of non-sexuality. I can tell you I was itching to get a pair of fuck-me pumps back on. I like playing bad people. You are not burdened with all that sincerity.' 1999 May 21, Fiachra Gibbons, “Camilla's boy is made to feel like a right charlie”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Jul 2026:

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Relateds

asexuality