As an(other) introvert and asexual, that's a very good question. Although asexuality most likely does provide a buffer against ads selling sex appeal, I suspect that the tendency towards introversion is probably more at play here: I'm asexual because that's what I am, but I'm a virgin because I've never felt a need to follow the crowd and 'fit in' at the expense of my personal comfort, which are traits I associate with extroversion to some extent. They're certainly not traits I specifically associate with sexuality.
(For reference, I'm a possibly-aromantic probably-polyaffectionate asexual, and in Myers-Briggs parlance I'm midway between INFP and INTP.)
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Date: 2010-02-16 10:10 pm (UTC)As an(other) introvert and asexual, that's a very good question. Although asexuality most likely does provide a buffer against ads selling sex appeal, I suspect that the tendency towards introversion is probably more at play here: I'm asexual because that's what I am, but I'm a virgin because I've never felt a need to follow the crowd and 'fit in' at the expense of my personal comfort, which are traits I associate with extroversion to some extent. They're certainly not traits I specifically associate with sexuality.
(For reference, I'm a possibly-aromantic probably-polyaffectionate asexual, and in Myers-Briggs parlance I'm midway between INFP and INTP.)