Asexuality

**Asexuality** is the lack of sexual attraction. People who feel no sexual attraction are **asexuals** or **aces**.

## In the Collectionverse

Jack Zhang is asexual. As his peers made fun of his celibacy, he refused to care about them, seeking to achieve his own fame as an artist.

Alex Paratomou, the President of this world's America, is sometimes claimed to be its "first asexual president", although this has been disputed with James Buchanan. When he won the elections of 2016 and threw a monster truck rally outside the White House, some people changed the lights to be white and purple to celebrate his asexuality. In spite of the celebrations, Jack does not really care about it.

## In the Rinnarverse

As conservative norms spread with anti-Earth Union rebels into the farther sides of the Galaxy, so did negative attitudes towards suspected asexuals. They were viewed as "antisocial" for not breeding more warriors for the rebellions against Unionite rule (although it was resolved by producing expendable clone armies), or simply seeming different from their communities; some even harassed and accused them and feminists of supporting human extinction. In other parts of the Milky Way, asexuals are instead admired as people who can focus better, free from the vulgarity and ugliness of sex.

In spite of this, a growing community of asexuals exists in Bigton, as a lot of people there consider the act of sex to be "degrading" and "beastly". This earned Bigton the enmity of the Farsiders.

## In the Rabydosverse

Possibly due to the influence of certain chemicals in their history, most of Jerde's humans are less sexually-active than humans from Earth. As a result, asexuality is considered a sign of refinement, intelligence, and freedom: mental and spiritual freedom from sexual desires that otherwise prevent people from achieving higher goals and enlightenment.

Usually, asexual children are celebrated if they have other siblings who might continue their family's line. Without sexual desires to stop them from becoming more skilled and smarter, they are treated as though they would become future geniuses, formal gentlemen (or ladies), or intellectuals. Some people even tell their asexual friends that they are "a gift from the gods"; to the extent that this has also led to another stereotype when their peers forced asexuals to outpace their siblings. Some also believe that asexual people's souls are spiritually closer to the gods.

Ajoltar was founded as an asexual nation where all men and males are welcome to freely refine their skills. On certain days of the year, some monasteries in Ajoltar put up asexual symbols in response to Vozonid festivals observed against Red Ardesch: these symbols are also proudly claimed as Ajoltari national symbols, such as the palm tree with stars, the firework rocket, and the victory banner and the wheel of knowledge.

According to Heronoi folklore, people are born to have a spiritual link that connects their souls with their romantic partners, causing them to be attracted to others. For lacking such a link and yet not having a "void" in their souls, asexual people are considered to have stronger souls, allowing them to be more independent. While they are sometimes pressured to marry and produce a child to "survive" in the world, they are otherwise celebrated as people who are closer to Heaven. Their traditional colours are white-blue-white, reflecting their association and consecration to Heaven.

This also leads to some Heronoi communities appointing asexuals as priests or scholars, as their lack of sexual or romantic attraction would allow them to focus better. Hurting an asexual is considered the same a hurting a priest or desecrating a temple, and it is regarded as a strong criminal offense and a blasphemy against the gods.

## See also

* Atheism, a lack of spiritual belief (irreligion), or professed resistance to religious beliefs.