Do you think asexuals can't find pleasure in sex?

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Asexuality is usually defined, in the simplest terms, as the lack of sexual attraction to anything. As someone sitting in the entirely different ballpark that is the spectrum of 'Grey-A', I'm lead to wonder the following since I can't really find the answer within myself:
Can and/or do asexuals who fit roughly within said definition enjoy the physical act of sex? It certainly SEEMS possible (If implausible) for such a thing to occur.
In any case, what are your thoughts?

Yes, attraction is deeply relevant to the enjoyment of sex 9
No, lacking attraction has nothing to do with the ability to enjoy sex 9
I find both of these answers unsatisfactory, and will explain! 3
I subscribe to an alternative definition of asexuality. (Explain) 5
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  • Doktor_Hildred_Von_Steinmann
    9 years ago

    I don't think you fully understand what asexual means.

    Your post is like asking if a depressed person can laugh.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      9 years ago

      The use of a properly nuanced definition would likely result in a question ten pages long and requiring several degrees to read. The question, as asked, was intended to be a fair compromise between oversimplification and accurate but overly-complex reality. In all honesty, even applying a coherent label becomes quite difficult when accuracy is truly important.

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      • Doktor_Hildred_Von_Steinmann
        9 years ago

        That's better.

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  • KeepsakeDoll
    9 years ago

    "Asexuality is usually defined as the lack of sexual ATTRACTION to anything."

    Pleasure and attraction are two different things, so in that context asexuals would be able to enjoy sex because of the feeling of it.

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  • moonlightshield
    9 years ago

    I think they can enjoy sex/masturbation without being attracted to anything. Attraction and Pleasure are two separate things, so depending on the person, the can and can't be correlated :)

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  • [Old Memory]
    9 years ago

    i never really liked it it's just so damn unenjoyable

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