Ace: What Asexuality Reveals about Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex Free Audiobook Download by Angela Chen

Angela Chen believes that she is one of the first people in America to publicly come out as asexual and that the "Ace" community has been growing for the past decade. Asexuality can be defined as when a person does not experience sexual attraction, desire, or arousal. Chen argues that Ace individuals do feel significant emotional connections with others, but they often lack sexual desire because there is no need to feel attractive or desirable when sex is not an interest.

This week, on my book blog, I've been highlighting some of the most culturally and historically important books in our canon of literature. This week, we're taking a brief break from that to look at a recent addition: Ace: What Asexuality Reveals about Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex by Angela Chen.

Asexuality depicts a new model for sexuality. This is not an exploration of sex and its place in the traditional power dynamics of straight relationships, but rather of desire's place in sexuality. The book also speaks to the question of how we should talk about sex, not as a series of discrete and separate parts, but as a whole; it also speaks to that elusive thing called desire.

Asexual people are often a minority group in society. They experience the same joys and tribulations as heterosexual, homosexual, and bisexual people do, but they don't experience sexual arousal. The author, who is herself asexual, states that "this shouldn't be seen as an issue of shame or something to hide." In fact, many asexuals feel very liberated by not having to worry about sex or relationships.

The author, Angela Chen, explores the idea of sexual orientation and sexuality in her book, "Ace: What Asexuality Reveals about Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex." Chen argues that those who identify as asexual do not fit into many social norms and argue that they should be included in discussions about what sexuality is.

Angela Chen's thesis is that asexuality is a response to the artificial design of desire in our age. Asexuality, she argues, is a way for people to take back control of their own desires and express them without being burdened by compulsory norms about normalizing sex and romantic relationships. This can be done through education regarding how to develop honest sexual relationships; this education could include discussions of BDSM, polyamory, and other non-standard practices.