‘People just think I’m picky’: Young woman claims she’s known she’s ASEXUAL since she was 13… and hates people flirting with her
Selena Séraphim has no interest in sex or being in a relationship
AN 18-year-old woman has opened up about being asexual – including how uncomfortable she finds it when people try to flirt with her.
first realised she wasn’t attracted to other people when she hit her teenage years.
“I realised I was asexual during early adolescence, around 13 or so,” she told .
“I had always felt as an asexual, however, I had only learnt about the orientation during that age.”
Not everyone who identifies as asexual is the same.
Some want to be in a relationship, but they don’t want to have sex.
Others have no desire to share their life with anyone at all – and that’s the bracket Selena is in.
She doesn’t want sex or a relationship and doesn’t have feelings for men or women.
That doesn’t mean people don’t try to date her though, which can be one of the most awkward situations she faces.
“Mostly people think that I'm picky and they could win me over with flirting, and can't comprehend the fact that I simply don't have an attraction to them,” Selena said.
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“It's also very uncomfortable for me when they continue trying to flirt with me after I tell them I feel no attraction. “People also tend to make assumptions about me and therefore don't believe me when I tell them I'm asexual.”
The model has the complete support of her family, which has made her journey easier.
She also uses social media to make her feelings pretty clear.
Over the weekend she posted a shot of herself to Instagram when she pondered over sexual attraction.
“I've never understood people's obsession with butts,” she wrote.
What is asexuality?
- Asexuality is classed as a lack of sexual attraction in anyone
- It can also mean a low sexual desire
- It's different from abstinence or celibacy
- Some asexual people may chose to have sex if they want kids or to please their partner
- In 2004 a study suggested one per cent of the British public is asexual
“Like, what on Earth is so attractive about them?
“They're two mounds of fat and muscle that you poop and fart out of.
“It's so strange the things people like to sexualise.”