the Montreal punk rock band Asexuals band sexual orientation Asexuality sometimes referred ... of asexuality . Review of General Psychology 10 3 241 250. Retrieved on 31 August 2007. ref ref ... title Asexuality Classification and Characterization journal Archives of Sexual Behavior volume 36 ... m2372 is 3 41 ai n6274004 Asexuality prevalence and associated factors in a national probability sample ... in 2004 placed the prevalence of asexuality at 1 . ref name cnn cite news url http www.cnn.com ... www.cnn.com CNN.com accessdate 11 November 2007 date 15 October 2004 ref ref name Bogaert2004 Asexuality ... of reasons, such as a desire to please romantic partners. ref name Prause Only recently has asexuality ... first Todd title Asexuality gets more attention, but is it a sexual orientation? journal Contemporary .... ref name Prause While some researchers assert that asexuality is a sexual orientation, others ... www.gayline.gen.nz asexual.htm Asexuality Wellington, N.Z. Gay Line Wellington, 2000 2010 . Accessed ... AVEN defines asexuality as someone who does not experience sexual attraction and stated, a nother .... Asexuality is like any other identity at its core, it s just a word that people use to help figure ... in their attempts to define asexuality, but the term is usually defined to mean the lack or absence ... as long as it does not involve them. ref name Prause ref name About Asexuality cite web title About Asexuality publisher Asexual Visibility and Education Network url http www.asexuality.org home index.php ... debate over whether asexuality is a sexual orientation or not. ref name Sexual orientation ... lack of sexual attraction to anyone, but asexuality is generally not considered a disorder such as anorgasmia , anhedonia , etc. or a sexual dysfunction because asexuality does not necessarily ... Toward a conceptual understanding of asexuality . Review of General Psychology 10 3 241 250. Retrieved on 31 August 2007. ref Some scholars, however, opine that asexuality is not a meaningful category ... more details
Asexuals may refer to Asexuals band , a Canadian punk rock band, asexuality , a condition marked by lack of physical or emotional interest in sex. dab ... more details
wiktionarypar sexuality Sexuality may refer to Human sexuality Human male sexuality Human female sexuality Child sexuality Human sexual activity Sex in biology Gender identity how someone identifies themselves in terms of gender Sexual orientation Animal sexual behaviour Plant sexuality In music Sexuality Prince song Sexuality Prince song , a 1981 song by Prince Sexuality Billy Bragg song Sexuality Billy Bragg song Sexuality album Sexuality album , by S bastien Tellier Other Sexualities journal Sexualities journal , a peer reviewed academic journal on sociology See also Sex disambiguation Index of human sexuality articles Asexuality Bisexuality Homosexuality Heterosexuality Monosexuality Pansexuality Polysexuality Pomosexual ity Sexology Transsexualism disambig ceb Sekswalidad fr Sexualit homonymie la Sexualitas ro Sexualitate tl Seksuwal tr Cinsellik ... more details
Orphan date September 2011 Herbivore men nihongo S shokukei danshi , or grass eating men , ref http www.nikkeibp.co.jp article column 20091201 198327 ?P 2 Nikkei BP December 2, 2009 ref is a Japanese term to describe the asexuality and personality traits of men who are generally passive toward relationships and attracted to pastimes traditionally attributed to females. This term was created in 2006 and became a buzz word in 2008 9. Several books on herbivore men were published during this period. ref http www.lifestudies.org specialreport04.html Special Report Herbivore Men ref This phenomenon has yet to be officially documented in other Asian nations, but the increase in herbivore men has spread over much of Asia along with Japanese culture. In China the first report on Japanese herbivore men appeared in the state media Xinhuanet on December 1, 2008, and Masahiro Morioka s book Lessons in Love for Herbivore Boys was translated into Traditional Chinese in 2010 in Taiwan. ref http www.lifestudies.org herbivoreboys00.html ref References reflist Category Japanese culture Category Sexuality in Japan Category Asexuality sexuality stub de S shoku Danshi ko id S shoku Danshi it Uomini erbivori ja zh ... more details
Conidiation is a Biology biological process in which filamentous fungi reproduce asexuality asexually from spores . Rhythmic conidiation is the most obvious output of fungal circadian rhythms . Neurospora species are most often used to study this rhythmic conidiation. Physical stimuli, such as light exposure and mechanical injury to the mycelium trigger conidiation however, conidiogenesis itself is a holistic response determined by the cell s metabolic state, as influenced by the environment and endogenous biological rhythms. ref cite journal pages 2887 900 doi 10.1099 mic.0.041715 0 title Reproduction without sex conidiation in the filamentous fungus Trichoderma year 2010 last1 Steyaert first1 Johanna M. last2 Weld first2 Richard J. last3 Mendoza Mendoza first3 Artemio last4 Stewart first4 Alison journal Microbiology volume 156 issue 10 pmid 20688823 ref See also Portal Fungi Conidium References reflist Further reading cite journal pages 489 519 doi 10.1146 annurev.micro.58.030603.123744 title CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS IN MICROORGANISMS New Complexities year 2004 last1 Lakin Thomas first1 Patricia L. last2 Brody first2 Stuart journal Annual Review of Microbiology volume 58 pmid 15487946 Category Mycology Fungus stub ... more details
Taxobox regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Phasmatodea subordo Timematodea familia Timematidae subfamilia Timematinae tribus Timematini these are probably obsolete genus Timema species T. douglasi binomial Timema douglasi binomial authority Sandoval and Vickery, 1996 Timema douglasi is a stick insect native to northern California and southern Oregon. It was first identified in 1996 as a specialist feeder on old growth Douglas fir . ref name sandoval1996 cite journal last Sandoval first Cristina P. coauthors Vernon R. Vickery title Timema douglasi Phasmatoptera Timematodea , a new parthenogenetic species from southeastern Oregon and northern California, with notes on other species. journal The Canadian Entomologist year 1996 volume 128 pages 79 84 url http pubs.esc sec.ca doi abs 10.4039 Ent12879 1 accessdate 19 July 2011 doi 10.4039 Ent12879 1 ref It is one of five parthenogenesis parthenogenetic species of Timema . ref name schwander2011 cite journal last Schwander first Tanja coauthors Lee Henry, Bernard J Crespi title Molecular evidence for ancient asexuality in timema stick insects. journal Current Biology year 2011 volume 21 issue 13 pages 1129 34 pmid 21683598 ref References Reflist Category Phasmatodea Phasmatodea stub ... more details
Infobox Disease Name Geschwind syndrome Image Caption DiseasesDB ICD10 none ICD9 none ICDO OMIM MedlinePlus eMedicineSubj overview eMedicineTopic 1186336 MeshID Geschwind syndrome , also known as Gastaut Geschwind is a characteristic personality syndrome consisting of symptoms such as circumstantiality , hypergraphia , altered sexuality usually asexuality hyposexuality , meaning a decreased interest , and intensified mental life deepened cognitive and emotional responses , hyper religiosity and or hyper morality or moral ideas that is present in some epilepsy patients. This syndrome is particularly associated with temporal lobe epilepsy occurring in the left hemisphere of the brain. For identification, the term Geschwind syndrome has been suggested as a name for this group of behavioral phenomena. There has currently been both support ref cite journal author Blumer D title Evidence supporting the temporal lobe epilepsy personality syndrome journal Neurology volume 53 issue 5 Suppl 2 pages S9 12 year 1999 pmid 10496229 ref and criticism ref cite journal author Devinsky O, Najjar S title Evidence against the existence of a temporal lobe epilepsy personality syndrome journal Neurology volume 53 issue 5 Suppl 2 pages S13 25 year 1999 pmid 10496230 ref ref http www.emedicine.com NEURO topic604.htm eMedicine Psychiatric Disorders Associated With Epilepsy Article by William J Nowack Bot generated title ref in suggestion of this syndrome. Currently the strongest support arises from many clinicians who describe and attempt to classify patients with seizures with these personality features. The term Geschwind s Syndrome comes from one of the two people who first characterized the syndrome Norman Geschwind . His associate was Stephen Waxman who also did a great deal of work in the field. Note that Geschwind s Syndrome can be seen both in the inter ictal between seizures and the ictal during seizures states. See also Temporal lobe epilepsy Neurotheology References reflist cite ... more details
distinguish White wedding Mariage blanc from the French language French , literally white marriage is a marriage which is without consummation . ref Bliss, Alan. 1996 A Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases in Current English. Routledge, London. ISBN 0415059054 ref The persons may have married for a variety of reasons, for example, a marriage of convenience is usually entered into in order to aid or rescue one of the principals of the marriage from persecution or harm or for economic, social or visa advantage. Another example is a lavender marriage , one undertaken to disguise the homosexuality of at least one partner. Etymology The expression may derive from the absence of hymen al blood on the couple s white wedding night bed sheets, ref Ayto, John. 1993 Euphemisms. Bloomsbury, London. ISBN 0747512949. ref however the French word blanc also means blank in the sense of empty , e.g. cartouche blanc a blank cartridge , one lacking a bullet. Cases An example is of a Gentile marrying a Jew to protect that person during times of extreme anti Semitism such as the lead up to World War II in areas of Europe menaced by Nazism Baron Federico von Berzeviczy Pallavicini . . . d uring 1930s the thirties . . . made a mariage blanc with the niece of Demel s Jewish owners, which allowed her to enter a convent under his name and survive the war. ref a footnote in The Grand Surprise The Journals of Leo Lerman , edited by Stephen Pascal ref Demel s is a luxurious Vienna Viennese confectionery, still in business today. Other reasons A mariage blanc may also result if one or both partners discover after their wedding that they are either incapable of, or unwilling to take part in, sexual intercourse, for example, due to asexuality , impotence or frigidity , chronic illness or disability . The marriages of Thomas Carlyle , ref Harris, Frank. 1973 My Life and Loves . London, Corgi. p232 243. ed. John F. Gallagher. ref Author Frank Harris claims that Carlyle had confessed his impotenc ... more details
The Major Transitions in Evolution is a book written by John Maynard Smith and E rs Szathm ry Oxford University Press , 1995 . ref name majortransinevolution cite book title The Major Transitions in Evolution last Maynard Smith first John authorlink John Maynard Smith coauthors E rs Szathm ry publisher Oxford University Press year 1995 location Oxford, England isbn 019850294X ref This was a seminal publication that continues to contribute to ongoing issues in evolutionary biology. ref name Sterelny cite book last Sterelny first Kim authorlink Kim Sterelny title Dawkins Vs Gould Survival of the Fittest year 2007 publisher Icon Books location Cambridge, U.K. isbn 1 84046 780 0 Also ISBN 978 1840467 80 2 ref ref name evolutionthe1st4billionyears cite book title Evolution The First Four Billion Years last Benton first Michael authorlink Michael J. Benton chapter Paleontology and the History of Life editors Michael Ruse & Joseph Travis year 2009 publisher The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press location Cambridge, Massachusetts isbn 978 0 674 03175 3 pages 80 104 ref italic title class wikitable border 0 cellpadding 1 cellspacing 0 width 75 style font size 100 colspan 3 Transitions described in the book Transition from Transition to Notes Replicating molecule s Populations of molecule s in compartments Can t observe Independent replicators probably RNA Chromosomes RNA world hypothesis RNA as both gene s and enzyme s DNA as genes protein s as enzymes Prokaryote s Eukaryote s Can observe Asexuality Asexual cloning clones Sex ual population s Evolution of sex Protist s Multicellular organism s animal s, plant s, fungus fungi Evolution of multicellularity Solitary individuals Colony biology Colonies with non reproductive caste s Evolution of eusociality Primate societies Human societies with language , enabling meme s Sociocultural evolution Maynard Smith and Szathmary identified several properties common to the transitions Smaller entities have often come about togeth ... more details
for the band Deadeye Dick band Infobox Book See Wikipedia WikiProject Novels or Wikipedia WikiProject Books name Deadeye Dick title orig translator image image DeadeyeDick Vonnegut .jpg 200px image caption Cover of first edition hardcover author Kurt Vonnegut illustrator cover artist country United States language English language English series genre Novel publisher Delacorte Press release date 1982 english release date media type Print Hardcover & Paperback pages isbn 0 440 01780 7 dewey 813 .54 19 congress PS3572.O5 D4 1982 oclc 8629582 preceded by followed by Deadeye Dick is a novel by Kurt Vonnegut originally published in 1982. Plot summary The novel s main character, Rudy Waltz, nicknamed Deadeye Dick , ref Dick Deadeye is a character in H.M.S. Pinafore ref commits accidental manslaughter as a child he kills a pregnant woman who was vacuuming and lives his whole life feeling guilty and seeking forgiveness for it. He was so traumatized by the events directly after the woman s death that he lives life as an asexual Asexuality neuter , neither homosexual nor heterosexual. He tells the story of his life as a middle aged man expatriate in Haiti , which symbolizes New York City, until the end, when the stream of time of the story catches up with him. At this point, he confronts an event that has been suggested and referred to throughout the novel. The generic Midwest ern town of Midland City, Ohio also the setting of Breakfast of Champions in which Rudy was raised is virtually destroyed by a neutron bomb . At the ending of the book, it appears that Rudy, while he may not have fully come to terms with his actions, has at least come to live with them. In addition, the ending is where Vonnegut provides his most direct commentary on society, although there are hints here and there throughout the novel. Another key theme throughout the book is the relationship between Waltz and his parents. Vonnegut focuses on connecting the actions and attitudes of parents to the ensuin ... more details
depression of one or both partners . A marriage may also be sexless if one or both partners are Asexuality ... more sex or re kindle it. l Apetit vient en mangeant fr appetite comes with eating. See also Asexuality ... more details
function to pathologize asexuality asexuals , though their lack of sexual desire may not be maladaptive. ref cite journal author Prause N, Graham CA title Asexuality classification and characterization ... on the DSM V to regard asexuality as a legitimate sexual orientation rather than a mental disorder ... gender than the other. ref name Maurice07 See also Asexuality Hypersexuality Sexual dysfunction Diagnostic ... Desire Disorder Category Sexual and gender identity disorders Category Asexuality Category Non ... more details
POV check date December 2007 Refimprove date July 2007 A sexual inhibition is a conscious or unconscious constraint or curtailment by a person of behaviour relating to specific human sexual behavior sexual matters or practices or of a discussion of sexual matters. Though a person can be regarded as being sexually inhibited if he or she irrationally erotophobia fear s of or is excessively averse to any sexual practice or discourse, the term is normally not applied to a person who refrains from certain sexual activities on morality moral and rational grounds or due to a Psychology psychological mental illness disorder . On the other hand, a person can be regarded as having low sexual inhibitions when he she unashamedly welcomes a variety of non conventional erotic practices. Hypersexuality is typically associated with lowered sexual inhibitions, and alcohol and some drugs can affect a person s social inhibitions social and sexual inhibitions. Hypersexuality is at times Viewed in terms of sexual addiction . A particularly uninhibited individual might be branded in contemporary society as being a slut , stud or pervert while someone abnormally inhibited may be considered Hypoactive sexual desire disorder sexually frigid or prudish. See Asexuality . Causes of inhibitions A person s sexual inhibitions are a product of the person s personality, as well as personal experiences. Nevertheless there are a number of sources which have a great influence on the development of actual behaviour. Social conditioning and fashions also has an influence. See the nature vs nurture debate. As a young person matures sexually, he or she will be exposed to myriad mixed signals of what various people regard as the normal behavior in a particular situation. On the other hand, other will hold such behavior to be unacceptable. Sexual inhibitions may result from, for example, repression of sexual behaviour as a child, societal restraints on sexual behaviour, ignorance, sexual myths, and disparit ... more details
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