Edward F. Edinger

The text introduces the concept of asexuality, describing it as a lack of sexual attraction or a low/absent interest in sexual activity. It notes that individuals on the asexual spectrum may identify with various sub-identities, such as gray asexuality and demisexuality, and that asexual people constitute approximately one percent of the population. The introduction also highlights that many asexual individuals also identify with different gender identities and romantic orientations, often integrating these into a broader self-label. It further explains how romantic orientation can be described using terms like aromantic, biromantic, heteroromantic, homoromantic, and panromantic, by analogy to their sexual orientation counterparts, to specify romantic attraction preferences separate from sexual ones.