I am asexual. I want sex. These are not mutually exclusive in the least.

[WhenSummersGone]

On the flipside, you can experience sexual attraction and not have the slightest interest in sex.

I think I understand this thread, but how can you even tell if you experience sexual attraction if you don't actually want sex with anyone? Unless there's a lot of people on here who just don't like the act of sex or have no need for it, separate from sexual attraction. I experience sexual arousal, but I can also get aroused by a chair if I can picture rubbing up against it. So I don't really make the connection between sexual arousal and sexual attraction, if there's no desire to actually have sex.

[Someone Else]

I've heard the saying, "Oh, you like eggs? Try not to think about where they came from, then."
If I could be fully sexual, even still, i think there would be something in my psychology saying, "You want to put whose what in your what now? Seriously? Do you know what comes out of that?"

[ScorchedEarth]

This is where things started to get into a really gray area for me, for the longest time I used to think that Asexuality involved simply not wanting any form of sexual relations and being repulsed by it. It was one of the main reasons why I mainly related towards Bisexuality, because while it will take a lot for me to want to have sex with someone, I still 'want' it I guess. It's a form of pleasure and a symbol of extreme trust in someone (Unless you're one of those pricks who does it just to do it) I'm pretty comfortable with my new terming, so I guess it goes without saying that I no longer believe that Asexuality is merely one thing over the other.