ithaca Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Hello! This is an index of what was found on asexuality before 2002. Some threads contain links that will give a 404 error or non-found by now, but we still find it interesting to show how it was before AVEN was founded. Some contents are being retrieved with Wayback Machine. Articles & Advice Columns TV/Movies & Literature/Short Essays Websites & Blogs/Fanfic Other Link to post Share on other sites
ithaca Posted February 22, 2013 Author Share Posted February 22, 2013 Articles: afrol News - "Sex ban for young Swazi women provokes side effects" - 26-Nov-2001 Ananova - "Swaziland bans sex for five years" - 17-Sep-2001 Salon - "Delayed Reaction" - 7-Mar-2001 Spiked - "Are you a homosocial?" - 8-Mar-2001 The Onion - "Supportive Gay Friend To Counsel American People On Ways Of Romance" - 28-Feb-2001 bleck (feminist magazine) (Sweden) - Den mest oaccepterade av böjelser - Issue 3-4 from 2000 Australians Abroad - Letter from New York - "The New Minority - The Asexuals?" - 26-Mar-1999 Corpus.org - "Commitment VS Idolatry" - 1998 American Enterprise - "The girls of Gen X" - 1-Jan-1998 StarNet Dispatches - "My Life as an Amoeba" - 30-May-1997 DrMirkin.com - "Asexual Bicycles" - 7-Jul-1994 Melody Maker - "HOME THOUGHTS FROM ABROAD" - 27-Sep-1986 Heresies #12 "The Sex Issue" - "The Celibacy Letters" - 1981 Letter in response to the above one, Heresies #13 - 1981 San Francisco Chronicle - "A New Sex Fad" - 10-Oct-1979 (Link to second thread about it) The Village Voice - "Asexuality: Everybody's Not Doing It" - 23-Jan-1978 The New York Times - "A Lack of Sexual Desire Emerges as a Contemporary Condition" - 1978 Advice Columns: Tomato Nation - "Advice column to Mr Asexual" - 15-Nov-2001 (Link to second discussion about it) I CAN! - "Consider asexuality as a lifestyle choice" - 11-Jun-2001 ABCNews - "Chat with Dear Dan" - 5-Mar-1999 and 21-May-2000 "Ask Beth" - "Asexual people can be perfectly happy" - 9-Oct-1999 "Ask Beth" - "She is attracted to males, but mostly in platonic way" - 1-May-1999 Link to post Share on other sites
ithaca Posted February 22, 2013 Author Share Posted February 22, 2013 TV/Movies: Jean-Pierre Jeunet's "Amélie" - is Amélie asexual? - 2001 (Link to second discussion about it) Xena: Warrior Princess - Xena and Gabrielle's relationship - 1995-2001 (link to second discussion about it) Terry Zwigoff's "Ghost World" - Is Seymour asexual? - 2001 Family Guy - Season 3 Episode 7 "Lethal Weapons" - Ed Koch referred to as asexual - 22-Aug-2001 (Links to second and third discussions about it) Angel - Lorne is probably asexual - 2000 Will & Grace - Season 1 Episode 16 "Yours, Mine or Ours": is Peter asexual? - 2-Mar-1999 "Girl on the Bridge" - 1999 Jake Kasdan's "Zero Effect" - 30-Jan-1998 Sex TV Thema (Germany) - "Asexuell" - 1998 Dellamorte Dellamore (Cemetery Man) - Sex-repulsed girl portrayed - 25-Mar-1994 Mother and Son - Season 6 epsiode 3 "THe Family Feud" mentions asexuality - 21-Feb-1994 It's Pat - 1994 "The Singing Detective" - Episode 2 of 6: "Heat" - 1986 "War Games" mentions "asexual" - 1983 John Boorman's "Zardoz" - 1974 "Gilligan's Island" - The Professor is asexual - 1964-1967 Literature/Short Essays -Research: Lever, Janet et. al - "Behavior Patterns and Sexual Identity in Bisexual Males" Journal of Sex Research Vol 29. #2 - May 1992 Paula S. Nurius - "Mental Health Implications of Sexual Orientation" The Journal of Sex Research - 1983 Storms, M.D. - Theories of Sexual orientation Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 1980 vol. 38 No 5 - 1980 Storms, M.D. - Sexual orientation and self-perception. - Advances in the study of Communication and Affect: vol 5 Perception of emotion is self and others. - 1978 Myra T. Johnson - "Asexual and Autoerotic Women: Two Invisible Groups" from "The Sexually Oppressed" - 1977 Kinsey - "Sexuality of the Human Female" - 1953 Kinsey - "Sexuality of the Human Male" - 1948 -Non-Fiction: John R. Scudder - "Beyond Friendship and Eros: Unrecognized Relationships Between Men and Women" - 26-Jul-2001 Baumeister, Catanese and Vohs - "Is There a Gender Difference in Strength of Sex Drive? Theoretical Views, Conceptual Distinctions, and a Review of Relevant Evidence" - 2001 Sawer, M.; Zappala, G. - "Speaking for the People: Representation in Australian Politics" - 2001 Elizabeth Abbott's "A History of Celibacy" - 15-May-2000 Storr, M. - "Bisexuality: A Critical Reader" - 1999 Nardi, P. ; Schneider, B. - "Social Perspectives in Lesbian and Gay Studies: A Reader" - 1998 Parliament of Australia - Senate - "Inquiry into Sexuality Discrimination" - 1997 William J Turner MD - "The genetic origin of Asexuality, Homosexuality, Transvestism, and Transsexuality" - 1997 Leonard, A. S. "Homosexuality and the Constitution: Homosexual conducts and state regulation" - 1997 Rosie King - "Good Loving Great Sex finding balance when your sex drives differ" - 1997 D. Easton & J. Hardy - "The Ethical Slut" - 1997 Journal of Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Identity - 1996 Eric Heinze - "Sexual Orientation: A Human Right" - 1995 (link to second mention) Leonore Tiefer - "Sex is not a natural act" - 1995 Donna Williams' "Somebody, Somewhere" - 1994 Esther D Rothblum, Kathleen A Brehony's "Boston Marriages: Romantic but Asexual Relationships Among Contemporary Lesbians" - 1993 (link to second and third discussion) Sally Cline - "Women, Celibacy and Passion" - 1993 excerpt from the book: "Is the Dani tribe of Indonesia just celibate, or maybe asexual? Wicks, R; Parsons, R.; Capps, D. "Clinical Handbook of Pastoral Counseling" - 1993 Bernie Zilbergeld's "The New Male Sexuality" - 1992 Catherine Whitney's "Uncommon Lives: Gay Men and Straight Women" - 30-Apr-1991 Berkey, B. R., Perelman-Hall, T., & Kurdek, L. A. - "The multidimensional scale of sexuality" - Journal of Homosexuality - 1990 Medical Aspect of Human Sexuality (12), Hospital Publications - 1989 American Journal of Psychotherapy - Synthesis on Schizoid Personality Disorder mentions asexuality - 1987 Kolodny, Masters and Johnson - "On sex and human loving" - 1986 Bell Hooks - "Feminist Theory: from margin to center" - 1984 Wooden, S. W. - "Men Behind Bars: Sexual Exploitation in Prison" - 1982 Nass, Libby & Fisher - "Sexual choices : an introduction to human sexuality" - 1981 Bell and Weinberg - "Homosexualities" - 1978 (Link to second discussion about it) Harry Hollis's "Thank God for Sex" -1975 Anton LaVey - "The Satanic Bible" - 1969 Hardy, K. - "An appetitional theory of sexual motivation." - 1964 Hirschfeld, M. - "Sexual Anomalies: The Origins, Nature and Treatment of Sexual Disorders" - 1948 Hirschfeld, M. - "Homosexuality of Men and Women" - 1922 Hirschfeld, M. - "Sexualpathologie Teil III" - 1920 Hirschfeld, M. - "Sexualpathologie Teil II" - 1918 Hirschfeld, M. - "Sexualpathologie Teil I" - 1916 Hirschfeld, M. - "Die Transvestiten" - 1910 Hirschfeld, M. - "Sappho und Sokrates" - 1896 (link to second discussion, and thread starting the 2014 in-depth analysis) Elizabeth Charlotte - Letter to her sister, describing the depravity of men at court - 1705 -Fiction: J. F. Armstrong's "The Asexuals: A Finger Lakes Fantasy-Mystery" - June 2001 Robin Hobb's books - Is The Fool asexual? - 2001 Sherri S. Tepper's "The Fresco" - 7-Nov-2000 Brian Aldiss' "White Mars" - 2000 Christine Kotsifas's "The Case of the Asexual Sherlock Holmes" - 22-May-1999 (Link to second discussion about it) Tmustago's Screenplay: "Asexual" - 1998 Daniel Clowes's "Caricature" (comic book) - 1998 Harry Potter - Is Charlie Weasley asexual? - 1997 Ryan A. Morgan's "John-Jack Christian" (?)- 1997 Daniel Clowes's graphic novel "Ghost World" - 1993-1997 (Link to second and third thread about it) Chuck Palahniuk's "Fight Club" has an asexual undertone? - 1996 Lawrence Watt-Evans's "One of the Boys" - 1995 Greg Egan's "Distress" - 1995 E. Annie Proulx - "The Shipping News": Billy Pretty is asexual - 1993 Tom Stoppard - "Arcadia": is Hanna Jarvis asexual? - 1993 Penelope Lively's "City of the Mind" - 1991 Tanya Huff's "The Fire's Stone" - 3-Oct-1990 Ken Follett's "The Pillars of the Earth" - 1989 John Irving's "A Prayer For Owen Meany" - 1989 Ken Follett - "The Pillars of the Earth": Prior Philip is asexual - 1989 Elizabeth Moon's "The Deed of Paksenarrion" - 1988-1989 (link to second mention) Mercedes Lackey's "Oathbound" - 1988 Jim Sinclair's "Longer biography and discussion" + "If you could choose..."- 1987 and 1992 Fannie Flagg - "Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe": are Ruth and Idgy asexual or lesbian? - 1987 Keri Hulmes's "The Bone People" - 1984 (Link to second discussion about it) Angela Bull's "Noel Streatfeild: A Biography" - 28-Aug-1984 John Irving's "The World according to Garp - 1978 Joe Haldeman's - "The Forever War" - 1974 Robertson Davies's "Fifth Business", "Manticore", and "World of Wonders" - 1970, 1972 and 1975 Tom Sharpe's "Porterhouse Blue" - 1974 Samuel R. Delany's "Aye, and Gomorrah" - 1967 Doctor Who's novels - Since 1964 Kurt Vonnegut Jr.'s "Cat's Cradle" - 1963 (link to second discussion) Horace Miner's "Body Ritual Among the Nacirema" - June 1956 Theodore Sturgeon's "The %5BWidget%5D, The %5BWadget%5D, and Boff" - 1955 William S. Burroughs - "Junk" - 1953 J.D. Salinger - "The Catcher in the Rye" - Is Holden Caulfield asexual? - 1951 Carson McCullers - "The Ballad of the Sad Café" - 1951 Mervyn Peake - "The Gromenghast Novels" - 1946, 1950, 1959 Ayn Rand's "The Fountainhead" - December 1943 Charlotte Perkins Stetson Gilman's "Herland"- 1935 George Orwell's "A Clergyman's Daughter, Dorothy Hare" - 1935 Thomas Hardy - "Jude The Obscure": is Sue asexual? - 9-Mar-1905 Fernando Pessoa suggested as sharing asexual feelings in his writings (1888 1935) Louisa May Alcott - "Little Men" and "Jo's Boys", is Nan asexual? - 1871 and 1886 Dostoevskij's "The idiot" - Was Prince Myshkin asexual? - 1869 (Link to second discussion about it) Jane Austen - "Mansfield Park": was Fanny's and Edmund's an asexual relationship? -1814 Lucian of Samosata - "Erotes": is Lycinus asexual? - 2nd century A.C. Link to post Share on other sites
ithaca Posted February 22, 2013 Author Share Posted February 22, 2013 Websites: AVEN's old "links" pageTngirltech's Asexualism Page - 2001 Website about sexuality in relation to disability - Question about the 'myth' of asexuality - 21-Nov-2001 Haven for the Human Amoeba - 12-Oct-2000 The Organization for Antisexualism (OFA) - 17-Jun-2000Leather Spinsters - 1999AsexualPals.com - 1999 (Links to a second and third discussion about it) Blogs/Fanfic: Bit and Bitter - "An Asexual Organism's Water Cooler Talk" - 2001S. Midgen's "The Fourth Sexuality" - 13-Nov-2000Guy Wheatley on the TV Show "Daria" - "The Joy of Shunning Sex" - 24-Apr-2000 (Link to second discussion about it) Link to post Share on other sites
ithaca Posted February 22, 2013 Author Share Posted February 22, 2013 Other: Google Groups discussion - "Rosie O and Paula P: Many Parallels" - 28-Jun-2001Girlfriends Magazine - Asexual as an option in a survey - February 2001Wendy Chapman - "Adult Indigos" - reference to no sexuality - 2001Talia Young's workshop on asexuality - Fall 2000 Everything2 on "Asexual" - 19-Jun-2000 WetSet forum discussion - "Re: Asexual is one who gets satisfaction through masturbation and is not interested in homo or hetro activities" - 25-Mar-1999San Francisco Chronicle - The Far Side strips - 1980–1985 (link to the pics doesn't work anymore) Asexuality mentioned in CIA's first psychological profile (on Hitler) - 1943 Link to post Share on other sites
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