asexual

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If researchers could replicate these changes in the lab, Hakimi reasoned, they’d be able to take an asexual parasite and force it to form a merozoite, even outside of a cat.

From Science Magazine

Asexual, a polyamorous asexual, which I think is really to be the perfect thing to be.

From Salon

Our expectations of gender in relationship are often that if she had been asexual, for us, as an audience, it would be much easier to accept.

From Salon

In mainstream culture, there's also an element of denialism, with many people believing that asexuality is impossible – that those who identify as asexual must have something wrong with them, such as hormonal issues.

From Salon

When a colony’s space was deliberately restricted, according to the voice-over, “asexual, cannibalistic rats preyed on their abandoned young.”

From New York Times