Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex

The religious narrative that dominated Hunter’s life warned to wait until marriage, but always running alongside that message was the simple, secular one: sex is cool. Sometimes though, the story can be more complicated, and Diamond, an expert in sexual fluidity, began questioning whether passion must always equal secretly sexual. She knows now that the people in the relationship get to decide how important sex is, and whether this is a challenge they can handle, and what they really care about in life and love. Privacy was no longer a luxury; finally, there was no one to answer to.