10 of the most famous asexual characters throughout history From Farah Salah El-Din

Asexuality is the absence of any sexual attraction in a person towards others, a decrease, or an absence of interest or desire for sexual activity. Both sexes can engage in sexual activity even in the absence of sexual desire, perhaps with the aim of satisfying the partner or the desire to have children. Asexuality does not mean the absence of feelings of love, but rather only the absence of sexual desire.

We are witnessing in the present day the openness of celebrities and well-known personalities to speak about their identity and sexual orientation, as it is noted the openness of society and its acceptance of different sexual identities and sexual orientations - at least in the West and European countries. This openness also includes acceptance of heterosexual people.
Of course, this was not always the case, and throughout history people who did not express a sexual desire were considered homosexual. Sometimes this belief was true, but at other times these people were really asexual. Today we review some celebrities of art, literature and science who are believed to be heterosexual, we will notice that some of these people have avoided having sex for religious reasons, so they chose for themselves a life of celibacy, while imposing celibacy on others, and there are those who stayed away from sex because it simply did not interest him, and in some Cases The person was romantic dreaming of love and the splendor of love and of belonging to someone in a happy relationship, but they were not interested in the sexual part of the matter, while others preferred to devote their energy to work and saw sex as a waste of time.

So here are 10 of these people with their respective relationships to sex:

1. Sir James Matthew Barry

Despite J.'s marriage. Mother. Barry believed that many people were asexual.
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Sir (James Matthew Barry) - known as the title (J. M. Barrie) - was a prolific author, publishing many successful works, but his name has always been associated with his most famous work (Peter Pan, the boy who refused to grow up).

Many people see the story of Peter Pan and the lost children as reflecting a desire to remain in childhood, clinging to feelings of curiosity and innocence. According to many historians, this is exactly what the writer wanted for himself. Also, when they talk about his sexual life, many describe him as innocent, and it is evident in his works.
Interest in Barry's sexual activity was a source of discussion among many researchers and admirers alike, but what everyone agreed upon was that his sad childhood had a lasting psychological impact on him. (Barry) was born into a wealthy and privileged family, but his father constantly ignored him, and his mother treated him in a bad way, and these actions stemmed from the loss of the parents of their child (David) who was a little older (Barry).

(David) was the mother's favorite child, and so when she lost him, the mother began to address (Barry) in the name of (David) as the little girl wore his brother's clothes - in other sources (Barry) was the one who did this in order to satisfy his mother and attract her attention -.

Numerous signs indicate that Barry never had sex despite getting married. He met (Mary Ainsel) in 1891 and married three years later. According to many acquaintances of the couple, their marriage was sexless, and people were not surprised when (Mary) began to establish a relationship with one of the actors. When (Barry) learned about the matter, he asked her to put an end to this relationship, but (Mary) refused that, so he applied for divorce on the basis of marital infidelity, and so the couple separated.

(Barry) later got acquainted with the family of "Loylene Davis" when he was walking around the London Park in 1897 AD, and he loved the family since he met her. He used to amuse and laugh children by moving his ears and drawing funny expressions on his face, and of course cutting stories on them.
(Barry) - or, as the children called him (Uncle Jim) - were close to the two children (Peter) and (Michael). It was raised about the nature of (Barry) relationship with the children, but the youngest children (Nicholas) later stated: “I do not think that the uncle ( Jim) He experienced in his life any desire towards any woman, man, or child. ”He added,“ He was completely innocent, otherwise he would not have written Peter. ”

(Barry) remained close to the children (and even adopted them later after the death of their parents), and he was completely destroyed by the news of (George's) death on the battlefield during World War I, and later when (Michael) sank - or drowned himself - while he was studying at University ( Oxford). After that his writing took a dark turn.

(Barry) died in June 1937 AD as a result of pneumonia, and he did not have any children of his crucifixion but his books behind him were the greatest achievement today children still enjoy.

1. Emily Bronte

Writer Emily Bronte was a romantic at heart but sex didn't interest her.
(Emily) was one of the greatest literary geniuses - along with her sisters - and she succeeded in producing glossy literary works including poems and articles and of course her novel (Weathring Heights) despite all the racial discrimination she was subjected to being a female at the time, and compared to Our time is a person with her talent who would have been a lot of fame and money if he were male.
Many researchers believe that (Emily) was not feeling the passionate characteristic of her protagonists (Catherine) and (Heathcliff), but others go to claim that (Emily) was asexual.

(Emily Jane Bronte) was her third oldest surviving brother, and she was born and raised in Yorkshire, in the north of England. Her father was a chaplain in the Irish Church, and he encouraged his children's literary ambition. (Emily) and her siblings were heavy readers, and her home education allowed her to find work as a teacher in the countryside when she turned twenty, but she soon resigned from her job as life in the region did not suit her.

She later traveled to Belgium to learn French and improve her German. She was very wise and was determined to stay there longer without her aunt’s sudden death, which prompted her to return quickly to York Shire. (Emily) soon returned to her homeland and became more isolated and discreet, and she reluctantly agreed to submit her poems for publication, then in 1847 AD her great novel was published, and she used a pseudonym to publish the book, which is (Elise Bell).

The interesting thing is that many people believe that the writer is a man because of the passion that fills the novel in addition to sexual tension between the characters, but the fact that (Emily) herself was not expert in matters of love, romance and lust, as she was famous for her isolation, preferring to go alone or with animals In nature instead of companionship with humans.
(Emily) died in the year 1848 AD and was about thirty years old, and she was unable to witness success (Weathering Heights). (Emily) Virgin died To fulfill that wish.

1. George Bernard Shaw

The literature giant has shown no interest in sex or sexual orientation.
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The Irish literary giant (George Bernard Shaw) had many interests, including meditation on religion and the nature of man, he also took care of politics and had comments on fascism and praise on certain occasions both Nazism and Socialism. (Shaw) came up with many topics in his writings, but the matter that was barely touched upon is sex, and it is not surprising, because (Shaw) was far from being a womanizer, in addition to the lack of evidence that he is gay. Taking into account everything we know about him, he was either willingly single, preferring to work on sexual matters, or he was asexual.

Shaw was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1856, and moved to London-Britain twenty years after his birth. And he struggled for many years until he made a name for himself as a writer, and by continuing to strive hard he became little by little a critical music and theater play.

He later joined the Fabian Society, which is a British socialist organization, whose goal is to advance the principles of democratic socialism through democratic reform rather than revolutionary overthrow, and (Shaw) during the period that he joined (the Fabian) developed his dramatic skills as he accomplished many of the Plays of a political nature.
His initial success prompted him to work all day, and when he was not working behind his typewriter, he was preoccupied with local politics. It was not long before he was tired and tired of him because of the huge effort he was making, in addition to the tension he was afflicting, which led to his eventual collapse.

In 1898 AD, a woman named (Charlotte Pine Townsend) took care of (Shaw) until he recovered, but due to the very bad situation he was going through, Townsend had to move to his house in London, and to avoid the scandal, Shaw had asked for her hand to marry, and she accepted Crosswise.

Although they lived together, their union as a couple never happened, as Shaw did not show any interest in sex, in addition to having had many books to accomplish. The lack of intimacy between the spouses did not lead to a weak relationship, but rather they stayed together and moved together in 1906 AD to live in the English countryside to the end of their lives.

Shaw has admitted to his friends and acquaintances on numerous occasions that physical matters do not arouse his slightest interest. There is a possibility that he was spiced (i.e. abstaining from sex for religious reasons), but it is possible that he was asexual, and some historians argue that (Shaw) was homosexual. (Shaw) died early and without children, leaving historians and researchers confused about building theories about his nationality and romance.

1. Florence Nightingale

Nightingale's commitment to her work as a nurse made her not interested in love and sex.
The Crimean War is one of the bloodiest events in history, and occurred between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire and their allies. The war lasted for three years and killed about 35,000 people.

The efforts of (Florence Nightingale) reduced the number of casualties on the British side that fought as an ally of the Ottoman Empire. In fact, Nightingale's impact was not confined to the hospitals of Crimea, but rather it revolutionized the nursing world, and many of the practices that it implemented during that period are still being followed today.

There is no doubt about the extent of the professional genius of (Nightingale), but the doubt lies in the extent of our knowledge of her personal life, as this topic was the subject of many discussions and speculation, and the question is: Was the lady of the lamp inhuman?

(Nightingale) was born to a upper-class family in London in 1820, and her parents were people who believed in the importance of education for women. She was also an attractive and charming lady, and many people, including politician and poet Richard Moncton, who had not lost hope of agreeing to marry him for nine years until she asked him (Nightingale) to stop trying and surrender, had proposed to her several sermons.

The lady of the lamp traveled extensively until she arrived in Egypt, and when the Crimean War broke out and she heard the news that the soldiers were falling dead due to the lack of simple first aid, she soon packed her luggage and went with a number of nurses there. This was in October 1854 AD, and it wasn't long before radical changes led to a decrease in mortality rates in civilian hospitals, where they made themselves interested in hygiene and good ventilation, and they made a name for themselves as a caregiver and were accompanied by attributes of kindness and mercy.

According to many historians, Nightingale's life was very busy and she had no time to pay attention to the emotional side, as she focused on caring for others and did not find an opportunity to search for love or marriage. But other historians say that what motivated her to become a nurse at first was her belief that she was doing a job that God had assigned her, and this belief is what motivated her to abstain from sex.

Another theory says that the real reason for her staying alone was that she was not interested in either sex or romance and that the lady of the lamp did not light the lamp of her heart for a man or female because of her lack of desire.

1. Thomas Edward Lawrence

(Lawrence) the Arabs died virginly.
(Lawrence) is considered an exemplary English man, in many ways, he was handsome, attractive and equally skilled using pen and shotgun. He was an archaeologist and officer in the British army, as he was adventurous, diplomat and author. He was immortalized in Lawrence of Arabia in 1962 AD, and this film is based on Lawrence's exploits during his presence in the Middle East during the First World War.

(Lawrence) wrote down all of his works and exploits in many notes, articles, and poems, but his sexual orientation remained on the table, with many of his contemporaries agreeing to the idea that Lawrence was asexual.

(Lawrence) was born outside of the matrimonial nest in August 1888 AD in (Wales - Britain), and his father inherited the title Baron in 1914 AD. His son took the title, but he did not move to live in the family home. The Lawrence family moved a lot and lived for a while in Hampshire.

(Lawrence) received a strict Christian education in the county, and teachers instilled in his mind the idea that a respectable woman could not marry a bastard like him, and the question is: Did these ideas have a role in making him wary of any romantic endeavors at an early age? Some historians answer yes.

After making a name for himself in the ranks of archaeologists, (Lawrence) was called up by the Military Intelligence, when the war broke out in 1914 AD and instead of being sent to the Western Front he was sent to assist the Arabs in their revolt against the Ottoman Empire. His heroic exploits published in the most famous international newspapers made him famous, but unlike many heroes of wars, Lawrence did not care about the attention of women, nor did he have any close male friends or potential lovers. Many of his contemporaries concluded that he was simply not interested in sex, that is, in today's language he was asexual.

Some researchers go as far as to say that Lawrence's harsh childhood has stopped any sexual development he had, and others suggest that his wartime exploits and heroisms are what drove him to avoid sexual matters.

(Lawrence) describes in his writings how he was tortured and insulted by the Ottoman Turks after he was arrested one time, and it was believed that he was a virgin in that period, so is it possible that these conditions are the one who freed him from any sexual desire? Lawrence would have probably answered these questions if he had lived longer. He died in a tragic traffic accident while he was riding his motorbike at the age of 46, it was in 1935 and it was said that this accident was planned.

1. Isaac Newton

Would Newton have made his genius discoveries if his mind had been distracted by sex?
According to popular legend, (Newton) admitted to his deathbed that he had never "known" a woman. Since he had many female acquaintances during his lifetime, the words were interpreted as having died in virginity. Of course there is a possibility that (Newton) knew a man or even several men in his life, but the general consensus is that (Newton) was asexual, as he avoided physical courtship preferring to be intimate with his work related to the universe rather than humans.

Our description of (Newton) genius may be underestimating him. This scientist was born in 1642 AD and was admitted to Cambridge University before he was over twenty years old. During his time at the university, he accomplished the bulk of his work, including his groundbreaking studies in differentiation, integration, and physics, as well as his unprecedented visions of gravity and the motion of planets.

(Newton) received in his life many awards and a lot of lavishness due to his scientific discoveries and research publications, but all this did not translate to popularity or even to love, where he is known for his isolation and retaining his privacy. (Newton) was mixing with people only to discuss them or to create problems, and in his life he made many enemies.

According to some historians, (Newton) was simply too busy and had no time to seek emotional relationships, and he commented by himself saying: “If you have made any valuable discoveries, this is due to careful attention more than any talent.” It can also be Asexually.

For twenty years, from 1663 AD to 1683 CE, Newton shared his room with John Wickens, as was (Wickens) Newton's colleague in Cambridge and later at Trinity University. There was no evidence of a sexual relationship between the two, and it is always indicated that if there was any evidence that (Newton) is gay, his enemies would not have hesitated to spread the matter to get rid of him at that time.

Because (Newton) did not write his memoirs, and did not send personal messages to his friends unlike many of his peers, we cannot speculate about his exact sexual life, yet it is almost certain that he died at the age of 84 in 1727 AD.

He noted and wrote the French philosopher (Voltaire) - who was in London when the great world was buried - that (Newton) was “not sensitive or emotional, nor was he dependent on fragile human feelings, and he had no relations with women, which was confirmed to me before The doctors and surgeons who took care of him in his last moments. ” Perhaps it was this lack of (Newton's) emotions that drove him to become one of the greatest geniuses over time.

1. Nikola Tesla

Good-looking, tall, smart, and asexual: Tesla lived an interesting life
Tesla was an American Serbian scholar who became famous for his eccentricity. There is no doubt about the extent of his genius, as this scientist spoke eight languages ​​fluently, and established the first engine running on the alternating current, as he possessed nearly 300 patents in his name, in addition to being the one who made long-range wireless communications possible, and if not all of this was sufficient to prove his genius, he lost Tesla also claimed that he had developed a deadly weapon that would end wars in the world, and believed that he was about to discover the ultimate answer to everything.

He had no professional career, and was equally charming on a personal level. He considered (Nikola Tesla) a prominent figure in American society, and he had emigrated to the United States in 1884 AD. The inventor was distinguished by his tall height, thinness and classical decoration, and unlike many scholars - Einstein, for example - Tesla was always interested in wearing elegant clothes and expected the same from others.

If we were to judge him by his appearance, it would not occur to a person that someone like (Tesla) lacked companionship, but for him the work always came in the foreground, before bed and before sex, of course.
The engineering genius was very subtle and very attentive to detail, as he liked to eat in the same place at the same time every day, preferring the company of his ideas to the company of others, and although he won the attention of women, he was not interested in them and he emphasized in many Occasionally, any romantic or sexual ideas that hinder his creativity.

He had no lovers let alone getting married from his roots, and Tesla had many types of phobia, including his extreme fear of pearls and he was trying to get as far away as possible from any woman who wore it. Moreover, he had a strict personal hygiene system and a great fear of germs, which made any intimacy between him and another person not possible, even if he wanted to.

(Tesla) summarized his position on matters of the heart and body, saying: “I do not think that there is an excitement that one’s heart can feel like the one that the inventor feels when he watches what his mind has created and turns into success in front of him… those feelings make a person forget about food, sleep, friends, love and everything.” . Not that this inventor had actual experiences comparing the joy of the invention. (Tesla) died in virginity, and most of his contemporaries believe that he was both asexual and inhuman.

1. Howard Phillips Lovecraft

The writing genius failed to satisfy his wife - and any woman - sexually.
The author (Lovecraft) died without success in his life, his fame came after his death. The author known as (HP Lovecraft) is one of the most influential figures in the twentieth century, and we can say that his frightening tales full of ghosts, ghouls and alternative worlds contributed to the launch of a full literary genre, and the best-selling authors of our time still seek help from him and point to what he left Of impact. But while he caused many to panic at what they might stumble overnight, he was just terrified of one thing: sex.

Unsurprisingly, Lovecraft was not sex-loving. He was born and raised during the Victorian era and is known for a general atmosphere of excessive modesty, and he also suffered from being born into a strict family suffocating. Lovecraft married Sonia Green, whom he had met at an ambitious press conference. Green's physical characteristics were not what attracted her to her, but her help for him escaped from his hometown and thrived as a writer in New York City, as she provided him with financial assistance, moral support and encouragement.

According to Sonia, Lovecraft used to do marital duties, but only when he asks him to do so, and he never initiates as he has shown no interest, desire, or competence in the act itself. (Sonia) later wrote about his abilities in the bedroom: “I was not expecting him to give, but I had some secret expectations that he might be a good husband and beloved. But I felt that his suppression was due in one way or another to his strict Protestant upbringing, ”Lovecraft's biographers largely agree with his wife’s rule.

Lovecraft was not spiced, but this great writer certainly was not interested in the idea of ​​sex, on the contrary, he was completely alienated from it.
There is reliable evidence to suggest that he hated talking about sex and everything in general related to him.

His marriage to Sonia reached a friendly end, which is not surprising, and the couple had separated long before their formal divorce. Sonia later married while Lovecraft remained single for the rest of his life, and he died alone and poor in 1937.

1. Frederick Chopin

(Chopin) had an army of fans, but he simply was not interested.
(Chopin) counted at the height of his fame and success as a rock star in our time, more than the author of classical music, for example, fans were waiting for him outside the concert halls in (Paris), and wherever he was, he was considered the elite of the audience, and he was praised for his innovative and emotional creativity . (Chopin) did not take advantage of this fame and unlike rock stars he did not show any interest, even if slight, to individuals of the opposite sex, not even of the same sex. Was this ingenious creator an asexual before he realized the world?

Many historians who wrote about Chopin's life believe that the composer was asexual, although he has been associated with many women and has had a seven-year relationship with the French writer (Georges Sand) whose real name was Amantine Dobben. The relationship of the two was not unusual but also was not complete, while (Sand) had many lovers in the past in addition to being a mother, and some historians say that (Chopin) imposed abstinence from sex on (Sand). Some have argued that for the player and composer, this relationship was based more on curiosity and satisfaction than on sexual attraction.

Some people talk that Chopin's hatred of sex and intimacy is rooted in the author's teenage period, as when he was in his teens he was fascinated by the opera singer (Maria and Dzinska) and they got engaged to marriage. (Chopin) wrote to his pet more than a piece of music, but the father (Maria) He was hostile to this marriage on the principle that his future son-in-law was too cheating to be suitable for his daughter. Thus, when the two separated, Chopin remained so angry that he lost interest in love and sex.

It may be (Chopin) in fact he lived his life imposing himself on celibacy, but it is also possible that historians are right and that the musical author was asexual from the beginning and his separation from (Maria) is what put an end to the romantic part in it as well.

1. Salvador Dali

His paintings are sexually explicit and sexy, but the man himself was not interested in sex.
Dali was the artist (Pablo Picasso) famous for being a notorious woman minister, but Dali's sexual life was much more complicated.

The Spanish artist once admitted: “I tried having sex with a woman one time (which is his wife, Gala) and I found sex very exaggerated. I also tried it with a man (which is the acrobatic Frederico García Lorca) and found it extremely painful. ”Thus, although (Dali) showed an interest in the topic of sex and sexual activity from a technical point of view, many biographers concluded that (Dali) the great man was asexual .

The artist moved away from speaking about the issue of sex, and from discussing his sexual life in his autobiography "The Secret Life of Salvador Dali" that was issued in 1942 AD, while in the book he discussed various topics such as religion, war and politics, as he talked about his beliefs and its origins.

Dali was married for a long period of his life, as he had met (Gala), a Russian immigrant who was one decade older than him, in 1929 CE and although she was married to the French poet (Paul Elward) at that time he married Dali and (Galla) at a secret party in 1934, then a religious ceremony followed in a Catholic church a year later.

The union between (Dali) and (Galla) was far from traditional relations and again, the artist revealed that there was no sexual relationship between the two except for one disappointing time, but otherwise he did not show any interest in sex other than his wife who was sexually active and resided Many relationships are outside the marriage.

Some researchers argue that Dale's inhumanity is rooted in his childhood because he confessed to himself that, from an early age, he feared that his penis was small and unfinished and that he would not be able to please women when establishing a sexual relationship, and although he found pleasure in accompanying himself he caused This matter has a great distress later.