partnered people should be aware that not all sex therapists or relationship therapists recognize asexuality as an orientation, and it’s possible they may approach less willing partners as the only “problem children.” If someone’s relationship therapy focuses entirely on how to help an asexual person tolerate or initiate sex more often to satisfy someone with a larger sexual appetite, it is not balanced therapy. Pushing someone into unwanted sex and telling them they should like it is abuse. Unless the asexual person has expressed a wish to cultivate an interest in or a tolerance for sexual
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