Of the four sexualities the respondents were asked about—the other three being heterosexual, homosexual, and bisexual+ individuals—asexuals were perceived to be the least “human” and to have the least emotional capacity.15 Within this dehumanization, asexuals were characterized as more “machine-like” and simultaneously more “animal-like” than people of other sexualities. “Asexuals were seen as relatively cold and emotionless and unrestrained, impulsive, and less sophisticated.”16
