In A World of Hookups, What It’s Like To Find Love As An Asexual
The story of Malavika, a 45-year-old musician from Chennai, reveals why life isn’t a piece of cake for people who identify as asexual.
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The first thing that appears on the website of Asexuality India is a picture of a cake. The bright pink cake with gems and chocolate wafers sprinkled on it isn’t an indication to show that life is a piece of cake for the asexual community. It sort of summaries their sexuality-“Welcome to Asexuality India…Where anything is better than sex, but we prefer CAKE!”
The story of Malavika*, a 45-year-old musician from Chennai, reveals why life isn’t a piece of cake for people who identify as asexual. Worse still, people who are in a relationship with someone who isn’t asexual and cannot quite accept their partner’s identity.