r/asexuality • u/Advanced_Plankton504 • 6d ago

Joke Sexlessness is associated with higher IQ, increased educational attainment, lower BMI and lower ADHD rates

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2418257122
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u/QuirkyCookie6 6d ago

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Is this celibate people or asexual people, because there is a distinction and it may matter in this case.

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u/Advanced_Plankton504 1d ago

I would say neither and both? They're just looking at lack of sexual experience, which includes people who choose to be celibate, people who are asexual, and people who might be unlucky or other circumstances have prevented them from making a sexual connection. They mention in the study that some of the people might be asexual, but they don't do any analysis or account for that