Could there be any other factors that go into someone being aromantic or asexual?

[SwiftySpeedy]

I learned recently how trans people usually have similar brains to the gender they identify as. Could there be a similar thing that results in someone being aromantic or asexual?

[maruchan]

la insula y el nucleo estriado son las responsables del romantisismo y el deseo sexual en nuestros cerebros talvez nosotro, no los tengamos o estas partes simplemente trabajen de manera diferente a como normalmente deberian trabajar 

[SwiftySpeedy]

I did some some more research and maybe it's the limbic system being messed up. because the Insula seems to do nothing that relates to romance. While the striatum seems just seems to be motor movements and reward sectors.

I did a bit more research and according to Britannica, "A dysfunctional limbic system is associated with several conditions and clinical disorders such as epilepsy, dementia, anxiety disorders, and autism."  Although there are aromantic people that don't suffer from these disorders, So could it be a hormone deficiency or something along those lines?

[Jot-Aro Kujo]

Does it really matter?

[LIVI0]

idk. were kind of just the way we r

[Anaim]

10 minutes ago, Jot-Aro Kujo said:

Does it really matter?

I agree, it really doesn't matter, we are who we are

[maruchan]

30 minutes ago, SwiftySpeedy said:

Investigué un poco más y tal vez sea el sistema límbico el que está fallando. porque la Insula parece no hacer nada que se relacione con el romance. Mientras que el cuerpo estriado parece ser solo movimientos motores y sectores de recompensa.

Investigué un poco más y, según Britannica, "un sistema límbico disfuncional está asociado con varias afecciones y trastornos clínicos como la epilepsia, la demencia, los trastornos de ansiedad y el autismo". Aunque hay personas arrománticas que no sufren de estos trastornos, entonces, ¿podría ser una deficiencia hormonal o algo por el estilo?

si probablemente sea una deficiencia hormonal despues de todo el amor no son solo reacciones quimicas en nuestros cerebros

 

15 minutes ago, Jot-Aro Kujo said:

¿Realmente importa?

no, solo somos quienes somos, pero me es divertido investigar cosas respecto a este tema y actualmente tengo algo de tiempo libre asi que por que no?

 

[Maryland]

There’s a whole label (acoro-) that means: “Is someone whose negative experiences with romance has alienated them from Allo-Romanticism” another one is one that relates to being Neurodivergent and that affecting your romantic attraction .

Essentially, I identify with Acororomantic a bit and I don’t think it makes up the entirety of my Aromanticism for others, that may be different and that is entirely fine! Others may feel that past experiences with romance may have brought them to be Aro-spec/Ace-spec, which I don’t believe make them any less Aromantic than anyone else in my opinion. 

2 hours ago, SwiftySpeedy said:

and maybe it's the limbic system being messed up. because the Insula seems to do nothing that relates to romance. While the striatum seems just seems to be motor movements and reward sectors.

The amygdala is part of the Limbic System, if the limbic system happened to be messed up emotions could be affected also. As the amygdala controls the flow of certain hormones, such as Fear, agression, rage, and even sexual feelings. If this were damaged, could the emotions for Fear be repressed or less severe? 

[SwiftySpeedy]

Well I just lack romance and sexual feelings so maybe its something else that's not the limbic system?

[Balfrog]

I don't know how hard of research you are willing to do, but google scholar and scihub are pretty good used together, although it is a mixed bag and science papers can be pretty hard to parse. I don't usually use them to answer questions as much as I just want to know that there is research on a topic, but if you can find a meta study it might be worth it.

I am kinda want people to stop researching why we are queer tho. It gives off bad vibes to me. Even the funny ones like the finger ratios.