Researching Asexual Experiences - Looking for survey and interview participants!
Update: Thank you everyone who participated! The survey is now closed. Please email me if you have any further questions.
Hi there. My name is Brooke Higginbottom. I’m a student researcher in the sociology department at the University of the Fraser Valley, in British Columbia, Canada. I’m working on an independent study. As someone who identifies as Asexual, I decided that I wanted to focus my research on the different perspectives and experiences of asexuals when it comes to establishing and maintaining romantic and/or sexual relationships.
I intend to publish the results of this study. If you want to know more about me, my study, or my reasoning for this research topic, you can message my account or contact me through email: [email protected]
If you’d like to participate, there is a link to a survey below. You don’t need to answer all of the survey questions if you don’t want to, and feel free to answer each question in the way that feels the best for you. Survey responses are anonymous and will not be public. Only I and my supervisor will be able to see any responses.
I’m also looking for people to have one-on-one interviews with, so if you’d rather do an interview than fill out the survey, please contact me to let me know. All interviews are going to be conducted online through Discord, Zoom, Skype, etc. This will not include any video sharing to maintain confidentiality.
I estimate that the survey will not take more than an hour to complete. Please read the consent form before starting the survey!
Here is the link to the survey:
https://www.surveymonkey.ca/r/QYGH5ZP
Did you participate in this study? Well, the finished article from this study is finally available to read! In 2024, I published an article titled The Nuances of Intimacy: Asexual Perspectives and Experiences with Dating and Relationships which was the results of this study. Now, since it has been published for one year, I can make the unedited version of the paper available to the public to read for free! The article covers many details of aromantic/asexual relationships, such as consent, QPRs, intimacy and more!
You can find the unedited paper here, in the UVicSpace Institutional Repository: https://dspace.library.uvic.ca/items/c9b0c8ce-688e-47bc-8bc6-b5e56fd27170
As well, I encourage you to check out and cite the published article! Using it in your own work will help support asexual/aromantic focused research. The published article can be found here: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-024-02846-0
I hope that my paper can provide further support and awareness to my fellow aro/ace people! Thank you so much to everyone who participated in this research and supported the paper! 🖤🩶🤍💜










