Free From Desire: Asexual in the City of Love

Aline must get creative and find the right doctor since getting a sperm donation in France as a single parent is illegal.

Aline realizes they are a-romantic, and decides to become a parent on their own.

Aline rethinks their relationship with intimacy and sexual attraction after accepting their asexuality. Special thanks to Fiona Conneely, Seth Rosner, and Sydney Klinghoffer whose voices you'd hear throughout the episode.

When Aline discovers the concept of asexuality, they are relieved… and scared.

Aline is afraid of failing in a relationship, and goes to a therapist to see if their lack of interest in sex comes from repressed trauma.

Aline is having sex for the first time, in an effort to be like everyone else and because they want to be “liberated…”

Aline thinks back to their childhood and teenage years and remembers how their lack of interest in boys and sex relegated them to "the losers league.”

For years, Aline thought “it will eventually come.” They'd even put themselves in uncomfortable situations to try and force it to happen. It never did. They felt isolated, excluded, and ashamed. What is life without experiencing sexual or romantic desire — from a one-night stand to a coupled relationship? At 20, they finally started to find answers.