Barrie found out about the relationship and demanded Mary bring an end to it. So, few people would likely have been surprised when Mary began an affair with a fellow actor. According to acquaintances of the couple, theirs was a sexless marriage and was never even consummated. He first got hitched in 1894, marrying the actress Mary Ansell, whom he had been introduced to three years previously. So, while Barrie did indeed marry – not once, but twice – there’s plenty of evidence to suggest he was asexual. It’s quite likely this psychological abuse scarred him for life. His mother even called Barrie ‘David’ and dressed him in his old clothes. The couple’s eldest son, David, had died in a tragic ice-skating accident, and they never recovered, taking their grief out on their youngest boy. Though born into relative wealth and privilege, his father routinely ignored him, while his mother bullied the young James Matthew. While the exact mature of Barrie’s sexuality is the source of much debate among scholars and fans alike, what is commonly accepted is that he endured a sad, painful childhood. When it came to sex and sexuality in particular, he was almost childlike in his innocence, a state that shone through in his much-loved works. And, according to many of Barrie’s biographers, this is exactly what the great writer wanted for himself. The stories of Peter Pan, Wendy and the Lost Boys of Neverland are seen by many as an expression of a common desire to remain young and hold onto a sense of wonder and innocence. However, he will always be best known for being the man behind Peter Pan, the boy who refused to grow up. Barrie, was a hugely prolific author, publishing numerous successful novels and plays. Sir James Matthew Barrie, better known by his pen-name of J.M. Barrie, the author of Peter Pan, may have wed, but it’s likely he was asexual. So here, we have ten of the most notable asexual individuals from history: J.M. Others, meanwhile, preferred to devote their energies to their work or other calling in life, seeing sex as an unwanted distraction.
In some cases, they may have been romantics, in love with the idea of love and happiness in a relationship but uninterested in consummating it.
But then there are a few who chose to shun the act of sex because it genuinely didn’t interest them. Others may have had celibacy forced upon them. Some shunned sex for religious reasons, choosing a life of celibacy for themselves. However, some people were genuinely asexual, including some of the best-known figures in the history of art, letters and the sciences. Of course, such assumptions turned out to be correct. Over the course of human history, men – and, indeed women – who showed no interest in sex were often believed to be secretly homosexual. At the same time, society at large is much more open to different gender and sexual identities, including that of asexuality – or a complete lack of interest in sex. These days, celebrities and other notable figures are, generally speaking, largely open about their sexuality.
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