"It’s just he subsumes it in order to do his work. I’ve said that many times before, but the idea that he doesn’t know or hasn’t experienced sex I think is inaccurate."

That's always been my take on it.  We freely accept the idea of Sherlock supressing most of his emotions.  Why do so many people think that sexual feelings are just not there rather than assuming he does the same?

 

SusiGo wrote:

But the way Benedict plays the scene with Janine IMO clearly shows that he is not totally inexperienced whatevery Mycroft may have said in ASiB. 

No, Susi, he's got all this from a book!

Steven insists Sherlock may have had a girlfriend in the past...I'm not convinced and I'm not ashamed to admit I want my boy to be pure...
But it honestly wouldnlt really matter to me, one way or another,

I mean a virgin...

So virgins are pure and other girls are dirty? Or ...

Well, according to the latest theory Sherlock is transgender anyway, so fine with me 

I like to think of Sherlock as either asexual (this is how I like to see him as because I find it interesting despite what others may believe ) or at the very least only interested in intellect. Pertaining to the act of it, the only thing I would imagine he knows is the science of it. Nothing romantic or emotional, just pure logically stand point. 

I think Sherlock protests too quickly when he told Mycroft that sex doesn't alarm him. I mean look at how he reacts when the word is mentioned. From Mycroft, he acts hurt. Maybe because he never had any experience, maybe thought about once but frightened by the emotional entanglements or maybe he was made fun of because of his lack of interest? When Janine said no sex, he seemed very alarmed.  Molly said Tom and her had alot of it and he looks awkward and can't seem to give a response to that statement. 

Last edited by LoveIsAViciousMotivator (January 24, 2014 10:13 pm)

Of course everyone can have their own theories. But I cannot just overlook if the actor who plays Sherlock himself says he does not regard him as inexperienced and clearly states that he has a sexuality. He may distance himself from sexual feelings for whatever reasons we may deduce but this does not mean that he has no sexual feelings/orientation/interest. And the fact that this is kept ambiguous is one of the elements that make his character interesting and open to discussion. 

besleybean wrote:

Where in god's own name does that come from?

At least that is what I found on tumbler:

1 He has long curls and enjoys dancing and dressing up.
2 John is clearly sexually responding to the woman in him.
3 Sherlock/Sherley/Shirley ... is a girl's name.
...
Do I have to continue?


 

There is one thing I will always remember and sort of go by when it comes to Sherlock's sexuality, and that's what Sherlock says to John at Angelo's in ASiP. Girlfriends are not really his area - but to me that means that he does indeed have an area when it comes to sex. Just not girlfriends. When John asks him about a boyfriend, Sherlock does not respond with this "not really my area" stuff, he just says that he doesn't have one. To me that means he doesn't have one right now, but it's not unthinkable that he might have one eventually.
That's my take on the matter. Everything else to me is just transport.