I think you're right.

About Sherlock having a low sex drive - I don't know if that's the case.  His porn tastes are "normal" according to HLV, and if his sex drive was low he might not bother with porn at all (interesting that he does, though - he doesn't feel the need to avoid it to keep his sex drive under control!). And there's what other people have said (like Benedict) about him.  He's kind of self-created as somebody who is above that sort of thing, but I don't think that's because he lacked the drive.  It's like his emotions in generaly - he's definitely emotional rather than unemotional, but aspires not to be. 

 

Oh, quite possibly!    Stephen Moffat strikes me as being playful in that way.

In the Elle/sex interview, Benedict did say that Sherlock would watch porn if he was going to have sex (so maybe he was considering it!).  I just wondered if he would avoid it (and avoid acting on it, if you know what I mean) to keep things under control.
 

Liberty wrote:

Oh, quite possibly!    Stephen Moffat strikes me as being playful in that way.

In the Elle/sex interview, Benedict did say that Sherlock would watch porn if he was going to have sex (so maybe he was considering it!).  I just wondered if he would avoid it (and avoid acting on it, if you know what I mean) to keep things under control.
 

Similar like Martin´s remark about "gayest show in television", Benedict´s interview in Elle is supposed to be playful and tongue in cheek. Benedict was simply goofing off. He is known as a talkative man who will go on and on with such speeches if you let him, so no surprise that his "Sherlock as a lover" fantasy was so long. It doesn´t mean much more than a joke.

Personally, I doubt Sherlock and Irene were together "that way" in Karachi. It´s pretty obvious from Sherlock´s behaviour in S3 he is uneasy or downright disturbed by the idea of sex with women.

In TSOT Molly sais to him: "Me and Tom, we have a lot of sex."
Sherlock stiffens and the cricket sounds ring in the backround.

In that same episode, Janine jokes: "But no sex, OK?"
Sherlock makes a double take and is quite flustered for a minute.

Sherlock´s relationship with Janine remained chaste, probably because Sherlock didn´t want to take advantage of her body the same way he did take advantage of her trust. It would be highly unethical. And yet - Janine is hotblooded, beautiful, witty, inteligent, charming, very sexy woman. It is incredible that a straight man would be so immune to her allure. Still, when they are kissing, Sherlock does it without passion as if he was kissing a piece of wood. Later, when he is offering her an engagement ring and they find her passed out on the ground, he even remarks: "Oh, do they really do that?" as if women were some funny species from another planet.

Benedict can say what he wants in interviews - but from the way he acts in front of the camera I have a strong doubt that Sherlock has any sexual experience with women.
 

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Vhanja wrote:

I find it interesting that having sex with Janine would be too unethical, but pretending to be her boyfriend when she had feelings for him - that was not too unethical. Sherlogic, I guess. 

Lying to Janine and misusing her trust was unethical too, but still, could be excused (if you squinted) by "the greater good" - stopping Magnussen from blackmailing more people. Sleeping with her, on the other hand, would tip the scales to the other side and would be almost as bad as Magnussen´s slimy dealings.
 

Janine was certainly keen in entering relationship with Sherlock. I still wonder if her motives were entirely friendly.

If I remember correctly, Sherlock´s flirting mostly consisted of his efforts to find another, more suitable partner for Janine. It was a funny evasion from his side.

Erm, sorry, but no, Vhanja, he does not talk casually about sex with Janine, in the first scene together she goes :"No sex, ok?" in a very light manner but he's very much taken aback and immediately driving the topic away from himself.

I do see a certain sympathy on Sherlock's side but no sexual attraction. John was with Mary, Mrs Hudson with Mr Chatterjee, Molly with Tom, so he probably tried to fit in and have some fun doing a thing he really likes. And he is definitely never relaxed when women talk to him about sex - Irene, Molly, Janine. 

I think the only one he shows sexual attraction to is Irene. And even then it's kinda weird like 'oh, what is this?' It's as if he doesn't understand what's happening. With Janine, I thought it was more like a friendly flirty kinda thingy. 

I think he genuinely liked them both, but there was more of an attraction to Irene.
Yet it could never be, between them.
He uses Janine, though she gets her own back.