It would probably apply to me. I am monogamous in nature and practice: my sexual experiences occur within romantic relationships only, are rich and satisfying, and I am most sexually attracted when enjoying an explicitly deep and mutual connection with someone.
But I would not personally refer to myself as a demisexual. I just think of myself as being selective. 
Am I freed from temptations for casual sex because I have an innate biological instinct to reject it? Or simply because I realize consciously the role I prefer relationships and sex to play in my life, and the way I prefer to likewise be present in the lives of others? To be honest I can't be entirely sure but I tend to suspect the latter in my case, as I did learn a few things through trial and error in my youth. 
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“We use our minds not to discover facts but to hide them. One of things the screen hides most effectively is the body, our own body, by which I mean, the ins and outs of it, its interiors. Like a veil thrown over the skin to secure its modesty, the screen partially removes from the mind the inner states of the body, those that constitute the flow of life as it wanders in the journey of each day.”
— Antonio R. Damasio, “The Feeling of What Happens: Body and Emotion in the Making of Consciousness” (p.28)
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