Sexual orientation, according to the American Psychological Association, is “a lasting emotional, romantic, sexual, or affective attraction to others.” Human beings currently identify with several types of orientation, but there are many that are unknown to some individuals.
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Among them is demisexuality, a term that is defined by the Psychology and Mene website as “a sexual orientation characterized by experiencing sexual attraction only after having formed an emotional bond with someone. This means that demisexual people do not feel sexually attracted to someone unless they have already formed a close emotional connection with that person.”
It is highlighted there that a person can identify as demisexual if:
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You don’t feel sexually attracted to anyone unless you form an emotional bond with them first.
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It takes you longer than most people to develop feelings of sexual attraction.
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You are generally only sexually attracted to people who are your close friends.
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He is more interested in intimacy than sexual activity.
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You find it difficult to feel sexually attracted to someone you don’t know well.
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He is only sexually attracted to one person at a time.
On the same website it is mentioned that some international celebrities who have declared themselves demisexual son:
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Evan Rachel Wood.
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Shailene Woodley.
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Megan Fox.
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“The actress Evan Rachel Wood She came out as demisexual in 2011, saying she doesn’t ‘really feel sexual attraction’ unless she’s ’emotionally connected to someone’. Shailene Woodley She has also spoken about her experience as a demisexual woman, saying that it takes a long time to develop romantic feelings for someone. Likewise, the actress Megan Fox “She has said that she is only sexually attracted to ‘one person in her life,'” reads Psychology and Mind.
The demisexual flag
Psychology and mind highlighted that The demisexual flag was created in 2010 by an AVEN user (Asexual Visibility and Education Network), which consists of three stripes: gray, black and purple.
Gray “represents those who do not feel sexual attraction”; black, “those who do not feel romantic attraction”; and purple, “to those who feel romantic and sexual attraction only after forming an emotional bond.”
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