ARCsexual is a general term for a individual who feels Averse, Repulsed, or Conflicted (ARC) towards sex. ARCsexual is similar to apothisexual; however, one can identify as ARCsexual without being asexual. Many individuals who experience sex repulsion are asexual, however there are some allosexual individuals who are sex repulsed.
ARC is also an umbrella term that encompasses several identities to more specifically describe one's attitude towards sex. The suffix -carnal is used in these terms to describe ARC feelings. Terms using terminology include:
- Arcflux: One's ARC feelings fluctuate.
- Acarnal: Sex-indifferent.
- Anticarnal: Sex-repulsed. Feels a strong visceral reaction of disgust, negativity, etc. at the concept of sex.
- Procarnal: Sex-favorable.
- Discarnal: Sex-averse. Opposed to the idea of engaging in sex themselves, but are fine with sexual activity that does not involve them.
- Eriscarnal: Sex conflicted or sex-ambivalent. Having mixed feelings towards sex.
- Requiscarnal: A feeling of repulsion due to trauma and exhaustion. Similar to requisexual, but specifically pertaining to repulsion and ARC.[1]
History
The ARC acronym was created by the Tumblr blog arcresources on November 27, 2014.[2] The term arcsexual was first mentioned by Kisten Sadi, a moderator on the blog, on December 3, 2014.[3] They continued searching for an umbrella term up until December 8, 2014.[4] The next day, the blog began to regularly mention arcsexuality in its posts.[5] The term was expanded on by Kisten Sadi in a post on both WordPress and Tumblr on December 14, 2014.[6][7]
Flag
There have been multiple ideas for ARCsexual flags originating on the ARC Resources blog, which were modified until the community mostly settled on the most common flag used today. The official flag was released on the blog on March 10, 2015, and established to be the official flag on March 11, 2015.[8][9]
The official flag's color scheme consists of diagonal stripes, symmetrical on the diagonal, with red, black, blue, and grey stripes.
The concept of the diagonal stripes was supposed to signify alignment with different MOGAI communities, while also setting them apart “since [it] isn’t a gender or a sexuality but [it] still needs visibility.”[10] Red signifies association with sex, and the idea of not wanting sex and refusal and repulsion towards it.[11] There isn't a clear meaning for the blue, possibly added for higher contrast and aesthetics. In the creator's mind, black, white, and grey were associated with MOGAI, and also were associated with asexual and aromantic communities.[10][12]
The other flags created are less used and less well known, and mostly used in the development process of the official flag. The theme of the flags is mostly the same, with the colors and aspects of the flag still representing the same things.
All flags below without the blue were created by that-nonbinary-guy on Tumblr on February 4, 2015.[13] The flag with the blue was released on March 10, 2015, by ARC Resources.[8]
ARCsexual Alternative Flags
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an alternate flag by hydra#2159
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an ARCromantic flag by hydra#2159
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References
- ↑ https://arcresources.tumblr.com/post/104955162345/requiesromantic-sexual
- ↑ https://arcresources.tumblr.com/post/103775565509/welcome-im-alice
- ↑ https://arcresources.tumblr.com/post/104250597269/terminology-wanted
- ↑ https://arcresources.tumblr.com/post/104679870192/apothisexual
- ↑ https://arcresources.tumblr.com/post/104750673144/how-do-you-relate-to-your-arcsexuality-does-it
- ↑ https://kistensadi.wordpress.com/2014/12/14/arcsexual-averse-repulsed-conflicted/
- ↑ https://arcresources.tumblr.com/post/105182992488/basic-types-of-sex-aversion-repulsion-and
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 https://arcresources.tumblr.com/post/113287997339/so-here-are-2-ideas-for-the-official-flag-people
- ↑ https://arcresources.tumblr.com/post/113357611104/so-heres-a-vectorized-version-of-the-flag-that
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 https://arcresources.tumblr.com/post/111883668119/hey-i-dunno-if-youre-taking-flag-ideas-but-i-like
- ↑ https://arcresources.tumblr.com/post/111900719499/honestly-i-really-want-red-and-black-to-be-in-the
- ↑ https://arcresources.tumblr.com/post/111894951479/colorsflag
- ↑ https://arcresources.tumblr.com/post/111970954839/aro-ace-wonderwoman-arcresources-heres-2