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{{Stub}}'''Autosexuality '''some times called ''' |
{{Stub}}'''Autosexuality '''some times called '''Narcissexual''', is when one experiences sexual attraction exclusively towards themself; and can occur in many forms as follows: |
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# Having a hard time responding to someone's sexual touch, but being able to/comfortable with pleasing |
# Having a hard time responding to someone's sexual touch, but being able to/comfortable with self pleasing like masturbation. |
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# Feeling no attraction to others but feeling attraction to |
# Feeling no attraction to others but feeling attraction to yourself. |
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# Attraction to |
# Attraction to oneself. |
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The romantic counterpart to autosexual is [https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/Autoromantic autoromantic]. |
The romantic counterpart to autosexual is [https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/Autoromantic autoromantic].[[File:Autosexualflag.png|thumb|The autosexual flag]] |
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[[File:Autosexualflag1.png|alt=|thumb|The autosexual flag]] |
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==History== |
==History== |
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Autosexual was first used as a very specific term used by Bernard Apfelbaum, a PHD graduate in clinical psychology in his work on the book "Principles and Practice of Sex Therapy.", although he considered it as a sexual abnormality but often autosexuals do not seek out sexual relationships as it is simply a way of life and how they feel about others, it is strictly the attraction to |
Autosexual was first used as a very specific term used by Bernard Apfelbaum, a PHD graduate in clinical psychology in his work on the book "Principles and Practice of Sex Therapy.", although he considered it as a sexual abnormality but often autosexuals do not seek out sexual relationships as it is simply a way of life and how they feel about others, it is strictly the attraction to yourself and is not a psychological abnormality. |
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== Flags == |
== Flags == |
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The first flag was made by a user going by aturinfortheworse on an unspecified site. They had a meaning for the flag originally, but forgot it. |
The first flag was made by a user going by aturinfortheworse on an unspecified site. They had a meaning for the flag originally, but forgot it. |
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The second flag was coined by a user going by Anamika on November 21st, 2020. It is based off the original flags colors. The shades of blue stand for |
The second flag was coined by a user going by Anamika on November 21st, 2020. It is based off the original flags colors. The shades of blue stand for self compassion and self care, the heart stands for self love, and the grey stands for the [[Asexual Spectrum|ace-spec]] category. |
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== Etymology == |
== Etymology == |
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The prefix comes from the Greek term 'auto', meaning ' |
The prefix comes from the Greek term 'auto', meaning 'self'. |
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== Resources == |
== Resources == |
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Revision as of 23:48, 2 December 2020
Autosexuality some times called Narcissexual, is when one experiences sexual attraction exclusively towards themself; and can occur in many forms as follows:
- Having a hard time responding to someone's sexual touch, but being able to/comfortable with self pleasing like masturbation.
- Feeling no attraction to others but feeling attraction to yourself.
- Attraction to oneself.
The romantic counterpart to autosexual is autoromantic.
History
Autosexual was first used as a very specific term used by Bernard Apfelbaum, a PHD graduate in clinical psychology in his work on the book "Principles and Practice of Sex Therapy.", although he considered it as a sexual abnormality but often autosexuals do not seek out sexual relationships as it is simply a way of life and how they feel about others, it is strictly the attraction to yourself and is not a psychological abnormality.
Flags
The first flag was made by a user going by aturinfortheworse on an unspecified site. They had a meaning for the flag originally, but forgot it.
The second flag was coined by a user going by Anamika on November 21st, 2020. It is based off the original flags colors. The shades of blue stand for self compassion and self care, the heart stands for self love, and the grey stands for the ace-spec category.
Etymology
The prefix comes from the Greek term 'auto', meaning 'self'.