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Some may try to broaden the definition of love to include [[Tertiary Attraction|tertiary attraction]] in addition to romantic attraction, rather than challenging the idea of "love is what makes us human" and allowing individuals to identify or disidentify with love as they choose. This is known within the loveless aro community as "the unhelpful broadening of love", and loveless aros may continue to feel alienated and ignored or feel that love is inescapable as a result. Some aros do not experience any tertiary attraction, leaving them excluded from even the broadened idea of love. Some loveless aros may experience tertiary attraction, but do not feel that their attractions equate to love, making them feel forcibly included in the broadened idea of love. |
Some may try to broaden the definition of love to include [[Tertiary Attraction|tertiary attraction]] in addition to romantic attraction, rather than challenging the idea of "love is what makes us human" and allowing individuals to identify or disidentify with love as they choose. This is known within the loveless aro community as "the unhelpful broadening of love", and loveless aros may continue to feel alienated and ignored or feel that love is inescapable as a result. Some aros do not experience any tertiary attraction, leaving them excluded from even the broadened idea of love. Some loveless aros may experience tertiary attraction, but do not feel that their attractions equate to love, making them feel forcibly included in the broadened idea of love. |
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While all [[A-Spec|aspec]] people are harmed by [[amatonormativity]], loveless aros are especially harmed by it. This may be due to some [[Alloromantic Asexual|alloromantic asexuals]] trying to |
While all [[A-Spec|aspec]] people are harmed by [[amatonormativity]], loveless aros are especially harmed by it. This may be due to some [[Alloromantic Asexual|alloromantic asexuals]] trying to humanize themselves to alloromantic allosexuals by claiming they can "still love," which not only alienates arospec people who do not experience romantic attraction, but also enforces the amatonormative belief that romance makes someone a normal, appealing human being. Similar messages may also be parroted by using examples of tertiary attraction attraction instead, which enforces a belief that experiencing any love makes someone human if it is "close enough" to being romantic. As a result of alienation, loveless aros disregard the idea that love is necessary. |
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This does not necessarily mean one lacks empathy or other emotions, and is not to be confused with [[panaspec]] or [[nonamorous]], though someone who is panaspec and/or nonamorous may also consider themselves to be loveless. Loveless aros will often times feel other [[Attraction|attractions]] and use the [[Split Attraction Model (SAM)|split attraction model]], but just not equate their attraction to love. |
This does not necessarily mean one lacks empathy or other emotions, and is not to be confused with [[panaspec]] or [[nonamorous]], though someone who is panaspec and/or nonamorous may also consider themselves to be loveless. Loveless aros will often times feel other [[Attraction|attractions]] and use the [[Split Attraction Model (SAM)|split attraction model]], but just not equate their attraction to love. |
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