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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.
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
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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