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[[File:QP objectum flag.png|thumb|203x203px|The queerplatonic objectum flag.]]
[[File:Red fence.jpg|alt=graphic depicting a traditional Swedish wooden fence painted red with white tips|thumb|OS Internationale red fence symbol used in homage to the late Eklöf.|187x187px]]
'''Objectum Sexuality, '''also known as '''Objectum''', '''Objectum Romanticism (OS/OR), or Pygmaliosexual''', is the attraction to inanimate objects. This attraction can be [[Sexual Attraction|sexual]], [[Romantic Attraction|romantic]], or both, it can also be a form of [[Tertiary Attraction|tertiary attraction]]. The objects that an objectum (or 'OS') individual is attracted to are often called "beloved objects", these objects often have names and personalities to the objectum individual. They may go on dates or do other intimate acts with their beloved object. Objectum is not an exclusively [[queer]] experience, nor is it inherently LGBT+.
Beloved objects can be "private objects", meaning objects that one owns, which can include: toys, cars/trucks, plants, musical instruments, articles of clothing, etc. They can also be "public objects", meaning objects that are something public or in a public space, which can include: buildings, bridges, machines, statues, fences, water, amusement park rides, etc. Objects do not have to be tangible and can also include things such as logos, letters, or concepts. Some objectum individuals are [[polyamorous]], and are dedicated to many objects, while some are devoted to a single object. Objectum individuals can be attracted to individuals as well or they could be exclusively attracted to objects.
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== Paraphilic Disorders vs Objectum ==
Objectum sexuality is different from a paraphilic disorder, as a paraphilic disorder does not imply a devoted personal relationship, feeling mutual and reciprocal attraction, and usually does not include animistic beliefs. Dr. Amy Marsh, a sexologist who has studied OS individuals, has developed a spectrum that explains some of the differences between object fetishism and objectum orientation.<ref>http://waihili.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/marshspectrum.pdf</ref><ref>http://www.ejhs.org/volume13/ObjSexuals.htm#:~:text=it%20appears%20that%20objectum%20sexuality%20can%20be%20distinguished%20from%20a%20simple%20paraphilia%20by%20its%20complex%20array%20of%20emotional%20and%20affectionate%20qualities</ref>
The objectum community generally finds the term "objectophillia" to be very misinforming towards their attraction, as the term implies that they do not have a healthy bond, and implies that their attraction is disordered. While having a paraphilic disorder should ''not'' be villanized, it is harmful to spread the ideology that being objectum is a paraphilic disorder; this spreads misinformation on what disordered attraction is, and groups together experiences it should not.
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== Flags ==
The main objectum flag was coined by
The [[Queerplatonic Attraction|queerplatonic]] objectum flag was coined by Tumblr user queerso on December 24th of 2020. It has no confirmed meaning.
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Quiltum Flag.png|Cryptocrew's alternate quiltum flag.
Conceptum flag up.png|The sculptum flag.
Sculptum Flag.png|Cryptocrew's
Soundrum Flag.png|The soundrum flag.
Soundrum.png|The alternate soundrum flag.
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[[Category:Miscellaneous sexuality]]
[[Category:Objectum]]
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