Omdace (pronounced oam-da-ace or oam-days) is a term on the asexual spectrum in which one experiences no sexual attraction, no sexual arousal, and has no turn-ons; however, they enjoy and participate in masturbation. Despite this, they do not feel a sexual desire to masturbate (however they may feel an emotional or mental desire to masturbate.)
Reasons this may occur include, but are not limited to...
- An ace person who is curious about masturbation.
- An ace person who finds sex to be an emotional or mental act, and do not think they need arousal to have sex.
- An ace person who masturbates out of boredom.
- An ace person who is sex-favorable.
- An ace person who has a partner who experiences sexual attraction, and masturbates to please them.
- An ace person who is sex-favorable and is preparing for a sexual relationship.
- An ace person who has sexual trauma, and feels as though masturbation helps them cope.
- An ace person who masturbates for social reasons.
- An ace sex-worker who masturbates to please customers.
History
This term was coined by Cryptocrew, specifically Angel, on May 6th of 2021 in order to describe their experiences and to have a term to identify with.
Flag
The flag was coined by Angel on May 6th of 2021. The pale-grey represents asexuality, the light greyish-pink represents enjoyment, the dark greyish-pink represents the ace-spec community, the pinkish-maroon represents passion, the purplish/pinkish tinted red represents self-love, while the black represents sexual activity. The black is designed to look like almost like an M, a hint towards masturbation.
Etymology
The name comes from the word omdat, which means 'because' in Afrikaans.