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[[File:Sam.png|thumb|220x220px|A visual representation of romantic and sexual orientation using a modified Kinsey scale. ]]
'''Romantic Orientation''' is
The sexual counterpart is [[Sexual Orientation|sexual orientation]]. For most [[perioriented]]
Romantic orientation as an identity concept remains very popular in the aromantic and asexual communities, but its prevalence has sometimes veered into being treated as compulsory. For this reason, some members of the aromantic community have had to push back on this expectation with labels such as [[Aro Neu|aro neu]], [[quoiromantic]], and [[quoisexual]].
== History ==
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Later, in 1979, the psychologist Dorothy Tennov published ''Love and Limerence: The Experience of Being in Love,'' which described "limerence" (or being "in love") as something distinct from sexuality.<ref>Danny Yee, [http://dannyreviews.com/h/Love_Limerence.html Book Review of ''Love and Limerence: The Experience of Being in Love'']</ref>
Sometime in the 1980s, the term "affectional orientation" started becoming more common, though the exact origins are unknown. For example, the term was used by J.W. Wells in 1989.<ref>Wells, J. W. (1989). [http://www.wiu.edu/equal_opportunity_and_access/ucoso/docs/Wells%20article.pdf Teaching about gay lesbian sexual and affectional orientation using explicit films to reduce homophobia]. ''Journal of Humanistic Education and Development'', 28, 18-31.</ref> Prior to that, it was used in 1959 by the American Bar Association.<ref>American Bar Association, [https://books.google.com/books?id=5a4jAQAAMAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=affectional Section of Individual Rights and Responsibilities Newsletter], Volumes 1-5, 1959.</ref> In its
== References ==
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[[Category:Terminology]]
[[Category:Romantic Orientation]]
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