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==History==

The first recorded instance of a model of orientation taking into account split attraction was in 1879, by Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, a German writer, who published 12 books on [[Unstraight|non-heterosexual]] attraction. In those books Ulrichs came up with various classifications of orientations which are fairly similar to modern LGBTA+ identities. Among his works he described individualswho are 'konjunktiver and disjunktiver' or 'conjunctive and disjunctive [[bisexual]]ity'<ref>http://hubertkennedy.angelfire.com/FirstTheorist.pdf</ref>. The first is described as one who has both 'tender' and 'passionate' feelings for both [[men]] and [[women]]. The second is one who has 'tender' feelings for men, but 'passionate' feelings for women (if the individual was a man- the reverse if they were a woman). However, Ulrichs' model never caught on due to the complexity.

The next instance of separating sexual and romantic attraction was in 1979 by the psychologist Dorothy Tennov. With the publication of her book '''Love and Limerence: The Experience of Being in Love''<nowiki/>'<ref>http://dannyreviews.com/h/Love_Limerence.html</ref>''. ''In the book Tennov described 'limerence' a form of attraction which could be described as a crush, or an infatuation with someone. Although Tennov viewed sex as being a part of limerence she acknowledged that it was not the main focus of it.

The first hints of what would become the modern SAM began with 'affectional attraction/[[orientation]]' which was coined at some point in the 1980's. It's unclear when the term was first used. Coining for the terms as often attributed to Curt Pavola, a gay rights activist from Washington, and to Lisa Diamond, a psychologist. However, there are instances of the phrase that predate both of these individuals.

The specific term "split attraction model" being used to describe this concept originated on Tumblr in 2015. The original use of the term was from aphobes and [[Exclusionist|exclusionists]] talking about how the ace community supposedly required that everyone (including non-asexuals) split their orientation into multiple parts<ref>https://vanillil.tumblr.com/post/128042336475/the-split-attraction-model-is-homophobic</ref><ref>https://legislacerator.tumblr.com/post/124764170311/can-you-tell-me-what-split-attraction-model</ref><ref>https://morwinyon.tumblr.com/post/122370182643/could-you-elaborate-on-the-split-attractions</ref>. The argument had some grain of truth to it, as a-spec communities often take SAM to be the default, although this typically only considered the default within the community. The term “Split Attraction Model” was adopted by a-spec communities in order to talk about the issue.

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