Tertiary Attraction is a term from aro-spec communities to describe forms of attraction other than romantic and sexual. Typically romantic relationship contain a mix of all of these forms of attraction, but, because one or more form of attraction is missing it becomes easier for a-spec people to point out alternate forms of attraction.
While often dismissed by society tertiary attractions can be felt just as strongly as the attraction experienced by alloromantics/sexuals.
Tertiary attraction is named such because romantic and sexual attraction are typically split into the 'main' two attractions using the split attraction model.
Forms of Tertiary Attraction
- Aesthetic Attraction
- Alterous Attration
- Platonic Attraction
- Queerplatonic Attraction
- Sensual Attraction