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| − | == Main Definition == |
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| + | | title1 = Aegosexual |
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| − | [[File:Aegosexual.png|thumb|Aegosexual pride flag. |
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| + | | image1 = Aegosexual.png |
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| − | The colors represent the same as the colors of asexual flag. (Black = Asexuality; Gray = Gray-asexuality; White = Sexuality; Purple = Community) |
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| + | | coined_by = Dr. Anthony Bogaert<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Bogaert</ref> |
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| − | The inverted triangle represents the "inverted" aspect of Aegosexuality. |
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| + | | romantic_equivalent = Aegoromantic |
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| − | ]]'''Anegosexuality''' (also known as aegosexuality) is a [[sexual orientation]] under the spectrum of [[asexuality]]. Like other asexuals, people that are anegosexual are lacking desire to be a participant in sexual activities themselves, but their specificity is that they may have sexual fantasies at times (like gray ace, but not the same.) Despite feeling a disconnect between themselves and a sexual target/object of arousal. |
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| + | | meaning = Asexual with sexual fantasies |
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| + | | prefix = Aego- |
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| + | }} |
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| + | '''Aegosexual''', or anegosexual<ref>https://archive.today/2022.02.15-085945/https://www.kinkly.com/definition/17639/aegosexuality</ref>, historically known as autochorissexual, is a microlabel on the asexual spectrum that describes individuals who experience a disconnect between themselves and the subject of arousal. Aegosexuals may experience sexual fantasies, enjoy porn and other sexual content, or masturbate, but they generally feel little-to-no sexual attraction and typically do not desire to involve themselves in sex with another individual in real life. |
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| + | Some common aegosexual experiences include: |
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| + | *Enjoying sexual content, masturbating, or fantasizing about sex, but being indifferent towards or repulsed by the idea of being in a real-life sexual relationship. |
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| − | Etymoligy: Anegosexuality - ''a ''(not) + ''(n) ''+ ''ego ''(self)'' ''= ''aego - ''without self; therefore literally meaning '''sexuality without self'''. |
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| + | *Fantasizing about sex, but: |
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| + | **the aegosexual individual is not involved. They may only be a disembodied observer viewing it from a third-individual perspective rather than from the first-person. |
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| + | **envisioning only other individuals, such as celebrities, fictional characters, or even friends. |
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| + | **it involves generic, faceless individuals, not specific individuals. |
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| + | **it is seen through the perspective of another individual rather than as one's actual self. |
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| + | **only imagining oneself, and no other individuals. |
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| + | **it is idealized and unrealistic. Adding realistic elements to the fantasy makes the idea of sex less appealing or even repulsive. |
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| + | *Perceiving someone as "hot" or recognizing someone as sexually attractive, yet not seeing the appeal of having sex with the individual in real life. The aegosexual individual may instead prefer to fantasize about them or admire them (miransexual). |
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| + | *Enjoying erotic content but getting turned on by the situation or relationship dynamics in story lines rather than by one's attraction to the individuals. |
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| − | Aegosexuality used to be called autochorissexuality. The term was coined by Dr. Anthony F. Bogaert and it derived from ‘autochoris’ which translates to 'identity-less sexuality’. However, the name was changed due to the fact that Dr. Bogaert categorized it as a "paraphilia;" it was later confirmed that it is not. |
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| + | The term autochorisexual was coined by Dr. Anthony Bogaert, a psychologist who specializes in human sexuality, in 2012<ref>https://archive.today/2022.02.15-090130/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22576251/</ref>. He classified it as a paraphilia since, at the time, asexuality was considered a psychological disorder. This caused controversy regarding the name “autochorisexual”. Some individuals who identified with the term did not care about the negative association, others chose to reclaim the word, and still others chose to identify with an alternative label: “aegosexual”. |
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| + | The term “aegosexual” was coined by Tumblr user Sugar-And-Spite, in November 2014<ref>https://archive.today/2020.11.15-160220/https://sugar-and-spite.tumblr.com/post/101478696189/autochoris-is-a-bit-of-a-mouthful</ref>. The term is meant to have the same meaning as 'autochorisexual' but is formulated to make the word easier to pronounce and discard the orientation's original classification as a paraphilia. |
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| − | It is a subset of asexuality which is defined as: a disconnect between oneself and a sexual target/object of arousal; may involve sexual fantasies or arousal in response to erotica or pornography, but lacks desire to be an actual participant in the sexual activities therein. |
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| + | Some aegosexuals were uncomfortable with Bogaert's definition of autochorisexual as well, which remained the widely used definition for aegosexual. Other definitions were coined as a result, with varying takes on whether or not aegosexuals experience sexual attraction. Some of these definitions are as follows: |
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| − | <nowiki> </nowiki>Anegosexuals are known to: |
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| − | * Get aroused by sexual content (at times) but not actually want to personally engage in sexual activities. |
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| − | * Masturbate, but feel neutral or repulsed by the idea of having sex with another person. |
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| − | * Fantasize about sex (with varying frequency), but envision people other than themselves, and/or view it in third person, as though they are watching it on TV, rather than imagining it in first person through their own eyes. |
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| − | * Predominantly or entirely fantasize about fictional characters or celebrities, rather than people in real life that they know. |
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| − | * Identify as asexual and feel little-to-no sexual attraction to people but enjoy masturbating (with varying frequency), are aroused by sexually explicit content, and/or have sexual fantasies. |
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| + | *Liking the idea of sex, and/or enjoying sexual content, but not actually experiencing attraction or wanting to have sex with anybody.<ref>https://archive.today/2022.02.15-090258/https://kyethekoolguy.tumblr.com/post/161589828686/sexual-and-romantic-orientation-masterpost</ref> |
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| − | == What It Feels Like == |
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| + | *An individual who enjoys the idea of sexual relationships but does not wish to have one. (Associated with a disconnect between the individual and a sexual target/fantasy)<ref>https://archive.today/2022.02.15-090451/https://invincible-asexual.tumblr.com/post/118611718367/a-few-more-terms</ref> |
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| − | Being anegosexual is like getting aroused at the idea of sex, but never wanting to engage in sexual acts yourself. It is like watching a sport and enjoying watching it, but feeling you would never play it yourself. For some, it can be disheartening; while the idea of it may still be arousing or exciting, the actual sexual acts may end up actually boring them or turning them off physically, mentally, or in both ways. It often takes longer for Anegosexuals to realize they fall into this category (or the Asexual spectrum at large) due to this seeming conflict between fantasies and actual physical desire. |
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| + | *Feeling sexual attraction and desire only for situations that do not involve oneself.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20150905123406/https://pride-flags-for-us.tumblr.com/post/128023708253/is-there-an-autochrissexual-flag/</ref> |
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| + | *Someone who feels sexual attraction but does not want to participate in sex.<ref>https://archive.today/2022.02.15-090258/https://kyethekoolguy.tumblr.com/post/161589828686/sexual-and-romantic-orientation-masterpost</ref> |
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| + | ==Flag== |
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| + | The aegosexual flag is nearly identical to the asexual flag, but it possesses a triangle with an inverted order of colors. The triangle represents a "reverse" of asexuality, as aegosexuals are likely to be initially perceived as sexual individuals. The color associations remain the same as with the asexual flag, with an extra meaning added to the grey stripe. Along with demisexuals and greyasexuals, it represents arousal as the in-between. |
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| + | [[File:An alternate aegosexual flag.jpg|thumb|An alternate aegosexual flag]] |
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| + | An alternate flag was designed by an unnamed "member of the aegosexual community" on or before August 4, 2020. The color meanings are as follows: |
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| + | *Purple represents community, likely coming from the asexual community; |
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| + | *Gray represents the entire spectrum of asexuality; |
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| + | *Teal represents a disconnection between the self and attraction; |
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| + | *Black represents asexuality. |
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| + | [[File:An alternate aegosexual flag by xeno-aligned.png|thumb|An alternate aegosexual flag by xeno-aligned]] |
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| + | An alternate version was created on August 8, 2020, by xeno-aligned<ref>https://archive.today/2022.02.15-090619/https://xeno-aligned.tumblr.com/post/625867415855808513/a-member-of-the-aegosexual-community-helped</ref> which kept the triangle symbolism but used the colors of the alternate flag. |
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| + | [[File:An alternate aegosexual flag by Cryptocrew.png|thumb|An alternate aegosexual flag by Cryptocrew]] |
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| + | The fourth flag was coined by Cryptocrew on February 22nd of 2021. The shades of purple represent sexuality while the black triangles represents a wall in between ones sexuality and themself. The grey X represents the greyasexual spectrum. |
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| + | ==Etymology== |
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| + | Dr. Bogaert derived the term from the phase "autochoris", meaning "sexuality without identity". |
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| + | Aego- is derived from Latin words with the prefix "a-" meaning "without" and "ego" meaning "myself", making the whole word translate to "sexual without myself". |
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| + | Anego- is more etymologically correct, using "an-", which comes before terms starting with vowel sounds, instead of "a-". |
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| + | ==References== |
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| + | <references /> |
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| − | ==Literature == |
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| − | #https://www.researchgate.net/publication/224939504_Asexuality_and_Autochorissexualism_Identity-Less_Sexuality |
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| − | #https://www.kinkly.com/definition/17639/aegosexuality |
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| − | #https://polyallsorts.wordpress.com/2018/05/30/aegosexuality-and-m-m-fiction-strange-bedfellows/ |
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| − | #https://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/74569-autochorissexualism/?tab=comments#comment-1061039270 |
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| − | #https://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/185904-difference-between-aegosexuality-and-autochorissexuality/ |
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[[Category:Sexual orientation]] |
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+ | [[Category:Asexual orientation]] |
Latest revision as of 17:32, 17 April 2024
Aegosexual, or anegosexual[2], historically known as autochorissexual, is a microlabel on the asexual spectrum that describes individuals who experience a disconnect between themselves and the subject of arousal. Aegosexuals may experience sexual fantasies, enjoy porn and other sexual content, or masturbate, but they generally feel little-to-no sexual attraction and typically do not desire to involve themselves in sex with another individual in real life.
Some common aegosexual experiences include:
- Enjoying sexual content, masturbating, or fantasizing about sex, but being indifferent towards or repulsed by the idea of being in a real-life sexual relationship.
- Fantasizing about sex, but:
- the aegosexual individual is not involved. They may only be a disembodied observer viewing it from a third-individual perspective rather than from the first-person.
- envisioning only other individuals, such as celebrities, fictional characters, or even friends.
- it involves generic, faceless individuals, not specific individuals.
- it is seen through the perspective of another individual rather than as one's actual self.
- only imagining oneself, and no other individuals.
- it is idealized and unrealistic. Adding realistic elements to the fantasy makes the idea of sex less appealing or even repulsive.
- Perceiving someone as "hot" or recognizing someone as sexually attractive, yet not seeing the appeal of having sex with the individual in real life. The aegosexual individual may instead prefer to fantasize about them or admire them (miransexual).
- Enjoying erotic content but getting turned on by the situation or relationship dynamics in story lines rather than by one's attraction to the individuals.
History
The term autochorisexual was coined by Dr. Anthony Bogaert, a psychologist who specializes in human sexuality, in 2012[3]. He classified it as a paraphilia since, at the time, asexuality was considered a psychological disorder. This caused controversy regarding the name “autochorisexual”. Some individuals who identified with the term did not care about the negative association, others chose to reclaim the word, and still others chose to identify with an alternative label: “aegosexual”.
The term “aegosexual” was coined by Tumblr user Sugar-And-Spite, in November 2014[4]. The term is meant to have the same meaning as 'autochorisexual' but is formulated to make the word easier to pronounce and discard the orientation's original classification as a paraphilia.
Some aegosexuals were uncomfortable with Bogaert's definition of autochorisexual as well, which remained the widely used definition for aegosexual. Other definitions were coined as a result, with varying takes on whether or not aegosexuals experience sexual attraction. Some of these definitions are as follows:
- Liking the idea of sex, and/or enjoying sexual content, but not actually experiencing attraction or wanting to have sex with anybody.[5]
- An individual who enjoys the idea of sexual relationships but does not wish to have one. (Associated with a disconnect between the individual and a sexual target/fantasy)[6]
- Feeling sexual attraction and desire only for situations that do not involve oneself.[7]
- Someone who feels sexual attraction but does not want to participate in sex.[8]
Flag
The aegosexual flag is nearly identical to the asexual flag, but it possesses a triangle with an inverted order of colors. The triangle represents a "reverse" of asexuality, as aegosexuals are likely to be initially perceived as sexual individuals. The color associations remain the same as with the asexual flag, with an extra meaning added to the grey stripe. Along with demisexuals and greyasexuals, it represents arousal as the in-between.
An alternate aegosexual flag
An alternate flag was designed by an unnamed "member of the aegosexual community" on or before August 4, 2020. The color meanings are as follows:
- Purple represents community, likely coming from the asexual community;
- Gray represents the entire spectrum of asexuality;
- Teal represents a disconnection between the self and attraction;
- Black represents asexuality.
An alternate aegosexual flag by xeno-aligned
An alternate version was created on August 8, 2020, by xeno-aligned[9] which kept the triangle symbolism but used the colors of the alternate flag.
An alternate aegosexual flag by Cryptocrew
The fourth flag was coined by Cryptocrew on February 22nd of 2021. The shades of purple represent sexuality while the black triangles represents a wall in between ones sexuality and themself. The grey X represents the greyasexual spectrum.
Etymology
Dr. Bogaert derived the term from the phase "autochoris", meaning "sexuality without identity".
Aego- is derived from Latin words with the prefix "a-" meaning "without" and "ego" meaning "myself", making the whole word translate to "sexual without myself".
Anego- is more etymologically correct, using "an-", which comes before terms starting with vowel sounds, instead of "a-".
References
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Bogaert
- ↑ https://archive.today/2022.02.15-085945/https://www.kinkly.com/definition/17639/aegosexuality
- ↑ https://archive.today/2022.02.15-090130/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22576251/
- ↑ https://archive.today/2020.11.15-160220/https://sugar-and-spite.tumblr.com/post/101478696189/autochoris-is-a-bit-of-a-mouthful
- ↑ https://archive.today/2022.02.15-090258/https://kyethekoolguy.tumblr.com/post/161589828686/sexual-and-romantic-orientation-masterpost
- ↑ https://archive.today/2022.02.15-090451/https://invincible-asexual.tumblr.com/post/118611718367/a-few-more-terms
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20150905123406/https://pride-flags-for-us.tumblr.com/post/128023708253/is-there-an-autochrissexual-flag/
- ↑ https://archive.today/2022.02.15-090258/https://kyethekoolguy.tumblr.com/post/161589828686/sexual-and-romantic-orientation-masterpost
- ↑ https://archive.today/2022.02.15-090619/https://xeno-aligned.tumblr.com/post/625867415855808513/a-member-of-the-aegosexual-community-helped