Sexuality (Day 15 of Living Beyond a Label!)
Sexuality is a person’s capacity for sexual feelings, and includes a person’s sexual orientation, sexual behavior, and sexual identity.
There are two main types of attraction typically associated with sexuality. First sexual attraction, or the desire for physical intimacy. Second romantic attraction, or the desire for emotional closeness. Different individuals may experience one, both or even neither of these types of attraction.
Sexuality encompasses a wide range of orientations based on if, how and when an individual experiences sexual attraction and toward whom. These orientations include, but are not limited to, heterosexuality, homosexuality, bisexuality, pansexuality, demisexuality, and asexuality.
Source: https://www.britannica.com/topic/human-sexual-activity
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If you feel comfortable sharing, do you identify as one of the above orientations or perhaps one that is not listed?
Do you find you differentiate between sexual attraction and romantic attraction? Why or why not?
@EmotionsListener
I'm bisexual, aka I experience two ("bi") different types of attraction: for my own gender (women) and genders other than my own (men, genderfluid, any gender really).
I personally don't experience any difference between sexual and romantic orientation.
@EmotionsListener what if someone is like me and gender, looks weight or old age matter and you aren’t attracted to the persons but the actual taboo of the sex acts. I’m more attracted to the response and sounds and intensity of the situation. Strangely though it’s the small *** guys that I seem to presence even though I’m not really attracted to the guys. The same as the joy and sounds from my 78 year old neighbor lady that I visit twice a week just to give her pleasure. Why should those two types stand out to me? I am confused and I digress.