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Types of Attraction

6 participants (11 books)

Overview

  • Each prompt is a different type of attraction. Add books only where said attraction is featured (doesn't have to be mentioned by name/label). 

  • There's no deadline; you can add previously read books.

  • Some types are umbrella terms, therefore the labels may overlap. Or the attraction someone feels can be a mix.


PS: The info is taken from the lgbtqia wiki (except for cupisco, mephistophelian and idyllic attraction). Here's a definition on attraction itself:

Attraction describes a feeling of interest or desire towards a particular individual. Feelings of interest or desire which are not directed at a particular individual are not attraction and may instead be referred to by other terms, such as libido, romance drive, or touch drive.

Attraction is a major factor in an individual's orientations, since orientations are determined by what gender identities or gender alignments one is attracted to.

The split attraction model (SAM) is often used to differentiate different forms of attraction which one may or may not experience. This model is especially common in a-spectrum communities by individual who experience some forms of attraction but do not experience others. Not every individual finds this model helpful, however.

Individuals who do not experience any forms of attraction may use the term anattractional. Individuals who experience an attraction which they do not want to or do not feel the need to elaborate on may identify as orientated.

The two most commonly discussed forms of attraction are sexual attraction and romantic attraction. Forms of attraction beyond these two are often categorized as tertiary attractions. However, this term is controversial because it positions non-romantic, non-sexual attraction as less important. The term eriattraction was created as an alternative.

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