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I had to lock my account after suggesting that demisexuals – people who are not sexually attracted to others unless they have a strong emotional bond – are not the most oppressed people on the planet.
Elon Musk will make Twitter worse – and it’s already a cesspit of Nazis and killjoys | Arwa Mahdawi Arwa Mahdawi 2022
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The fact that there was a need to come up with a term like “demisexual” (which was coined in 2006) shows how sex-drenched society has become.
What does the dawn of demisexuals tell us? How sex-drenched society has become | Arwa Mahdawi Arwa Mahdawi 2021
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Does this mean Francesca is demisexual, meaning she’s only interested in romance and sex with someone she’s already first grown to love?
Bridgerton finally gave us queer storylines. Fans aren’t having it. Aja Romano 2024
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http://www.mtv.com/news/2354643/demisexual-awareness-letter/
But there is that word. Asexual. There is the fact that you’ve never felt this way before. So you will go back to that word. You will look it up again and this time you will explore what it means, all its subsets and associated words. In your search you will come across a new word: demisexual.
Someone who can only experience sexual attraction after an emotional bond has been formed. This bond does not have to be romantic in nature.
October 21, 2015