The more you know!
How much do you know about romance? How much do you know about love? You should be mindful that humans are dynamic, and there are people with different types of romantic/ sexual orientations.
Before we dive in, we have to be clear on the differences between sexual and romantic orientation. If you want to indulge yourself with someone tonight, you can rely on one of those famous site like Xmeets.
Sexual orientation is where an individual is prone to be attracted towards people of certain genders. Romantic orientation on the other hand is the desire for intimacy or emotional relationships with people of particular genders and sexes, more on who we are drawn to or even desire to spend our life with.
Focusing on romantic orientation today, there are a few orientation that we already know – Aromantic, Biromantic, Heteromantic, Homoromantic, Panromantic, Polyromantic, Greyromantic and Demiromantic. According to Ravishly, here are the types and elaborations of romantic orientations:
Aromantic: A person who experiences little or no romantic attraction. The aromantic attribute is usually considered an innate attribute rather than a choice. Aromantic people typically get their empathetic support from platonic relationships.
Biromantic: A person who is romantically attracted to both sexes or genders. Biromantics are not necessarily sexually attracted to both/any sexes or genders.
Heteroromantic: A person who is romantically attracted to a member of the opposite sex. A heteroromantic person is not necessarily sexually attracted to the opposite sex.
Homoromantic: A person who is romantically attracted to a member of the same sex. A homoromantic person is not necessarily sexually attracted to the same sex.
Panromantic: A person whose romantic attractions are not influenced by sex or gender identity.
Polyromantic: A person who is romantically attracted to all or many genders or gender expressions.
Greyromantic: The grey area being aromantic and experiencing romantic attraction. Some people identify as being somewhere between aromantic and experiencing romantic attraction. Greyromantic identifying persons can include people who do not normally experience romantic attraction, but do experience it sometimes; experience romantic attraction, but not strongly enough to want to act on it; people who experience romantic attraction but only under very limited and specific circumstances.
Demiromantic: A person who does not experience a romantic attraction unless they have formed a strong emotional bond. A demiromantic person may or may not experience sexual attraction.
Lithromantic, also known as akoiromantic or apromantic describes a person where their romantic feelings towards their crush vaporize after being reciprocated.
If you notice in all of these definitions, there is a common theme. Sexual attraction is separate. For example, one could identify as a biromantic lesbian, often meaning they are sexually attracted to just women, but romantically attracted to both genders. There are so many different combinations and romantic orientation is just another part of one’s identity.
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