Emerging sexual identity captivating the Internet : Abrosexuality

Emma Flint, a 30-year-old woman from the United Kingdom, shared her experiences as an abrosexual person, revealing that her sexual orientation can change over time. Flint admitted that she had never heard the term “abrosexuality” before, but was thrilled to discover it, feeling that her identity was finally being acknowledged.

However, her journey of coming out as abrosexual was not without challenges. Some of her friends reacted rudely, dismissing her as a fraud and accusing her of being a liar or someone simply pretending to be cross-dressing. Despite these difficulties, Flint’s story highlights the importance of understanding and acceptance in the context of abrosexuality.

While speaking with Metro,she stated ”It was only when I was reading the Instagram page of Zoe Stoller, a US-based creator, educator and social worker, who seeks to improve the visibility of the LGBTQ+ community, that I saw the term abrosexuality for the first time. You know in cartoons when a lightbulb appears above their heads? That’s how it felt when I read their post. Finally, I feel seen.”

In an interview with Buzzfeed, Ms. Stoller described abrosexuality as a sexual orientation where a person’s attraction is fluid, continuously shifting and evolving over time.She said “Some abrosexual people might identify with different sexuality labels at different times — for example, some days they might use the label pansexual, whereas other days they might use the label lesbian. Other abrosexual people might just use the label abrosexual. This label can be thought of as the sexuality version of the gender identity label genderfluid.”

This is a relatively newly-coined and less well-known sexual orientation, which is characterized by one’s sexual attraction being fluid. Abrosexuality is characterized in a way where romantic orientations may vary throughout the years for people who consider themselves abrosexual. For instance, a person may be bisexual in that they may find men sexually alluring while at some other time or even later at different points in time they may not.

These changes may be periodic and involve the intensity or the direction of their attraction where these cycles can happen weekly, yearly or even more in the long term; however, the key characteristic of the subject is the frequent change of the object of attraction or how strongly attracted the subject is to others.

Even though abrosexuality applies to people of any age, it appears to be most prominent in Gen Z, which includes people born between 1997 and 2012. This trend may be attributed to the embrace of diversity and the recognition of persons with different sexual orientation. As stated by WebMD, abrosexuality is an orientation that is among more than one hundred orientations that people use. It falls under the 2-ticket of multi-sexuality, which relates to individuals who are sexually or romantically inclined towards more than one gender.

According to Heathline, below are a few examples of Abrosexuality: 

1)Daily fluctuations: You might feel attracted to men one day, and women the next.

2)Shifting attractions: You might feel drawn to all genders, then narrow to one specific gender after a few weeks.

3) Periods of low attraction: You might find yourself experiencing little to no sexual attraction, and months later, notice that you’re starting to feel sexual attraction for people of all gender identities.

4)Evolution of attraction: You might be a man who is heterosexual, but after a few years, find that you are starting to feel sexual attraction for men.

It may be advisable for abrosexual people to seek professional advice on dating and partnered relationships because attraction is not fixed in such individuals. Others may avoid engaging in long-term relationships since they may develop low attractions towards their partners. For instance, they can be attracted to the gender of their partner, they continue to be attracted but develop negative attitudes towards homosexuality.

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