Demisexuality can be really difficult to explain. People often confuse it with purity culture, celibacy, and abstinence. From the outside looking in, demisexuality looks a lot like those things. The difference comes from the thought process, the absence of sexual attraction vs. the act of diligently resisting sexual urges. What is demisexuality? Demisexuality is a …
Imposter syndrome is alive and well in the demisexual community, and the question of if we’re really demisexual or just afraid of intimacy is something that weighs on many of our minds. So, we’re going to spend some time talking about what it means to be afraid of intimacy. We’ll look at the signs and …
Let’s get the potentially controversial facts about being demisexual out of the way first: Demisexual is a legitimate sexual orientation found on the asexual spectrum. Demisexuality is inherently LGBT. It’s enough to “just” be demisexual. What does it mean to be demisexual? The one and only requirement for being demisexual that a person doesn’t experience …
The difference between physical or sexual attraction and mental attraction is something I often have to explain when demisexuality comes up. So let’s talk about demisexuality as it relates to the concept of physical attraction and mental connections. What is demisexuality? Demisexuality is a sexual orientation where a mental connection must exist before they feel …
I didn’t know I was demisexual… I didn’t know what demisexuality was… Two of the most common sentences that grace my inbox over and over again. With that in mind, we got a demisexual story to share with you all today. It’s not my story, it belongs to a member of The Demisexual Group on …
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