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When describing "demisexual" as an orientation to sexuals, sexuals often mistake it as an admirable choice rather than an innate orientation.   
 
When describing "demisexual" as an orientation to sexuals, sexuals often mistake it as an admirable choice rather than an innate orientation.   
  
Demisexuality may make forming romantic or sexual relationships more difficult for some people.  Demisexuals often make first impressions with sexuals of being "just firends", which may make the sexual value the relationship less.  Demisexuals often have rocky relationships with asexuals because the demisexual's feeling may become more sexualized with time, which the asexual may find inappropriate or unexpected. In either case, having a better understanding of one's own orientation and how it differs from one's partner's orientation may help facilitate communication to clear up misunderstandings.
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Demisexuality may make forming romantic or sexual relationships more difficult for some people.  Demisexuals often make first impressions with sexuals of being "just friends", which may make the sexual value the relationship less.  Demisexuals often have rocky relationships with asexuals because the demisexual's feeling may become more sexualized with time, which the asexual may find inappropriate or unexpected. In either case, having a better understanding of one's own orientation and how it differs from one's partner's orientation may help facilitate communication to clear up misunderstandings.
--[[User:Turpin|Turpin]] 03:04, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
 
  
 
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Revision as of 16:53, 13 July 2009

A person who identifies as a Demisexual is, according to Rabger's model, a person who does not experience primary sexual attraction but yet still experiences secondary sexual attraction. Primary sexual attraction being sexual attraction based on outward qualities such as a person's looks, clothes, or personality. Secondary sexual attraction being attraction to another stemming from emotional connection (usually romantic) or status or how closely the person is in relationship to the other.

The name demisexual comes from the orientation being "halfway between" sexual and asexual: In general, demisexuals are not sexually attracted to anyone of either gender; however, when a demisexual is emotionally connected to (usually in love with) someone else, the demisexual experiences sexual attraction and desire to the same degree as a sexual person, but only towards the specific partner(s).

Though factors such as looks and personality do not affect primary sexual attraction for demisexuals (since demisexuals do not experience primary sexual attraction), such factors may affect romantic attraction (as with other orientations).

"Demisexual" is also sometimes used as a synonym for some other kind of person falling under the gray-A umbrella.

"Demisexual" differs from "Grey-A" in that "Demisexual" is a specific sexual orientation inbetween "sexual" and "asexual", whereas "Grey-A" is a highly unspecific catch-all used for anything between sexual and asexual that doesn't fit.

When describing "demisexual" as an orientation to sexuals, sexuals often mistake it as an admirable choice rather than an innate orientation.

Demisexuality may make forming romantic or sexual relationships more difficult for some people. Demisexuals often make first impressions with sexuals of being "just friends", which may make the sexual value the relationship less. Demisexuals often have rocky relationships with asexuals because the demisexual's feeling may become more sexualized with time, which the asexual may find inappropriate or unexpected. In either case, having a better understanding of one's own orientation and how it differs from one's partner's orientation may help facilitate communication to clear up misunderstandings.

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