Difference between revisions of "Primary vs. secondary sexual attraction model"

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This model of the spectrum of asexuality and sexuality was created by the AVENite Rabger (under the username ~Forbidden Fury~).
The model includes several new terms and definitions:

• Primary sexual attraction

an instant attraction to people based on instantly available information such as their looks or smell which may or may not lead to arousal or sexual desire

• Secondary sexual attraction

an attraction that develops over time based on a person's relationship and emotional connection with another person

• Primary sexual desire

the desire to engage in sexual activity for the purposes of personal pleasure whether physical, emotional, or both

• Secondary sexual desire

the desire to engage in sexual activity solely for the sake of the happiness of the other person involved, or for another ulterior motive such as the conception of children

Most sexuals in romantic relationships feel both primary and secondary sexual desire.

In Rabger's model, asexuals are people who lack primary sexual desire. Some asexuals therefore experience attraction and/or secondary sexual desire, but some don't.

A more detailed discussion of Rabger's model can be found here.

The term "demisexual" tends to be used by adherents to Rabger's model of sexuality, referring to people who experience secondary sexual attraction but not primary sexual attraction.

See also:

• ABCD types
• Asexuality
• Collective identity model
• Dual Definitional Model
• Nonlibidoism
• "Not interested" model