Aegosexual is a sexual orientation on the asexual spectrum in which one experiences a disconnect between themselves and the subject of arousal. They may feel sexual attraction, but have no desire to participate in sexual activities with another person.
Some common aegosexual experiences include:
- Enjoying sexual content, self-arousing, or fantasizing about sex, but being indifferent towards or repulsed by the idea of being in a real-life sexual relationship.
- Fantasizing about sex, but:
- the aegosexual individual is not involved. They may only be a disembodied observer viewing it from a third-individual perspective rather than from the first-person.
- envisioning only other individuals, such as celebrities, fictional characters, or even friends.
- it involves generic, faceless individuals, not specific individuals.
- it is seen through the perspective of another individual rather than as one's actual self.
- only imagining oneself, and no other individuals.
- it is idealized and unrealistic. Adding realistic elements to the fantasy makes the idea of sex less appealing or even repulsive.
- Perceiving someone as "hot" or recognizing someone as sexually attractive, yet not seeing the appeal of having sex with the individual in real life. The aegosexual individual may instead prefer to fantasize about them or admire them (miransexual).
- Enjoying erotic content but getting turned on by the situation or relationship dynamics in storylines rather than by one's attraction to the individuals.
History[]
The term autochorisexual was coined by Dr. Anthony Bogaert, a psychologist who specializes in human sexuality, in 2012[6]. He classified it as a paraphilia since, at the time, asexuality was considered a psychological disorder. This caused controversy regarding the name “autochorisexual”. Some individuals who identified with the term did not care about the negative association, others chose to reclaim the word, and still others chose to identify with an alternative label: “aegosexual”.
The term “aegosexual” was coined by Tumblr user Sugar-And-Spite, in November 2014.ref name=a/> The term is meant to have the same meaning as 'autochorisexual' but is formulated to make the word easier to pronounce and discard the orientation's original classification as a paraphilia.
Some aegosexuals were uncomfortable with Bogaert's definition of autochorisexual as well, which remained the widely used definition for aegosexual. Other definitions were coined as a result, with varying takes on whether or not aegosexuals experience sexual attraction. Some of these definitions are as follows:
- Liking the idea of sex, and/or enjoying sexual content, but not actually experiencing attraction or wanting to have sex with anybody.[7]
- An individual who enjoys the idea of sexual relationships but does not wish to have one. (Associated with a disconnect between the individual and a sexual target/fantasy)[8]
- Feeling sexual attraction and desire only for situations that do not involve oneself.[9]
- Someone who feels sexual attraction but does not want to participate in sex.[10]
Gallery[]
![Aegosexual Flag by Tumblr user hunterinabrowncoat[1]](/wiki/File:Aegosexual.png "Aegosexual.png (4 KB)")
![Alternate Aegosexual Flag by Tumblr user xeno-aligned[11][12]](/wiki/File:An_alternate_aegosexual_flag.jpg "An alternate aegosexual flag.jpg (6 KB)")
![Alternate Aegosexual Flag by Tumblr user xeno-aligned[11]](/wiki/File:An_alternate_aegosexual_flag_by_xeno-aligned.png "An alternate aegosexual flag by xeno-aligned.png (5 KB)")
![Alternate Aegosexual Flag by Tumblr user xeno-aligned[11]](/wiki/File:Aegosexual_Alt3.png "Aegosexual Alt3.png (4 KB)")
![Alternate Aegosexual Flag by Cryptocrew[13]](/wiki/File:Aegosexual_Alt4.png "Aegosexual Alt4.png (50 KB)")
![Alternate Aegosexual Flag by Pringles ketchup the second[13]](/wiki/File:Aegosexual_Alt5.webp "Aegosexual Alt5.webp (4 KB)")
![Alternate Aegosexual Flag by sleeping_cosmos[13]](/wiki/File:Aegosexual_Alt6.png "Aegosexual Alt6.png (823 bytes)")
![Alternate Aegosexual Flag by ALDA[13]](/wiki/File:Aegosexual_Alt7.png "Aegosexual Alt7.png (3 KB)")
![Alternate Aegosexual Flag by Reddit user TerrestrialBotanist[14][15]](/wiki/File:Aegosexual_Alt8.webp "Aegosexual Alt8.webp (8 KB)")
Symbol[]
The aegosexual symbol was created by Tumblr user satryrradio on July 19, 2024.[16]
![Aegosexual Symbol by Tumblr user satyrradio[16][17]](/wiki/File:Aegosexual_Symbol.png "Aegosexual Symbol.png (21 KB)")
Etymology[]
Dr. Bogaert derived the term from the phrase "autochoris", meaning "sexuality without identity".
Aego- is derived from Latin words with the prefix "a-" meaning "without" and "ego" meaning "myself", making the whole word translate to "sexual without myself".
Anego- is more etymologically correct, using "an-", which comes before terms starting with vowel sounds, instead of "a-".
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://archive.md/F7lno
- ↑ https://hunterinabrowncoat.tumblr.com/post/92665703641/id-like-to-humbly-put-forward-this-flag-as-a
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://archive.ph/2022.02.15-085945/https://www.kinkly.com/definition/17639/aegosexuality
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://archive.ph/2020.11.15-160220/https://sugar-and-spite.tumblr.com/post/101478696189/autochoris-is-a-bit-of-a-mouthful
- ↑ https://sugar-and-spite.tumblr.com/post/101478696189/autochoris-is-a-bit-of-a-mouthful
- ↑ https://archive.today/2022.02.15-090130/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22576251/
- ↑ https://archive.today/2022.02.15-090258/https://kyethekoolguy.tumblr.com/post/161589828686/sexual-and-romantic-orientation-masterpost
- ↑ https://archive.today/2022.02.15-090451/https://invincible-asexual.tumblr.com/post/118611718367/a-few-more-terms
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20150905123406/https://pride-flags-for-us.tumblr.com/post/128023708253/is-there-an-autochrissexual-flag/
- ↑ https://archive.today/2022.02.15-090258/https://kyethekoolguy.tumblr.com/post/161589828686/sexual-and-romantic-orientation-masterpost
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 https://archive.ph/2022.02.15-090619/https://xeno-aligned.tumblr.com/post/625867415855808513/a-member-of-the-aegosexual-community-helped
- ↑ https://xeno-aligned.tumblr.com/post/625867415855808513/a-member-of-the-aegosexual-community-helped
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 https://archive.md/XOO55
- ↑ https://archive.md/tSmQk
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/QueerVexillology/comments/pl5yyp/my_design_for_a_new_aegosexual_flag/
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240723160733/https://www.tumblr.com/satyrradio/756448698066780160/aegosexual-symbol-aegoromantic-symbol-aegorose?source=share
- ↑ https://www.tumblr.com/satyrradio/756448698066780160/aegosexual-symbol-aegoromantic-symbol-aegorose?source=share
See Also[]
- Aegoromantic
- Asexual
- Aceflux
- Apothisexual
- Miransexual