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Autosexual


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The autosexual flag.

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Alternate autosexual flag without the emblem
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Alternative flag with 5 lines.

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Alternate autosexual flag.

Autosexual is when one experiences sexual attraction primarily or exclusively towards oneself; and can occur in many forms as follows:

  1. Having a hard time responding to someone's sexual touch, but being able to or is comfortable with self pleasing like masturbation.
  2. Feeling little or no attraction to others sexually but feeling attraction to yourself.
  3. Fantasizing about sexual interaction with yourself.
  4. Feeling attraction to yourself more than what is considered "normal."

The romantic counterpart to autosexual is autoromantic.

History

Autosexual was first used as a very specific term used by Bernard Apfelbaum, a PHD graduate in clinical psychology, in 1989, in his work on the book "Principles and Practice of Sex Therapy". He considered it as a sexual abnormality. Often autosexuals do not seek out sexual relationships as it is simply a way of life and how they feel about others; it is strictly the attraction to oneself and is not a psychological or sexual abnormality. It was once considered to be a narcissistic trait, mischaracterizing both NPD & autosexuality.

Flag

The first flag was made by a user going by aturinfortheworse on an unspecified site. They had a meaning for the flag originally, but forgot it.

The second flag was coined by a user going by Anamika on November 21st, 2020. It is based off the original flags colors. The shades of blue stand for self compassion and self care, the heart stands for self love, and the grey stands for the ace-spec category.

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Autosexual flag with symbol.

Etyomology

The prefix comes from the Greek term 'auto', meaning 'self'.

Resources

  1. https://www.deviantart.com/savvyred/art/Autosexual-Pride-Flag-630696754
  2. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/85b0bae2-b9fb-4358-9519-4d68aafaf49c
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