Sex-Ambivalent (also called Sex-Conflicted, Sex-Complicated, Sex-Fluctuate) is a term for people who's feelings toward sex is complicated, more flexible/fluctuating, or not easily fit into favourable, indifferent, repulsed, or averse. Most commonly used by Asexual/Ace-spec individuals.
Sex-Ambivalence can take many different forms. Common examples of Sex-Ambivalence include:
- One's feelings about sex change frequently, so that they might be favorable or indifferent one day and then repulsed the next day.
- Their feelings about sex might change based upon the situation. For example, someone might be normally Sex-Indifferent, but if they're in a relationship where their partner is sexually attracted to them, they might feel Sex-Favorable. The opposite might happen as well, in which someone could feel Sex-Favorable or indifferent normally, but if their partner is sexually attracted to them, they might feel Sex-Repulsed.
- They may be favorable towards certain sexual acts, but repulsed by other common sexual acts.
Some people use Sex-Ambivalent and Sex-Indifferent interchangably, but to many these are distinct experiences. Sex-Indifferent specifically refers indifference regarding sex.
Not all Sex-Ambivalent people are Asexual. There are people who are Allosexual and Sex-Ambivalent.
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The Sex-Ambivalent flag was created by tumblr user Beyond-MOGAI-Pride-Flags on January 15, 2018.[1]
A tweaked flag of the main one was created by tumblr and wikia user FlippingPancake, uploaded directly on the Ezgender wiki on June 24, 2021.