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'''Allosexual{{PAGENAME}}''',''' '''also known as '''Zedsexual,''', refers to people who are not on the [[Acespec|asexual spectrum]]. In other words, it describes someone who regularly experiences [[Sexual Attraction|sexual attraction]] to others. But it does not necessarily refer to a sexual identity by itself. It is an umbrella term created by the [[Aspec|A-spec]] community as a way to describe anyone who's not asexual, in the same way [[Transgendertransgender]] individuals use the term [[Cisgendercisgender]] to refer to someone who is not transgender. ▼
▲'''Allosexual''',''' '''also known as '''Zedsexual,''' refers to people who are not on the [[Acespec|asexual spectrum]]. In other words, it describes someone who regularly experiences [[Sexual Attraction|sexual attraction]] to others. But it does not necessarily refer to a sexual identity by itself. It is an umbrella term created by the [[Aspec|A-spec]] community as a way to describe anyone who's not asexual, in the same way [[Transgender]] individuals use the term [[Cisgender]] to refer to someone who is not transgender.
▲The romantic equivilent to Allosexual is [[Alloromantic]].
==History==
Before ''Allosexual'allosexual''' came into use, the term "sexual" was used as the opposite of asexual. While there did not seem to be any coherent definition of what was meant by sexual when it first emerged between 2002 and 2005 there was a wide-spread understanding that sexual referred to anyone who was not on the asexual spectrum. Around 2011 there was a campaign against the usage of the term "sexuals", as the term implied that all people who are not asexual enjoy and have a positive relationship to sex, as well as the implied "slut-shaming" of non-asexuals. These claims were often made by non-asexual people and were frequently rooted in a misunderstanding of whom asexual people were referring to by the term "sexuals". The conversation continued within and outside the asexual community. Asexuals also brought up other problems with using the term "sexuals", such as a history of people being sexualized, or desexualized, or both, based on the color of their skin. In a similar vein, survivors of abuse mentioned that some people may have a complicated relationship with their sexuality and may not be comfortable being referred to as "sexuals".
Several proposals an alternate term were created. Some of the proposed prefixes to use included:
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