Today, we can see that there is greater freedom and less repression in the sexual sphere. The "heteronormative mandate" increasingly loses weight and sustainability, giving space and space to many other ways of loving that were previously unthinkable.
This new openness has opened the space that many people needed to feel free to experience new ways of sexuality, which were previously inhibited and socially repudiated, and in that, they have begun to be discovered and defined with greater clarity and conviction.
Today many sexual realities and ways of loving coexist simultaneously and it is necessary to give space to all these forms. To understand a little more the new ways of loving, in this Psychology-online article, we will explain what is polysexuality, its characteristics, the types that exist and someexamples.
If you wonder what polysexuality means, it is defined, according to GEHITU[1] (Association of Gay, Lesbian, Trans, Bisexual and Pansexual of the Basque Country), such as the sexual orientation of those who
The difference between polysexuality and pansexuality it is mainly in their terminology. "Pan" means all, while "poly" means many, but not necessarily all. Although the orientation range of a polysexual is broader, not attracted to all these possible gender identities and it only directs the attraction and interest to a certain group.
We make this distinction between both sexualities because they tend to confuse them with each other. It is important to clarify that both focus on the plurality of the human race, but while the polysexuality does it only towards some genders, pansexuality does it without taking into account the gender. In this article, we invite you to discover the differences between bisexuality and pansexuality.
In order to better understand what polysexuality is, it is necessary to look at the aspects that characterize it. Next, we will see the main characteristics of polysexuality.
- Polysexual people feel sexual, emotional, aesthetic and / or romantic attraction towards people of more than two genders.
- They are attracted to many genresPolysexuals are attracted to people of different genders, but not necessarily all. Some group is excluded.
- NThey rule the binary condition of gendersLike pansexuals, they deny the belief that there are only two sexes or two genders. Discover what is non-binary gender.
- There are different types of polysexuals: each of them may be attracted to something different and all be part of polysexuality.
People who are open to all kinds of relationships, but have a higher level of preference towards one in particular. There are different types of polysexuals, each of them may be attracted to something different. In order to better understand this sexual orientation, let's look at some examples of polysexuality:
- Polysexuals who are attracted to women and men as long as they reject the non-binary condition.
- Polysexuals who are attracted to women and are demi-girls, an identity semi-genre, also known as demi-gender, in which the person has a gender, but does not fully identify with it, but they are not men.
There are different types of polysexuality that are divided according to what attracts each of them. Among these types we can find:
- Queer: the word means "strange" or "unusual" and represents sexualities that go beyond what is socially accepted and established. It refers to people who move away from heterosexuality and monogamy. This term is used by people who consider themselves outside the norm, who want to live free and without labels and not have to hide or be discriminated against for thinking and feeling this way.
- Fluid: refers to people who do not identify with a single gender identity and rather move in different ways. The object of attraction is changing or flowing or they feel that it could change over time.
- Homoflexible: they are men who are attracted to genders similar to yours, but also, on certain occasions, they are attracted to people of a different gender.
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Lesboflexible: These are women who tend to be attracted to people of a similar gender to yours, but sometimes they may be attracted to people of a different gender.
Heteroflexible: they are people who tend to feel attracted to people of the opposite sex, but sometimes they can become attracted to the same sex. They are people who are curious and want to try homoeroticism. - Curious bisexual: People who are normally heterosexual, lesbian or gay and are curious to experiment with people of different genders than those they usually prefer fall into this category.
In this article, you will find information about the factors influencing attraction.
This article is merely informative, in Psychology-Online we do not have the power to make a diagnosis or recommend a treatment. We invite you to go to a psychologist to treat your particular case.
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