Post by lunaleaves on May 28, 2015 19:46:16 GMT
So, following from Clueless's example, here is my own indulgence (terms and conditions apply, as of course all definitions are personal) which I include on the off-chance someone some day finds it useful:
Asexual - lacking the compulsions and feelings of sexual attraction, alongside the muting of sexual satisfaction. Whilst I'm slightly sexually repulsed, I have engaged in sexual activity across the spectrum of genders, the experiences of which have ranged from acceptable if a bit uncomfortable (in a fully committed and loving relationship) to downright nasty (not so much). I enjoy bringing pleasure to a partner, regardless of how long I've known them, but this and the accompanying discomfort are in correlation to such. I feel less connected to a person during sex than almost any other activity. I can recognise aesthetic beauty.
Panromantic - harder to define, romance, but that...longing urge to be with someone or thing, to be both with and facing, seen by and seeing this other entity. It is an attraction distinct from love and other platonicisms, and also distinct from sexuality. I think if you were to push me, I'd define it as an irrationally strong desire for intimacy, but I may disagree with myself tomorrow ; ) The 'pan' part simply means 'all', meaning that I may form a romantic inclination towards someone of any gender, and, in my case as a hylopath, towards people long dead, inanimate objects or even abstract concepts (though these romances are by no means anywhere near as strong as reciprocated ones).
Gender-fluid - my gender changes, without rhyme or reason that I can determine, between fully female and fully neutrois (and the shades between), for inconsistent amounts of time. It is an affect neither chosen nor controllable. As an MTF transsexual, I experience increasing magnitudes dysphoria regarding my body as my gender shifts to the female end, and decreasing the other. When fully neutrois, I'm enough blessed to experience no dysphoria at all (and bask in the accompanying calm ).
I hope something may have been gained by this disclosure, and bid you a lovely night and day
Xxxxx
Asexual - lacking the compulsions and feelings of sexual attraction, alongside the muting of sexual satisfaction. Whilst I'm slightly sexually repulsed, I have engaged in sexual activity across the spectrum of genders, the experiences of which have ranged from acceptable if a bit uncomfortable (in a fully committed and loving relationship) to downright nasty (not so much). I enjoy bringing pleasure to a partner, regardless of how long I've known them, but this and the accompanying discomfort are in correlation to such. I feel less connected to a person during sex than almost any other activity. I can recognise aesthetic beauty.
Panromantic - harder to define, romance, but that...longing urge to be with someone or thing, to be both with and facing, seen by and seeing this other entity. It is an attraction distinct from love and other platonicisms, and also distinct from sexuality. I think if you were to push me, I'd define it as an irrationally strong desire for intimacy, but I may disagree with myself tomorrow ; ) The 'pan' part simply means 'all', meaning that I may form a romantic inclination towards someone of any gender, and, in my case as a hylopath, towards people long dead, inanimate objects or even abstract concepts (though these romances are by no means anywhere near as strong as reciprocated ones).
Gender-fluid - my gender changes, without rhyme or reason that I can determine, between fully female and fully neutrois (and the shades between), for inconsistent amounts of time. It is an affect neither chosen nor controllable. As an MTF transsexual, I experience increasing magnitudes dysphoria regarding my body as my gender shifts to the female end, and decreasing the other. When fully neutrois, I'm enough blessed to experience no dysphoria at all (and bask in the accompanying calm ).
I hope something may have been gained by this disclosure, and bid you a lovely night and day
Xxxxx