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==Etymology==
Anime/manga is a specific art style that originated from Japan. Therefore, "animesexual" implies attraction towards anime/manga characters. It has since been renamed to "animatesexual", relating to the fact that anime is a style of Japanese animation.
== Animatesexual vs paraphillia ==
Animatesexuality is often confused with a paraphillia, however, this is by definition an incorrect case. [https://www.merckmanuals.com/home/mental-health-disorders/sexuality-and-sexual-disorders/overview-of-paraphilias-and-paraphilic-disorders Paraphillias] are known as sexual disorders and harmful desires, often leading to the distress of the person experiencing them and/or those around them.
Animatesexuality, however, does not usually cause harm, as it does not influence or promote any harmful or dangerous acts, and is simply a desire/attraction to one who does not exist outside of anime/manga. In ''some'' cases, one who is animatesexual may feel levels of distress due to being unable to have sexual feelings for people in reality, however this does not mean that everyone who is animatesexual feels this way, nor does it mean animatesexuality is bad.
Animatesexuality does ''not'' include attraction to harmful fictional tropes (such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolita_(term) lolitas]) and those with harmful attractions are not the target group for animatesexuals.
== Resources ==
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