Aspectussexual is an ace-spec orientation where an individual appears to have sexual attraction but actually feels no sexual attraction at all. They tend to act in ways that most individuals would assume allosexual individuals do. For example, an aspectussexual individual likes to flirt, make sexual jokes, or look sexy, but they do so because they enjoy it, not because they have the goal of attracting someone for a sexual relationship.
Aspecussexual have been accused of leading individuals on as well as pretending to be asexual. Aspecussexual individuals are no less a-spec just because they choose to act in a supposedly allosexual way.
A similar term is pseudosexual.
History and Flag
The term was created on or before February 11, 2017. The first aspectussexual flag was created by DeviantArt user Pride-Flags on February 11, 2017.[1] The aspectussexual flag is a variation of the aspectus flag.[2]
References
- ↑ [https://web.archive.org/web/https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Aspectussexual-662926289 DeviantArt post on aspectussexual. ]
- ↑ [https://web.archive.org/web/https://pride-color-schemes.tumblr.com/post/161881430940/aspectus Tumblr post on aspectus. ]