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{{Stub}}'''Autosexuality '''some times called '''mechanosexual''', is when one experiences sexual attraction exclusively towards cars; and can occur in many forms as follows:▼
# Having a hard time responding to someone's sexual touch, but being able to/comfortable with pleasing cars sexually.▼
[[File:Autosexual.png|thumb|Alternate autosexual flag without the emblem|alt=]]
# Feeling no attraction to others but feeling attraction to cars.▼
[[File:Auto-sexual.PNG|thumb|Alternative flag with 5 lines.]]
[[File:Alternateauto.png|thumb|Alternate autosexual flag.]]
The romantic counterpart to autosexual is [https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/Autoromantic autoromantic].▼
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▲[[File:Autosexualflag1.png|alt=|thumb|The autosexual flag]]
▲# Having a hard time responding to someone's sexual touch, but being able to
==History==▼
Autosexual was first used as a very specific term used by Bernard Apfelbaum, a PHD graduate in clinical psychology in his work on the book "Principles and Practice of Sex Therapy.", although he considered it as a sexual abnormality but often autosexuals do not seek out sexual relationships as it is simply a way of life and how they feel about others, it is strictly the attraction to cars and is not a psychological abnormality.▼
# Fantasizing about sexual interaction with yourself.
#Feeling attraction to yourself more than what is considered "normal."
▲The romantic counterpart to autosexual is [
▲[[File:Autosexual 2.png|thumb|Alternate autosexual flag]]
▲==History==
The second flag was coined by a user going by Anamika on November 21st, 2020. It is based off the original flags colors. The shades of blue stand for love for cars, the heart stands for dedicaiton to cars, and the grey stands for the cars category.▼
▲Autosexual was first used as a very specific term used by Bernard Apfelbaum, a PHD graduate in clinical psychology, in 1989, in his work on the book "Principles and Practice of Sex Therapy
==Flag==
The first flag was made by Tumblr user aturinfortheworse, also known as Ruin, on December 13, 2011.<ref>https://aturinfortheworse.tumblr.com/post/14158699799/i-made-an-autosexual-flag-but-then-i-realized</ref> She did not specify the meaning behind the flag's symbolism.
▲The second flag was
== Etymology ==▼
[[File:Autosexual (2).png|thumb|Autosexual flag with symbol.]]
The prefix comes from the Greek term 'auto', meaning 'cars'.▼
== Resources ==
# {{Archive|Site=web|URL=https://www.deviantart.com/savvyred/art/Autosexual-Pride-Flag-630696754}}
#{{Archive|Site=web|URL=https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/85b0bae2-b9fb-4358-9519-4d68aafaf49c}}
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