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[[File:Autosexualflag.png|thumb|220x220px|The autosexual flag.]]
[[File:Autosexual 2.png|thumb|Alternate autosexual flag|alt=]]▼
'''Autosexual''', sometimes called '''Narcissexual''', is when one experiences sexual attraction exclusively towards themself; and can occur in many forms as follows:▼
[[File:Autosexual.png|thumb|Alternate autosexual flag without the emblem|alt=]]
[[File:Auto-sexual.PNG|thumb|Alternative flag with 5 lines.]]
[[File:Alternateauto.png|thumb|Alternate autosexual flag.]]
▲'''Autosexual'''
# Having a hard time responding to someone's sexual touch, but being able to
# Feeling little or no attraction to others sexually but feeling attraction to yourself.▼
# Fantasizing about sexual interaction with yourself.
#Feeling attraction to yourself more than what is considered "normal."
▲# Having a hard time responding to someone's sexual touch, but being able to/comfortable with self pleasing like masturbation.
▲# Feeling no attraction to others but feeling attraction to yourself.
The romantic counterpart to autosexual is [[autoromantic]].
==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 yourself and is not a psychological abnormality.▼
▲==History==
▲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.
▲[[File:Autosexual 2.png|thumb|Alternate autosexual flag]]
The second flag was
[[File:Autosexual (2).png|thumb|Autosexual flag with symbol.]]
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The prefix comes from the Greek term 'auto', meaning 'self'.
== 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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