[[File:TutelaryTuterlary flag by gennerflooid.png|thumb|220x220px|The tutelaryTutelary attraction flag.]]
[[File:Tutelary.png|thumb|The tutelary attraction flag.]]
'''Tutelary Attractionattraction''', also known as '''Protective''' '''Attractionprotective attraction''' or '''Dominant'''dominant '''Attractionattraction''', is a form of [[Tertiary Attraction|tertiary attraction]] that revolves around a strong desire to take care, protect, and support a certain personindividual. It is the reversecounterpart and opposite of [[Cedural Attraction|cedural attraction]]. With tutelary [[attraction]] when one sees someone in a sad or defenseless situation one feels not just sympathy but also a sense of attraction that gets usthem involved with themthat individual and their needs. It is also based on a feeling of feeling needed or necessary. This is the attraction one might feel towards a child, younger sibling, a pet, or a vulnerable personindividual youone areis favorably disposed toward.<ref>https://herway.net/love/10-types-of-attraction-and-their-meanings-explained/</ref><ref>https://www.healthline.com/health/types-of-attraction</ref><ref>https://www.regain.us/advice/attraction/what-are-the-different-types-of-attraction-and-what-do-they-mean/</ref><ref>https://trendtoreview.com/10-different-types-of-attraction/</ref><ref>https://psych2go.net/6-types-of-attraction-which-one-are-you/</ref>
A relationship between a protective(s) and a protected personindividual(s) can be labeled as guardianship, wardship, or tutelage. AAn personindividual in that relationship who takes on the protective role could be called a comate, cherish, ward, or grace. A tutelary crush could be possibly be called a mush.
This relationship shouldis not to be associatedconfused with DPD (dependent personality disorder (DPD), [[plural:Protector|protectors]] in [[plural:System|systems (DID)]], or with BDSM and kink related power play sometimes seen in sexual/romantic relationships.
The [[system]] version is [[templatonic]].
== History ==
The concept of tutelary attraction was coinedintroduced on December 23, 2014 on the Spanish language version of AVEN by the user Arya<ref>httphttps://es.asexuality.org/comunidad/foro/reflexiones-asexuales/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=130-tipos-de-atraccion</ref>. It was known as ''atracción de protección'' and was explicitly distinguished it from the kink related power play, (known as ''atracción de rol''), encompassed by ''atracción potencial'' ([[Potential Attraction|potential attraction]]). The post was translated by Tumblr user Neutrois-Maverique on March 16, 2018<ref>https://neutrois-maverique.tumblr.com/post/171922500678/the-12-13-forms-of-attraction</ref>. ''Atracción de protección'' was translated as "dominantprotective attraction". The term dominant attraction was brought by DeviantArt user SilenceTheFox on April 11, 2018.<ref>https://www.deviantart.com/silencethefox/art/Dominant-Protective-Attraction-Pride-Flag-739957039</ref><ref>https://queerflagswithbenton.tumblr.com/post/172832403393/dominant-attraction-dominant-attraction-can-be</ref> The term tutelary was coined by beyond-mogai-pride-flags on August 16, 2018<ref>https://beyond-mogai-pride-flags.tumblr.com/post/177077999890/based-on-this-zedqueerplatonic-alt-flag-here</ref>.
The alternate flag was designed by Tumblr user gennerflooid on October 12, 2022.<ref>http://archive.today/2022.11.19-170032/https://www.tumblr.com/gennerflooid/697933223284670464/alternate-cedural-attraction-and-tutelary</ref>
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