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'''Sexual preference''' is
Sexual preference is similar to and often confused with [[sexual orientation]]. However, while sexual orientation describes the [[Gender Identity|gender identities]] or [[Gender Alignment|gender alignments]] to which an individual feels [[attraction]], sexual preferences describe other qualities or aspects which one feels are important in a sexual partner.
Often sexual preferences are for aspects of an individual which do not deal with identity or are less central to identity than one's gender identity is. Common examples of sexual preferences may include the following:
* A preference for individuals with a certain appearance or aesthetic.
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* A preference for individuals with certain physical or sexual characteristics (eg. genital preferences).
* A preference for individuals of a certain [[gender modality]] (eg. [[cisgender]], [[transgender]], etc.)
It is possible for one to have a sexual preference for a specific gender identity too. Examples of this might include:
* A [[multisexual]] individual who prefers to act on their attraction to some gender(s) over another(s).
* A [[pansexual]] individual who prefers to act on their attraction to individuals belonging to some gender(s) over another(s).
* A [[Sex-Favorable|sex-favorable]] [[asexual]] individual who prefers to sexually interact with some gender(s) over another(s).
Individuals who find that their sexual preferences matter more in finding a partner than their sexual orientation may identify as [[imprisexual]].
== History and Controversy ==
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