Aegosexuality

Aegosexuality is a term used to describe people who that enjoy sexual experiences, such as masturbation, or sexual fantasies, but do not desire sexual activity with another person or wish to have sexual relationships with others. Aegosexuality is categorized within the asexual spectrum. Regarding romantic attraction, the term aegoromanticism is used.

 Etymology and history 
Sexologist Anthony Bogaert coined the term autochorissexualism, defined as "sex without (choris) one's self/identity (auto)" or "identity-less sexuality." However, while autochorissexualism is classified within the context of paraphilia, individuals who identify with this experience would prefer the label aegosexual, which was coined in 2014.

 Research 
Research on aegosexuality are about the asexual spectrum and the many relationships between sexual fantasy and self-identity. Aegosexual individuals may experience marginalization under frameworks such as amatonormativity and human-oriented sexualism.

According to Thom Winter-Gray and Nikki Hayfield, some aegosexual people feel that their experience in sexual fantasies makes them "not asexual enough," while others experience sexual fantasies as separated from their self-identity, resulting in little to no conflict with their asexual identity.

Some aegosexual individuals identify as fictosexual to emphasize their preference for fictional objects of attraction. According to a study by Yuu Matsuura, related to discourse in Japan, critiques have been positioned against the human-oriented sexualism that regards fictional sexual content as secondary compared to human-to-human sexual relationships.

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Category:Asexuality