Saturday & Sunday Word: Androphilia & Gynephilia

[theidolhands.livejournal.com]

an·dro·phi·li·a [ˈandrɔfi-lē-ə]:
origin: (1946) Latin; Greek; an= human + dro= male + philia= loving.

noun (adjective, androphilic)
1. A love of men; the sexual attraction to males (regardless of one's own gender). May also be called "androsexuality".

2. In animals, towards humans, in a scientific capacity -- such as a pet preferring the company of males to females would be androphilic.


full set of flags here (note: "skoliosexual" describes attraction to non-binary people)
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gy·no·phi·li·a (ˌgī-nə-fi-lē-ə) is the same, but with a preference for females.

These terms allow sexuality to be discussed beyond the typically binary boundaries of specific sexual labels such as heterosexual or homosexual; it focuses on attraction versus a description of the individual experiencing that attraction.

Comments

[prettygoodword.livejournal.com]

Excellent words -- the locus of attraction should not be defined in terms of a person's own gender, when that itself is not a binary.

[trellia-chan.livejournal.com]

I do like the idea of these words allowing attraction to be separate from one's own gender identity. That was already the case for words like bisexual or pansexual

You know, I had NO idea there were this many named identities and that each of them has their own flag! I had to look up a few of them.

[med_cat]

An interesting collection of flags, thanks :)