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Sex-Repulsed is a sex stance that describes individuals who are repulsed by the act or concept of sexual interaction. The term is commonly used by individuals on the asexual spectrum, but it is not exclusive to the community.
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Sex-repulsed individuals may find sexual activity undesirable, uninteresting, uncomfortable, or generally unwanted. This is not the same as being asexual or lacking sex-drive/libido.
Some individuals may be repulsed by the idea of personally engaging in sexual activity, while feeling favorable or indifferent towards sexual interaction that does not involve them or sexual interaction as a concept. The term sex-averse may be used to describe this experience instead.
Some individuals may be repulsed by certain acts, while being favorable or indifferent towards other sexual acts. The term sex-ambivalent may be used to describe this experience instead.
Some individuals may feel repulsed towards sexual interaction due to trauma or exhaustion. The term sex-drained may be used to describe this experience instead.
Sex-repulsed individuals may also identify as apothisexual, ARCsexual, anticarnal or inactsexual.
The term is often confused with sex-negative. Sex-negative, also called antisexualism, is a political stance used by those who are hostile towards sexual expression or sexuality. It is often used by SWERFS (or Sex-Worker Exclusionary Radical Feminists) and other individuals who are against sex workers or the creation of sexual media, such as pornography. Sex-repulsed individuals are repulsed by sexual interaction, but may still be supportive of others' sexual freedoms.
Sex-repulsion is not necessarily related to sexophobia, genophobia, haphedophobia, anthrophobia, misanthropy, social phobia, philemaphobia/philematophobia, philophobia or erotophobia, but it may be for some individuals.
History & Coining[]
The term has no clear first coining, but has existed within the asexual community for many years. The term was recoined for the purpose of providing a concrete source by AnonymousHermitCrab on the r/asexuality subreddit on April 27, 2022.
References[]
https://www.reddit.com/r/asexuality/comments/ucy0kl/coiningrecoining_interaction_stance_terms/