What is demisexuality?

To celebrate Valentine's Day on February 14th, Do You Really Know is ready to cover a whole host of subjects linked to love and desire! From trends like sologamy and sneating, to the emergence of female viagra, spend all week learning about the concepts that surround our love lives in the 21st century. What is demisexuality? As regular listeners know, there are a wide range of human sexualities. For some people, wanting to have sex with someone results directly from physical chemistry, attraction and desire. But for others, a deep emotional bond or spiritual connection is required before any kind of sexual feelings can happen. Demisexuality is seen as being on the asexuality spectrum, kind of halfway between asexuality and allosexuality, which means those who do feel sexual attraction towards others. Like with many emerging sexualities, there’s been a lot of skepticism and misunderstanding, but discussions around demisexuality have helped many people better accept themselves and put a name on their sexual orientation. How did the term demisexuality start being used? But don’t most people need an emotional connection before things get physical? How can you tell if you are demisexual? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions! To listen to the last episodes, you can click here: What is sologamy? What is intersectionality? What is Galentine's Day? A podcast written and realised by Joseph Chance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices