Fictosexuality

Fictosexuality
DefinitionAttraction to fictional characters
Parent categoryAsexuality
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Fictosexuality is sexual attraction towards fictional characters.[1][2][3][4][5] Romantic attraction towards fictional characters is called fictoromantic.[4][6]

The term fictosexuality describes the desire to engage in sexual or romantic relationships with a fictional character,[1] or the experience of desire for fictional sexual material distinct from desire for flesh-and-blood people.[1][7] The asexual community has used the term to describe people who experience sexual attraction to fictional characters and not to real people.[1][4][5]

Fictosexuality has been used as a term for sexual identity since the 2010s,[1] and online communities and activist organizations now exist.[3][7] The term "human-oriented sexualism" has also been coined to describe the social norms that marginalize fictosexuality.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ a b c d e f Matsuura, Yuu (2021). 日常生活の自明性によるクレイム申し立ての「予めの排除/抹消」――「性的指向」概念に適合しないセクシュアリティの語られ方に注目して ["Foreclosure/Erasure" of Claims-Making by the Everyday Life as Taken for Granted: Discourse Analysis about "Fictosexual" as Sexuality that does not Conform to "Sexual Orientation"]. Journal of Social Problems (in Japanese). 36: 67–83. doi:10.50885/shabyo.36.0_67.
  2. ^ a b Matsuura, Yuu (2024). Tsuji, Yosuke; Sakamaki, Shitone (eds.). "素肉は肉より出でて、しかし肉には非らず──ヒューマノジェンダリズム批判序説" [Mock Meat, That Imitates Meat but Is Not Meat—An Introduction to Criticism of Humano-Genderism]. Ghost in the Shell Official Global Site. Ghost in the Shell M.M.A. - Messed Mesh Ambitions_. Kodansha.
  3. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference :3 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b c Barron, Victoria (2023). Amazing ace, awesome aro: an illustrated exploration. London; Philadelphia: Jessica Kingsley Publishers. ISBN 978-1-83997-714-5.
  5. ^ a b Daigle-Orians, Cody (21 February 2023). I Am Ace: Advice on Living Your Best Asexual Life. Jessica Kingsley Publishers. ISBN 978-1839972621.
  6. ^ Rendle, Samantha (2023). Hopeless aromantic: an affirmative guide to aromanticism. London; Philadelphia: Jessica Kingsley Publishers. ISBN 978-1-83997-367-3.
  7. ^ a b Matsuura, Yuu (2023). "Basic Terms of Fictosexuality Studies". Research Map. Retrieved 2023-10-21.