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Blue_true

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8. A person who is sapiosexual is in part of the asexual spectrum.

Reply to LizBeth (Original post)

Wed Jul 21, 2021, 12:15 AM

Jul 2021

There are also demisexual people in that spectrum (they need to make an emotional connection with a person before they will even consider having sex with that person). Governor Cuomo’s 23 year old daughter recently announced that she was bisexual and demisexual.

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New word of the day: [View all] LizBeth Jul 2021 OP

So this is me - with a side of funny... lisa58 Jul 2021 #1

+1 LizBeth Jul 2021 #4

A word that describes me perfectly. Blue Dawn Jul 2021 #2

Right. LizBeth Jul 2021 #5

I don't know what to call myself, but I have always been turned on Blue_true Jul 2021 #10

People aren't sapiosexual. They're just classist. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2021 #3

hmmm LizBeth Jul 2021 #6

You're saying is "classist" to be attracted to intelligence? Silent3 Jul 2021 #7

I'm saying that "sapiosexuals" are attracted to very specific kinds of "intelligence" which, WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2021 #11

Actually they aren't. Blue_true Jul 2021 #9

Attraction is not orientation, and perceptions of intelligence depend on more than hobbies or WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2021 #12

I happen to like hanging out with women that garden. Blue_true Jul 2021 #13

As someone who gardens, WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2021 #14

A person who is sapiosexual is in part of the asexual spectrum. Blue_true Jul 2021 #8