tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9124539381685751273.post6944056305183184529..comments2023-06-19T04:35:06.263-07:00Comments on Skeptic's Play: Sexual orientation and love vs sexmillerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05990852054891771988noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9124539381685751273.post-83737183317396667132009-09-12T14:31:37.222-07:002009-09-12T14:31:37.222-07:00If it's something more than friendship and les...If it's something more than friendship and less than actual sexual attraction... that's what romantic attraction is. Even if you don't want to kiss them or do anything sexual with them, there's still this desire to always be near them and this comfort that you share with them that you don't share with anyone else. You may feel like cuddling but not like actually making out.<br /><br />I'm biromantic myself, but not bisexual, so this separation of the two makes complete sense to me. I don't think that everyone is biromantic, but perhaps they do have the potential to be? I just think that society focuses so much on sexual attraction in determining your romantic relationships now, that other feelings that may be stronger than a normal friendship but less than sexual lovers, are ignored.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9124539381685751273.post-21023574957487407732009-09-08T18:06:08.456-07:002009-09-08T18:06:08.456-07:00I can feel affection and love towards various peop...I can feel affection and love towards various people, but if I can not see myself kissing them or doing anything sexual with them, I would not consider that love to be "romantic"...probably because in our culture, sex and romance tend to be linked.<br /><br />I think that there are many things which can cause sexual attraction, it could be visual or personality factors. If someone falls in love with someone based on personality, it makes sense that they would develop sexual desire as a result.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9124539381685751273.post-37790699529590630962009-07-13T14:09:13.695-07:002009-07-13T14:09:13.695-07:00This goes a long way to explaining why heterosexua...<i>This goes a long way to explaining why heterosexuals sometimes unexpectedly fall in love with a single specific person of the same gender, and why homosexuals sometimes unexpectedly fall in love with a single specific person of the opposite gender</i>.<br /><br />I know a lot of gay people, and a lot of straight people, and I don't know <i>anyone</i> who's "unexpectedly" fallen in love with a specific person of the "wrong" gender. I suppose it must happen, but it seems quite rare.<br /><br />It would be interesting to actually measure feelings of affection in long-term two-person relationships vs. frequency of sex -- a lack of correlation would at least indicate there are separate mechanisms at work.Larry Hamelinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08788697573946266404noreply@blogger.com