allosexuality

The prefix allo- comes from the Greek word Állos, meaning "other", "different", or "atypical".{{Cite web |title=Definition of ALLO- |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/allo- |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}{{Cite journal |last=Stepanyan |first=Araksya |date=2023-07-11 |title=English Neologisms of Ancient Greek and Latin Origin in the Field of Psychology |url=https://journals.ysu.am/index.php/foreign-lang/article/download/vol27_no1_2023_pp016_033/pdf |journal=Foreign Languages in Higher Education |publisher=Yerevan State University |volume=27 |issue=1 (34) |pages=16–33 |doi=10.46991/FLHE/2023.27.1.016 |issn=1829-2453|doi-access=free }} It was attached to the suffix 'sexual' to create a term meaning "a person who experiences sexual attraction towards others". The structure parallels other sexuality terms such as homosexual, heterosexual, bisexual, pansexual, asexual, etc.

In a medicalized context, allosexual has been used in contrast to autosexual to describe sexual attraction towards others or sexual behavior between multiple people.{{Cite journal |last1=Burleson |first1=Mary H |last2=Trevathan |first2=Wenda R |last3=Gregory |first3=W.Larry |date=May 2002 |title=Sexual behavior in lesbian and heterosexual women: relations with menstrual cycle phase and partner availability |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S030645300100066X |journal=Psychoneuroendocrinology |language=en |volume=27 |issue=4 |pages=489–503 |doi=10.1016/S0306-4530(01)00066-X|pmid=11912001 |s2cid=24519130 |url-access=subscription }} The term was coined by the asexual community as a way to name and discuss the experiences of non-asexual people. It is used to normalize asexuality and provide a term that can be used in conjunction with ace terminology. Allosexuality makes asexuality one sexuality among others, rather than being a deviation from what is simply 'normal'.{{Cite book |last1=Mollet |first1=Amanda L. |title=Encyclopedia of Queer Studies in Education |last2=Lackman |first2=Brian |pages=26–30 |chapter=Chapter 6 Allonormativity and Compulsory Sexuality |doi=10.1163/9789004506725_006 |chapter-url=https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004506725_006}}

Asexuals are estimated to make up 1% or less of the total population and about 1.7% of the LGBT population.{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=1.7% of sexual minority adults identify as asexual |url=https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/press/sm-asexuals-press-release/ |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=Williams Institute |language=en-US}} Since the majority of people would be classified as allosexual, it is viewed by some as the natural way of being and asexuality as a deviation from this norm.{{Cite journal |last1=MacInnis |first1=Cara C. |last2=Hodson |first2=Gordon |date=November 2012 |title=Intergroup bias toward "Group X": Evidence of prejudice, dehumanization, avoidance, and discrimination against asexuals |url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1368430212442419 |journal=Group Processes & Intergroup Relations |language=en |volume=15 |issue=6 |pages=725–743 |doi=10.1177/1368430212442419 |s2cid=3056711 |issn=1368-4302|url-access=subscription }} Physical intimacy is considered an essential part of romantic relationships among allosexuals, which can complicate relationships between asexual and allosexual individuals. Allonormativity, or the concept that all humans experience sexual attraction or desire a sexual relationship, can lead to the isolation and marginalization of asexual individuals.{{Cite book |last=Popova |first=Milena |url=https://direct.mit.edu/books/book/4304/Sexual-Consent |title=Sexual Consent |date=2019-05-07 |publisher=The MIT Press |isbn=978-0-262-35359-5 |language=en |doi=10.7551/mitpress/12108.001.0001}}

• Allonormativity
• Analloeroticism

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