Dear Readers,
We talked about being sex-favorable and sex-repulsed. I feel like it comes with the topic you choose at least at first glance, but then I realized it’s really not especially when you are sex-indifferent or sex- ambivalent.
What is the difference though?
A lot of people use the words sex-indifferent and sex-ambivalent interchangeably. But there’s a slight difference.
Sex-indifferent refers to people who have no good or bad emotions regarding sex or sexual content.
Sex-ambivalent refers to people who have no good or bad feelings towards certain sexual interactions or sexual content but might enjoy others.
For me being sex- ambivalent feels weird at times. I know I’m “supposed” to feel something about sex or having sex or certain sexual content, but I don’t. It’s a bit like a blind spot in my feelings.
What irritated me probably the most is that whenever I’m in my stronger aergo ace phase I enjoy reading sexual content. My indifference is specifically directed towards the physical act of sex. Kissing, and cuddling are completely fine, but anything else I can just describe with a shrug of my shoulders.
If someone is sex-ambivalent the range can go from sex-favorable to sex-repulsed from situation to situation.
Sex-indifferent people might engage in sexual interactions for either reproductive reasons or for the pleasure of their partner. Sex-indifference is not Ace spectrum exclusive. Allosexuals can also be sex-indifferent.
Can you relate? Are you sex-indifferent or sex-ambivalent? How did you figure it out?
Yours, Ace
(Sources: https://lgbtqia.wiki/wiki/Sex-Indifferent, https://mogai.miraheze.org/wiki/Sex-Indifferent, https://queerdom.fandom.com/wiki/Sex-Indifferent)
