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    Janna posted an update 8 years, 2 months ago

    I’ve always thought of myself as straight, but sometimes I am attracted to specific women. I’m not attracted to the ”good-looking”, ”model”-type men OR women who other people drool over, and furthermore I am not attracted to the widely valued physical features, such as abs. A romantic attraction is usually sparked by a visible aspect of their personality along with a certain quirk somewhere among their facial features. This is true for both men and women, yet the idea of having sex with a man is more appealing to me than if it was with a woman (unless she is someone I have specifically become attracted to.) While at the same time, with the women I become attracted to I always form a deeper, much more intense infatuation with. I don’t understand my sexuality at all. What is this? Does anybody have any ideas on this?
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      Janna replied 8 years, 2 months ago

      I guess I’m asking whether anyone knows if there’s actually a term for this as it would be nice to be able to explain it in a way that people can understand.

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      rinseandrep replied 8 years, 2 months ago

      People who aren’t sexually attracted to their same gender but experience romantic attraction for their gender on top of the one for the other gender, can be called heterosexual bi-romantic (or pan-romantic), you can check the experiences under that label to see if you identify with it. @janna (anyone how thinks I’m making it too binary can offer a more inclusive definition)