aceidk Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 I've never seen a scientific paper focused on aromantics--is there such thing? Link to post Share on other sites
Pramana Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 I've yet to encounter a publication dedicated to aromanticism. So far, I've only come across the subject discussed in passing in articles dedicated to asexuality. There also doesn't appear to be much available on gray-asexuality and demisexuality. Link to post Share on other sites
BionicPi Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 @Pramana This found here is related to prevalence within a sample, and covers both romanticism and sexuality. Didn't find anything else academic when just scanning, but if you have time for a reading this is arocalypse's visibility forum Link to post Share on other sites
Flygunn Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 I have not found much either, Kristen S. Scherrer talks about it in varying levels of detail in two papers I have found, however the focus of those are on asexuality, not aromanticism. Scherrer, K. S. (2008). Coming to an Asexual Identity: Negotiating Identity, Negotiating Desire. Sexualities, 11(5), 621–641. http://doi.org/10.1177/1363460708094269 Scherrer, K. S. (2010). What Asexuality Contributes to the Same-Sex Marriage Discussion. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services, 22(1&2), 56–73. http://doi.org/10.1080/10538720903332255 Link to post Share on other sites
aceidk Posted June 21, 2017 Author Share Posted June 21, 2017 Not quite on aromanticism, but this is a seminal paper supporting and detailing the idea generally referred to as split-attraction model (SAM) in the aro/ace community: Quote Although it is typically presumed that heterosexual individuals only fall in love with other-gender partners and gay–lesbian individuals only fall in love with same-gender partners, this is not always so. The author develops a biobehavioral model of love and desire to explain why. The model specifies that (a) the evolved processes underlying sexual desire and affectional bonding are functionally independent; (b) the processes underlying affectional bonding are not intrinsically oriented toward other-gender or same-gender partners; (c) the biobehavioral links between love and desire are bidirectional, particularly among women. These claims are supported by social–psychological, historical, and cross-cultural research on human love and sexuality as well as by evidence regarding the evolved biobehavioral mechanisms underlying mammalian mating and social bonding. Diamond, Lisa M. "What does sexual orientation orient? A biobehavioral model distinguishing romantic love and sexual desire." Psychological review 110.1 (2003): 173. Link to post Share on other sites
Sherlocks Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 On 6/17/2017 at 5:53 PM, aceidk said: I've never seen a scientific paper focused on aromantics--is there such thing? Kind of pointless to do any research on something like this in my opinion. No one gains money for. It either so I don't why anyone would try. They still don't have a clear idea why some people are gay but does it really matter? If you are not screwing kids or animals who cares what you are into? Link to post Share on other sites
aceidk Posted July 14, 2017 Author Share Posted July 14, 2017 22 hours ago, Sherlocks said: Kind of pointless to do any research on something like this in my opinion. No one gains money for. It either so I don't why anyone would try. They still don't have a clear idea why some people are gay but does it really matter? If you are not screwing kids or animals who cares what you are into? I think there are many social, cultural, psychological, philosophical, and even economic reasons to study romance given that much of the society is built around the idea of (romantic) love. In any case, I'm sure studies on aromanticism will show up eventually. Link to post Share on other sites
scarletlatitude Posted July 15, 2017 Share Posted July 15, 2017 Moving to the romantic and aromantic forum scarletlatitude World Watch mod Link to post Share on other sites
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