Meaning of autochorissexuality | Babel Free

Definitions

A sexual orientation characterized by a disconnect between the self and sexual arousal or fantasies, e.g. having sexual fantasies that do not involve oneself, or experiencing arousal without an active desire for partnered sexual activity.

uncountable

Examples

“It is possible that some of our asexual participants are displaying paraphilic interest (including analloeroticism or autochorissexuality), although this should be investigated further in future research.”

“Building on Bogaert’s (2012) notion of autochorissexuality, Morag Yule and her colleagues propose a further dimension: subjectivity/non-subjective.”

“I’m sure as a researcher you are aware of autochorissexuality, that is, the lack of oneself in one’s fantasies.”

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