For those who don’t adhere toheteronormative, monogamous relationships, it’s a fantastic time to be alive.
Earlier generations didn’t have the same luxury.
So what does it mean to be polysexual, really?
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Here’s everything you better know.
What Does Polysexual Mean?
“The prefix ‘poly’ means many or multiple.
What polysexual looks like isn’t set in stone.
“While someone else might be attracted to men, women, and non-binary individuals.”
Bisexuality can be seen as a form of polysexuality since it describes the attraction to more than one gender.
This attraction, explains Kassel, is for “people all across the gender spectrum.”
For those who are pansexual, gender plays no role in their attraction to a person.
It’s this cognizance of gender that separates pansexuality and omnisexuality most of all.
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Anyone, no matter their sexual orientation including, but not limited to polysexuals can be polyamorous.
“Like any sexual orientation, your arousal and desire determine if you are polysexual,” says GlittersaurusRex.
Of course, there’s no one sexual orientation or relationship orientation that’s better than any other.
Granted, one may work better for someone, but that can be said about most things in life.
