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Sexual attraction: What's the difference between romantic attraction and sexual attraction?

Profile: Anonymous
Anonymous on Jun 24, 2015
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Romantic attraction is an attraction that you feel for somebody regardless of their gender or the way they look whereas sexual attraction is feeling attracted to someone because you find the way they look attractive.
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Profile: MostColorfulHello
MostColorfulHello on Jun 25, 2015
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Profile: Anonymous
Anonymous on Jun 25, 2015
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Romantic attraction is a feeling of love for another person based on who the person is inside not on the outside like sexual attraction. Many crushes are sexual attraction while being in a romantic attraction has a much deeper meaning and will last longer than a sexual one.
Profile: RainyDayListener
RainyDayListener on Jun 26, 2015
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This one's a bit silly for me, seeing as I'm asexual. I think it's best to not over-complicate it. I believe romantic attraction is when you want to spend more time with who someone is internally, and sexual attraction is when you want to spend more time with who someone is externally. At least, that's the simple way of it.
Profile: Understandinggirl1990
Understandinggirl1990 on Jun 26, 2015
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sexual attraction involves being interested in a person sexually, it doesn't necessarily mean that you want a relationship. Romantic attraction on the other hand means that you would like to have a relationship with the person and get to know them better. This link may help clarify any confusion you have... [https://lgbtq.unc.edu/asexuality-attraction-and-romantic-orientation]
Profile: punkpaintedlies
punkpaintedlies on Jun 26, 2015
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Romantic attraction deals with feelings of wanting a romantic relationship, such as dating. Romantic attraction is the desire to love someone and have that kind of relationship. Sexual attraction deals with sexual relations, and a desire to have that sort of relationship with a person.
Profile: Tori2313
Tori2313 on Jun 27, 2015
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Sexual attraction is typically defined as a pull or allure toward a specific person in which you wish to partake in sexual activities with them. It's looking at a person and having a feeling that makes you think "I'd like to have sex with them." Romantic attraction, on the other hand, is typically defined as a similar pull or allure toward a specific person, but instead of a sexual desire, it's a romantic desire. It's when you look at someone and have a feeling that makes you think "I'd like to do romantic things with them." What those romantic things entail depends on the person.
Profile: Anonymous
Anonymous on Jun 27, 2015
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Romantic attraction is a mindset where you wanna be with that certain person for a lifetime but sexual attraction is a mindset where you find someone hot and your sexual desires go all out.
Profile: Anonymous
Anonymous on Jun 27, 2015
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Um. Romantic Attraction is when you are "platonically" attracted to people, as in you would love to hold their hand and kiss them, but you don't feel a need to have intercourse. Sexual attraction includes the possibility of wanting to have sex and having feeling of possible of lust
Profile: Joseph394
Joseph394 on Jun 28, 2015
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Romantic attraction you are going for their personality/comparability. Sexual you're going for lust.
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