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

Profile: Anonymous
Anonymous on Aug 7, 2015
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The difference between romantic and sexual attraction is that you feel romantic feelings toward someone as in lovey and sweet. Sexual is feeling that you would have sexual relations with that person and you can see them like that.
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Profile: Jenniferroseh98
Jenniferroseh98 on Aug 7, 2015
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Romantic is where you want to build a relationship with them that is like Hugs,kisses,long walks and talking. Where as sexual is just for the purpose of having sexual relations with them
Profile: Anonymous
Anonymous on Aug 8, 2015
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To put it easily: Romantic attraction: I would want a relationship with that Sexual attraction: I would have intercourse with that They can both be different. You could for example be biromantic heterosexual. This would mean you feel sexual attraction to the opposite gender, while feeling romantic attraction to both.
Profile: Sammy01
Sammy01 on Aug 8, 2015
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Sexual attraction is purely physical, it's just to do with wanting to take part in sexual activity with another person. Romantic attraction is harder to explain, it's more like being friends with somebody except more extreme, you want to care for them and help them when they feel down etc. Some people experience one without the other, some people experience neither. Any of that is perfectly valid, and don't let anybody else tell you otherwise.
Profile: lesbianlibra
lesbianlibra on Aug 9, 2015
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Romantic attraction is being attracted to a person In way that you would take them out on dates and sexual attraction is like a one night stand , its based on looks.
Profile: Supergirl94
Supergirl94 on Aug 12, 2015
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Romantic attraction is wanting to have a relationship with them, to talk to them everyday about everything. To want to be with them, do things with them and share your life with them. To start with a basic date and work your way up, moving in together, getting married, growing old together. You have goals to do things with them and to love them fully, just the two of you. Sexual attraction is when you aren't interested in a relationship or growing old with them. You love how they look physically and crave their bodies but may not feel the need to form an emotional bond with them, to share everything with them or talk to them everyday, to not make goals between each other or anything really personal and indepth. You may just want the surface things, more like friends with benefits or just the benefit with that person.
Profile: sleepypoett
sleepypoett on Aug 12, 2015
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For some, they are one in the same. For others, the attractions can be quite different, where romantic attraction involves your emotional feelings for a person, and sexual attraction involves your physical desire towards a person.
Profile: Anonymous
Anonymous on Aug 13, 2015
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Romantic attraction: you are in love with the person Sexual attraction: you just want that person for just sex
Profile: Rift
Rift on Aug 13, 2015
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Romantic attraction is in regard to falling in love. You could fall in love with men, women, both or neither for example. Sexual attraction is more about your sexuality rather than love. For example, you could have sexual feelings towards men, women, both or neither. And it is perfectly possible for romantic attraction and sexual attraction to not be the same! For example, you could fall in love with both men and women (romantic attraction) but only ever have sexual feelings towards one of the two (sexual attraction).
Profile: Anonymous
Anonymous on Aug 13, 2015
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The person would want to spend more and more time with their crush, whereas if it's a sexual attraction it's purely physical.
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