Sexual attraction: What's the difference between romantic attraction and sexual attraction?
SaraMichelle
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Dec 31, 2015
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I feel that romantic attraction is when you feel with your heart and you start thinking about the future with this person. While sexual attraction is when you only care about that persons body or your main goal is to get them into bed.
arthurka
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Jan 2, 2016
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Romantic attraction is the way you feel romantically for a person and sexual attraction is how you feel sexually for a person. For example, you can have a romantic relationship without any sexual attraction.
listenerbarbie00
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Jan 3, 2016
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The difference between romantic and sexual attraction, most notably, is that sexual attraction strictly has to do with just sexual activities, while romantic attraction may include sex for some people, it deals with developing a relationship with a significant other.
Yourfairygodbro
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Jan 3, 2016
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Sexual attraction is when you want to have sex with someone, or touch them in a sexual way while romantic attraction is wanting to date and maybe marry a person.
Anonymous
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Jan 4, 2016
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Romantic attraction is the desire to engage in romantic activities with another person, such as kissing and all that. Sexual attraction is the desire to engage in sexual activities with another person. It all gets a little complicated when you take into account sensual (touch based) attraction and platonic (friendly) attraction, but that's the basics.
chamomilewizard
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Jan 6, 2016
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Okay, so romantic attraction is when one wishes to partake in actions entailing romantic behaviors with another, such as dating. Sexual attraction, however, is the feeling of wishing to partake in sexual actions with another person. (A specific person, I might add!)
findthebeautythatsleft
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Jan 6, 2016
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Often people define the two as romantic attraction being who you could see yourself loving, and sexual attraction as who you could see yourself holding at night.
MyNameIsOlli99
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Jan 7, 2016
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Romantic attraction is the attraction to someone's personality, skills, morals, ect. Sexual attraction is the attraction to a person's body.
Anonymous
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Jan 7, 2016
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Sexual attraction is about a desire for the physical sex action, or playful activities that leads to sex with another person.
The romantic attraction is the desire for a social, intimate, connection involving personal feelings and trust with someone.
Some people might feel sexual attraction for a specific gender, while having a romantic attraction for a different gender.
SupaMega
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Jan 7, 2016
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Romantic attraction is the feeling of wanting to be with someone for a long time. Sexual is the feeling of wanting to be in bed with them and that's all.
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