Acorsexual

Acorsexual is an identity defined as someone who experiencing sexual attraction that one wants to act on, but at the same time has a strong aversion to engaging in it due to bad experiences, apprehension, or other misgivings about being involved in sexual relationships or sexual activity, etc.

Acorsexual can be used on its own or combined with another orientation. For example, one can be Acorsexual and Pansexual, meaning when one experiences sexual attraction it is toward people of any gender.

It is an identity under the Asexual Umbrella, but individual Acorsexuals can choose to identify or not with Asexual/Ace-spec. More broadly, Acorsexual is also under the A-spectrum.

Acorsexual is commonly used by people with PTSD or other trauma involving sexual experiences. It's also common among neurodivergent or disabled people whose neurodivergence or disability could cause apprehension about acting on one's sexual attraction. The term however can be used by anyone who feels a strong aversion to acting on sexual attraction, the original coining itself said nothing about trauma specifically.

Etymology
The terms comes from a-, meaning without/lacking, and cor-, meaning together.

Definitions

 * Acorsexual: Experiencing sexual attraction that one wants to act on, at the same time having a strong aversion to engaging in a sexual relationship due to bad experiences, apprehension, or other misgivings about being involved in sexual relationships. - MOGAI-Archive, 2014.

History
Acorsexual, along with Acoromantic, was coined anonymously on the now-deactivated Tumblr blog MOGAI-Archive, sometime around or before October 7, 2014.

Coining
"acoromantic/acorsexual


 * 1) Acoromantic: Experiencing romantic attraction that one wants to act on, at the same time having a strong aversion to engaging in a romantic relationship due to bad experiences, apprehension, or other misgivings about being involved in romantic relationships.


 * 1) Acorsexual: Experiencing sexual attraction that one wants to act on, at the same time having a strong aversion to engaging in a sexual relationship due to bad experiences, apprehension, or other misgivings about being involved in sexual relationships.

comes from a-, meaning without/lacking, and cor- meaning together.

coined by: anonymous"

- MOGAI-Archive