What is Sexuality?
In the discussion about sexuality vs gender, many people think that these two are just the same thing. However, sexuality defines as your attraction to someone. This can either be physical attraction or emotional attraction.
Physical attraction talks about the features of that person that makes you attracted to them physically or sexually, while emotional attraction is being attracted to them emotionally and romantically.
There are many reasons as to how we become attracted to other people, such as physical features, personalities, gender identities, gender expressions, and even their intelligence level.
Most of the time, it is our gender identities that dictate who we get attracted to. This is not the case always though. It is also possible for one to be asexual, which means that they are not attracted to anyone.
Sexuality vs Gender
Even after explaining each concept, it might still come as confusing to most people. So let us try to summarize it. Sex is one’s biological identity. It can be either male, female, or intersex (there is also a more comprehensive spectrum). Gender is how we see ourselves, our sense of identity, in relation to how we feel and our society. This can be shown through our gender identity and gender expression.
Sexuality, on the other hand, is our physical and emotional attraction to other people. It is usually influenced by our gender identity, but not always. That is why sexuality is also oftentimes called attraction.
It is easy to mix up the meanings of each term. But it is important to remember that all of these three are different concepts on their own. Despite this, they work together and overlap with each other to form our sense of self and identity. It is important to make these distinctions as it helps foster awareness, understanding, and solidarity with members of the LGBTQ+ community.
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