Aego (orientation)
Aego (also known as Autochoris) is an orientation prefix where one's attraction is centered around individuals other than oneself.[1][2] The prefix aego is deriven from the Latin words a- meaning without, and ego meaning myself, resulting in the combined meaning of "sexual/romantic without myself".[3][4][5]
The exact definition of this label is imprecise and has evolved over time. Definitions include:
- experiencing a disconnect between oneself and one's object of attraction;[2]
- only experiencing attraction in vague third-person fantasies;[6]
- enjoying relationship-related activities in media/fantasies without desiring to be a participant;[7]
- only experiencing attraction to situations that does not involve oneself.[8]
Aego individuals often use this term because they feel alienated both from the idea that the absence of attraction implies the absence of fantasies regarding relationships, and the idea that the presence of fantasies implies the possibility of attraction. Aego individuals' fantasies generally do not involve themselves, only other individuals.[6][9]
History
Aegosexuality was previously referred to as autochorissexual, which was coined by Dr. Anthony Bogaert, a psychologist who specialized in human sexuality, including asexuality.[2] The term uses the prefix autochoris, which translates to "identity-less sexuality". Autochoris was described by Dr. Anthony Bogaert as:
A disconnection between oneself and the object of arousal; may involve sexual fantasies or arousal in response to erotica or pornography, but lacking any desire to be a participant in the activities therein.[10]
At the time the name was coined, asexuality was considered a psychological disorder and Dr. Bogaert labeled autochorissexuality as a paraphilia.[2] As a result, aegosexual and anegosexual were proposed as alternatives by Tumblr user sugar-and-spite on the 1st of November, 2014.[3]
Aegoromantic as a romantic counterpart was potentially first shared on June 26, 2016, by pride-color-schemes, with credit being given to Dr. Anthony Bogaert.[11]
Related Terms
| Label | Relationship | Description | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pseudo- | Similar | Experiencing attraction that mimics another attraction and induces those feelings. | Pseudo- individuals are only aroused by third-party fantasies, whereas aegosexual individuals are sexually attracted to those third-party fantasies. |
Orientations
| Label | Orientation | Flag | Creator(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aegoalterous / Autochorisalterous | Alterous |  [12]
|
Unknown |
| Aegoaroace / Autochorisaroace | Aroace |  [13]
|
Pride-Flags |
| Aegoplatonic / Autochorisplatonic | Platonic |  [14]
|
Unknown |
| Aegoqueerplatonic / Autochorisqueerplatonic | Queerplatonic |  [15]
|
Unknown |
| Aegoromantic / Autochorisromantic[3] | Romantic |  [16]
|
sugar-and-spite, Unknown |
| Aegosensual / Autochorissensual | Sensual |  [17]
|
Unknown |
| Aegosexual / Autochorissexual[3][2] | Sexual |  [18]
|
sugar-and-spite, Dr. Anthony Bogaert, Unknown |
Prefixes and Suffixes
| Label | Prefix / Suffix | Flag | Description | Creator(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aegoromanticflux | -flux |  [19]
|
An aegoromantic individual whose romantic orientation fluctuates between feeling attraction and lacking attraction. | Starlit Glass |
| Aegosexualflux | -flux |  [20]
|
An aegosexual individual whose sexual orientation fluctuates between feeling attraction and lacking attraction. | Starlit Glass |
| Aegoflux | -flux |  [21]
|
An aego- individual whose orientation fluctuates between feeling attraction and lacking attraction. | Unknown |
Flags and Symbols
The most well known aegosexual/autochorisexual flag was created by Tumblr user hunterinabrowncoat, on the 23rd of July, 2014.[18] It uses identical colors to the asexual flag, but features a triangle with an inverted order of colors. Hunterinabrowncoat described its meaning as:
It’s a part of the asexual spectrum, but in many ways it’s like an inversion; where asexuals do not feel attraction, but (some) sometimes engage in sexual activities, autochorissexuals feel the attraction, but don’t want to engage in sexual activities.[18]
An alternate flag was designed by an unknown community member on or before August 4, 2020.[22] The color meanings were described as:
- purple representing community (likely originating from the asexual community);
- gray representing the entire spectrum of asexuality;
- teal representing a disconnection between the self and attraction;
- black representing asexuality.
An alternate version was created on August 8, 2020, by xeno-aligned which kept the triangle symbolism but used the colors of the alternate flag designed by the unknown community member.[22]
The alternate aegoplatonic, aegoromantic, aegoqueerplatonic, and aegoaroace flags were uploaded by Pride-Flags and created by unknown individuals.[23][24][25][26][27]
The alternate aegoaroace flag was created by Pride-Flags on the 24th of June, 2016.[28]
Aegosexual Alternate (xeno-aligned)
Aegosexual Alternate (Unknown)
Aegoplatonic Alernate (Pride-Flags)
Aegoromantic Alternate (Pride-Flags)
Aegoromantic Alternate (Pride-Flags)
Aegoromantic Alternate (Pride-Flags)
Aegoqueerplatonic Alternate (Pride-Flags)
Aegoaroace Alernate (Pride-Flags)
Resources
- ↑ pride-color-schemes. "Aego- Autochoris-". Tumblr, 26 Jun, 2016, https://archive.md/2022.02.15-084855/https://pride-color-schemes.tumblr.com/post/146494808535/aego-autochoris.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Bogaert AF. Asexuality and autochorissexualism (identity-less sexuality). Arch Sex Behav. 2012 Dec;41(6):1513-4. doi: 10.1007/s10508-012-9963-1. Epub 2012 May 11. PMID: 22576251.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 sugar-and-spite. "Autochoris- is a bit of a mouthful…". Tumblr, 1 Nov, 2014, https://web.archive.org/web/20230622032301/https://sugar-and-spite.tumblr.com/post/101478696189/autochoris-is-a-bit-of-a-mouthful. Archived on 22 Jun, 2023.
- ↑ "a-". Wiktionary, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/a-#:~:text=a%2D-,Not%2C%20without%2C%20opposite%20of.,-quotations%C2%A0%E2%96%BC. Accessed on 2 Sep, 2023.
- ↑ "ego". Wiktionary, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ego#:~:text=The%20self%2C%20especially%20with%20a%20sense%20of%20self%2Dimportance.. Accessed on 2 Sep, 2023.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Aego". Orientando, https://orientando.org/listas/lista-de-orientacoes/aego/. Accessed on 22 Jun, 2023.
- ↑ invincible-asexual. "A Few More Terms". Tumblr, 10 May, 2015, https://archive.md/2022.02.15-090451/https://invincible-asexual.tumblr.com/post/118611718367/a-few-more-terms.
- ↑ "Aegosexuality". Kinkly, 3rd Feb, 2020, https://archive.md/2022.02.15-085945/https://www.kinkly.com/definition/17639/aegosexuality.
- ↑ aegosexual-moments. "You might be aegosexual if...". Tumblr, 11 May, 2021, https://www.tumblr.com/aegosexual-moments/650882956983992320.
- ↑ hunterinabrowncoat. "Autochorissexuality". Tumblr, 28 Oct, 2014, https://archive.md/ywf4Q#selection-105.0-105.207. Archived on 2 Jan, 2019.
- ↑ pride-color-schemes. "Aegoromantic, Autochorisromantic". Tumblr, 26 Jun, 2016, https://archive.md/2019.05.04-033123/https://pride-color-schemes.tumblr.com/post/146495424425/aegoromantic-autochorisromantic. Archived on 4 May, 2019.
- ↑ Pride-Flags. "Aegoalterous / Autochorisalterous". DeviantArt, 16 Oct, 2015, https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Aegoalterous-Autochorisalterous-566126558.
- ↑ Pride-Flags. "Aego- / Autochoris- (1)". DeviantArt, 24 Jun, 2016, https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Aego-Autochoris-1-617324988.
- ↑ pride-color-schemes. "Aegoplatonic / Autochorisplatonic (1)". DeviantArt, 16 Oct, 2015, https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Aegoplatonic-Autochorisplatonic-1-566126561.
- ↑ Pride-Flags. "Aegoqueerplatonic Pride Flag (1)". DeviantArt, 27 Jun, 2016, https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Aegoqueerplatonic-Pride-Flag-1-585726473.
- ↑ Pride-Flags. "Aegoromantic / Autochorisromantic Pride Flag (1)". DeviantArt, 24 Aug, 2015, https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Aegoromantic-Autochorisromantic-Pride-Flag-1-555820299.
- ↑ Pride-Flags. "Aegosensual / Autochorissensual". DeviantArt, 21 Jan, 2016, https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Aegosensual-Autochorissensual-585726479.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 hunterinabrowncoat. "I’d like to humbly put forward this flag as a suggestion". Tumblr, 23 Jul, 2014, https://hunterinabrowncoat.tumblr.com/post/92665703641/id-like-to-humbly-put-forward-this-flag-as-a.
- ↑ Starlit Glass. "Aegoromanticflux". LGBTQIA+ Wiki, 16 Mar, 2021, https://www.lgbtqia.wiki/wiki/Aegoromanticflux.
- ↑ Starlit Glass. "Aegosexualflux". LGBTQIA+ Wiki, 16 Mar, 2021, https://www.lgbtqia.wiki/wiki/Aegosexualflux.
- ↑ Pride-Flags. "Aegoflux". DeviantArt, 13 Jun, 2021, https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Aegoflux-orientation-882482089.
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 xeno-aligned. "A member of the aegosexual community...". Tumblr, https://archive.md/2022.02.15-090619/https://xeno-aligned.tumblr.com/post/625867415855808513/a-member-of-the-aegosexual-community-helped#selection-305.0-307.1. Archived on 15 Feb, 2022.
- ↑ Pride-Flags. "Aegoplatonic / Autochorisplatonic (2)". DeviantArt, 16 Jun, 2016, https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Aegoplatonic-Autochorisplatonic-2-615643806.
- ↑ Pride-Flags. "Aegoromantic / Autochorisromantic (2)". DeviantArt, 30 Aug, 2015, https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Aegoromantic-Autochorisromantic-2-556890779.
- ↑ Pride-Flags. "Aegoromantic Pride Flag (3)". DeviantArt, 23 May, 2016, https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Aegoromantic-Pride-Flag-3-610629766.
- ↑ Pride-Flags. "Aegoromantic Pride Flag (4)". DeviantArt, 23 May, 2016, https://lgbtqia.mywikis.wiki/wiki/File:Aegoromantic_4.jpg.
- ↑ Pride-Flags. "Aegoqueerplatonic Pride Flag (2)". DeviantArt, 27 Jun, 2016, https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Aegoqueerplatonic-Pride-Flag-2-585726467.
- ↑ Pride-Flags. "Aego- / Autochoris- (2)". DeviantArt, 24 Jun, 2016, https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Aego-Autochoris-2-617324980.
