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Objectum sexuality: A sexual orientation linked with autism and synaesthesia
Objectum-sexuality (OS) is a sexual orientation which has received little attention in the academic literature. Individuals who identify as OS experience emotional, romantic and/or sexual feelings towards inanimate objects (e.g. a bridge, a statue). We tested 34 OS individuals and 88 controls, and p...
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2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6934473/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31882730 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-56449-0 |
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author | Simner, Julia Hughes, James E. A. Sagiv, Noam |
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description | Objectum-sexuality (OS) is a sexual orientation which has received little attention in the academic literature. Individuals who identify as OS experience emotional, romantic and/or sexual feelings towards inanimate objects (e.g. a bridge, a statue). We tested 34 OS individuals and 88 controls, and provide the first empirical evidence that OS is linked to two separate neurodevelopmental traits - autism and synaesthesia. We show that OS individuals possess significantly higher rates of diagnosed autism and significantly stronger autistic traits compared to controls, as well as a significantly higher prevalence of synaesthesia, and significant synaesthetic traits inherent in the nature of their attractions. Our results suggest that OS may encapsulate autism and synaesthesia within its phenomenology. Our data speak to debates concerning the biological underpinnings of sexuality, to models of autism and synaesthesia, and to psychological and philosophical models of romantic love. |
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spelling | pubmed-69344732019-12-29 Objectum sexuality: A sexual orientation linked with autism and synaesthesia Simner, Julia Hughes, James E. A. Sagiv, Noam Sci Rep Article Objectum-sexuality (OS) is a sexual orientation which has received little attention in the academic literature. Individuals who identify as OS experience emotional, romantic and/or sexual feelings towards inanimate objects (e.g. a bridge, a statue). We tested 34 OS individuals and 88 controls, and provide the first empirical evidence that OS is linked to two separate neurodevelopmental traits - autism and synaesthesia. We show that OS individuals possess significantly higher rates of diagnosed autism and significantly stronger autistic traits compared to controls, as well as a significantly higher prevalence of synaesthesia, and significant synaesthetic traits inherent in the nature of their attractions. Our results suggest that OS may encapsulate autism and synaesthesia within its phenomenology. Our data speak to debates concerning the biological underpinnings of sexuality, to models of autism and synaesthesia, and to psychological and philosophical models of romantic love. Nature Publishing Group UK 2019-12-27 /pmc/articles/PMC6934473/ /pubmed/31882730 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-56449-0 Text en © The Author(s) 2019 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
spellingShingle | Article Simner, Julia Hughes, James E. A. Sagiv, Noam Objectum sexuality: A sexual orientation linked with autism and synaesthesia |
title | Objectum sexuality: A sexual orientation linked with autism and synaesthesia |
title_full | Objectum sexuality: A sexual orientation linked with autism and synaesthesia |
title_fullStr | Objectum sexuality: A sexual orientation linked with autism and synaesthesia |
title_full_unstemmed | Objectum sexuality: A sexual orientation linked with autism and synaesthesia |
title_short | Objectum sexuality: A sexual orientation linked with autism and synaesthesia |
title_sort | objectum sexuality: a sexual orientation linked with autism and synaesthesia |
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url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6934473/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31882730 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-56449-0 |
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