fluid sexuality

Desire changes over time

Fluid sexuality is the experience of sexual attraction that shifts over time rather than remaining fixed.

Someone with fluid sexuality might be attracted primarily to one gender for years, then find their attractions broadening or changing direction.

The concept challenges the assumption that orientation is determined early and stays constant throughout life.

She describes her sexuality as fluid—she dated men in her twenties but has been with women for the past decade.

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stability/fixedness of sexual orientation

fluid sexualityborn this way

Intrinsic from origin

categorical vs. spectrum models of sexuality

fluid sexualityheteronormativity

Assumed universal straightness

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