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Demisexuality
Demisexual is a sexual orientation that indicates that a person can only feel a sexual attraction, "the 'sexual' or lust lure for others" to another person after creating an emotional bond with the person. The type of emotional bonds that are required to create a sexual attraction vary from person to person and can range from a best friend, to a lover, to a co-worker. The time it takes to form the emotional bond required also varies from person to person. Though an emotional connection is required in order for a sexual attraction to occur, this does not mean that demisexuals do not participate in sex. Although demisexuals tend to have less sexual experience it is imperative to "distinguish both a lack of sexual attraction and a lack of sexual desire from a lack of sexual behavior." A person's sexual behavior does not dictate what their sexual orientation is. "Demisexuality is about attraction, not action." "

Demisexuals have a place on the asexual spectrum because of the type of attraction they experience. The asexual spectrum is a spectrum that ranges from non-asexual to asexual. This spectrum is "the grouping of asexual, demisexual, and gray-asexual under a single umbrella related to sexual orientation." Demisexuality falls on the asexual spectrum because, similar to asexuals, they often do not feel sexual attraction. Also like asexuals, demisexuals are often uninterested in intercourse. People who fall under the asexual spectrum are often "more likely to focus on the technical aspects of sexual activity during masturbation or partnered sexual activity." However, demisexuality differs from the term "gray-A" because it is a definite sexual orientation.