split attraction model

Art by Ally Armstrong A boy and girl fall in love. They have a whirlwind marriage and have three children to round out the family. In this case, which is a heavily-exampled stereotype in the media, romance and sexual attraction are two peas in a pod — never to be seen as separate identities.The LGBTQ+ community offers an alternative idea: the Split Attraction Model, or … [Read more...] about The SAM: Splitting the Difference Between Romantic and Sexual Orientations