gynesexualとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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From Ancient Greek γυνή (gunḗ, “woman”) + -sexual.

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gynesexual (comparative more gynesexual, superlative most gynesexual)

1. Attracted to women and/or to femininity regardless of gender.

   Coordinate term: androsexual

   • 2023, Shari Thurer, Beyond the Binary: Essays on Gender:

     […] females, and/or femininity, regardless of whether the people they are attracted to were assigned female at birth. Gynosexual/gynesexual people: Individuals who experience sexual attraction toward women, females, and/or femininity […]

   1. Sexually attracted to women.
      • 2010, Craig Kridel, Encyclopedia of Curriculum Studies, page 893:

        In the past, the terms homosexual and heterosexual were used […] literature now uses terms such as attracted to men (androsexual), attracted to women (gynosexual), attracted to both or attracted to neither to describe a person's sexual orientation […]

      • 2010, Roger I. Abrams, Sports Justice: The Law and the Business of Sports

        […] androsexual men are attracted to men and gynosexual women are attracted to women.

      • 2014, Naomi S Tucker, Bisexual Politics: Theories, Queries, and Visions:

        Even if I agreed that it is useful to have words to name the sex(es) to whom someone is erotically attracted, I would not have to use the categories homosexual and heterosexual. I could just as easily divide the word up into gynosexual (attracted to women), androsexual (attracted to men), and bisexual (attracted to both).

   2. Sexually attracted to femininity, regardless of gender.

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gynesexual (plural gynesexuals)

1. A gynesexual person or organism.