Fictosexuality

Fictosexuality
Definition	Attraction to fictional characters
Parent category	Asexuality
Other terms
Associated terms	Gray asexuality; object sexuality;

Fictosexuality is sexual attraction towards fictional characters.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] Romantic attraction towards fictional characters is called fictoromantic.^[4]^[6]

The term fictosexuality describes the desire to engage in sexual or romantic relationships with a fictional character,^[1] or the experience of desire for fictional sexual material distinct from desire for flesh-and-blood people.^[1]^[7] The asexual community has used the term to describe people who experience sexual attraction exclusively to fictional characters and not to real people,^[1]^[4]^[5] although not all people who use the term to describe themselves also consider themselves asexual.^{[citation needed]}

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Matsuura, Yuu (2021). 日常生活の自明性によるクレイム申し立ての「予めの排除／抹消」――「性的指向」概念に適合しないセクシュアリティの語られ方に注目して ["Foreclosure/Erasure" of Claims-Making by the Everyday Life as Taken for Granted: Discourse Analysis about "Fictosexual" as Sexuality that does not Conform to "Sexual Orientation"]. Journal of Social Problems (in Japanese). 36: 67–83. doi:10.50885/shabyo.36.0_67.
^ Matsuura, Yuu (2024). Tsuji, Yosuke; Sakamaki, Shitone (eds.). "素肉は肉より出でて、しかし肉には非らず──ヒューマノジェンダリズム批判序説" [Mock Meat, That Imitates Meat but Is Not Meat—An Introduction to Criticism of Humano-Genderism]. Ghost in the Shell Official Global Site. Ghost in the Shell M.M.A. - Messed Mesh Ambitions_. Kodansha.
^ Cite error: The named reference :3 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ ^a ^b ^c Barron, Victoria (2023). Amazing ace, awesome aro: an illustrated exploration. London ; Philadelphia: Jessica Kingsley Publishers. ISBN 978-1-83997-714-5.
^ ^a ^b Daigle-Orians, Cody (21 February 2023). I Am Ace: Advice on Living Your Best Asexual Life. Jessica Kingsley Publishers. ISBN 978-1839972621.
^ Rendle, Samantha (2023). Hopeless aromantic: an affirmative guide to aromanticism. London ; Philadelphia: Jessica Kingsley Publishers. ISBN 978-1-83997-367-3.
^ Matsuura, Yuu (2023). "Basic Terms of Fictosexuality Studies". Research Map. Retrieved 2023-10-21.

[Matsuura-2021-1] Matsuura, Yuu (2021). 日常生活の自明性によるクレイム申し立ての「予めの排除／抹消」――「性的指向」概念に適合しないセクシュアリティの語られ方に注目して ["Foreclosure/Erasure" of Claims-Making by the Everyday Life as Taken for Granted: Discourse Analysis about "Fictosexual" as Sexuality that does not Conform to "Sexual Orientation"]. Journal of Social Problems (in Japanese). 36: 67–83. doi:10.50885/shabyo.36.0_67.

[:4-2] Matsuura, Yuu (2024). Tsuji, Yosuke; Sakamaki, Shitone (eds.). "素肉は肉より出でて、しかし肉には非らず──ヒューマノジェンダリズム批判序説" [Mock Meat, That Imitates Meat but Is Not Meat—An Introduction to Criticism of Humano-Genderism]. Ghost in the Shell Official Global Site. Ghost in the Shell M.M.A. - Messed Mesh Ambitions_. Kodansha.

[:3-3] Cite error: The named reference :3 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[:2-4] Barron, Victoria (2023). Amazing ace, awesome aro: an illustrated exploration. London ; Philadelphia: Jessica Kingsley Publishers. ISBN 978-1-83997-714-5.

[Daigle-Orians-2023-5] Daigle-Orians, Cody (21 February 2023). I Am Ace: Advice on Living Your Best Asexual Life. Jessica Kingsley Publishers. ISBN 978-1839972621.

[6] Rendle, Samantha (2023). Hopeless aromantic: an affirmative guide to aromanticism. London ; Philadelphia: Jessica Kingsley Publishers. ISBN 978-1-83997-367-3.

[:0-7] Matsuura, Yuu (2023). "Basic Terms of Fictosexuality Studies". Research Map. Retrieved 2023-10-21.

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