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Can Bisexual People Use the Split Attraction Model? (opens the original)
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There’s a strange idea that occasionally circulates online: that the split attraction model is biphobic or homophobic.If you’re unfamiliar with the term, the split attraction model (SAM) is the idea that different forms of attraction—most commonly sexual and romantic attraction—don’t necessarily have to point in the same direction. Someone might, for example, be asexual but biromantic, or bisexual but heteroromantic. The framework is particularly common in asexual and aromantic communities, wh
A Fourth ASA Award—and a Question About Gender (opens the original)
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I’m writing today to share some good news. My article on gender detachment, published in Socius, received an Honorable Mention for the 2026 Distinguished Article Award from the American Sociological Association’s Section on Sexualities.I’m especially excited because this is my fourth national award from the American Sociological Association (ASA). And this award comes exactly a year after another article of mine—this time examining why so many asexual people find resonance in bi/pansexual identi
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