Sapiosexuality

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The noun compound sapiosexuality (from Latin sapere , 'to know' and sexuality ) denotes the erotic attraction to the intellect of another person. The term can, but does not have to, express a preference for particularly intelligent people. It is mostly about stimulation based on the other person's particular way of thinking. Sapiosexual persons are sometimes referred to as "nymphobrainiacs", which is sometimes perceived as extreme or pathologizing .

The term, which originated in the English-speaking world in the 1990s, was added to the Urban Dictionary in 2002. In the English-speaking world, in addition to the general echo on the web, there are some reviews of the term in science blogs. The evolutionary psychologist Geoffrey Miller showed in a study of 400 Vietnam veterans that IQ and sperm quality correlate, and proposed that high intelligence in men could possibly signal good genes for women and could therefore represent a stimulus.

In the German-speaking world, it was introduced with columns by Stefan Schmitt and the associated dictionary. The online lexicon for psychology and education speaks of a "questionable neologism ". The sexologist Ulrich Clement argues that intelligence appears attractive regardless of sexual preferences because it promises long-term resources and thus enables long-term planning of life together.

See also

Web links

  • Sapiosexuality - definition in the online lexicon for psychology and education .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Word creation sapiosexuality: intellect turns on. In: The time . July 25, 2014, accessed May 22, 2015.
  2. ↑ a b Sapiosexuality: What Attracts You to the Opposite Sex? In: Psychology Today . Retrieved May 24, 2015 .
  3. ↑ sapiosexuality. In: Urban Dictionary. Retrieved May 24, 2015 .
  4. ^ Richard Alleyne: Being smart really is sexy. In: telegraph.co.uk . Retrieved August 3, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Stefan Schmitt: From digital dementia to information vegans. 1st edition. dtv, 2014, ISBN 978-3-423-28032-7 .
  6. ↑ Sapiosexuality . In: Online Lexicon for Psychology and Education , accessed May 25, 2015.
  7. ↑ Wenke Husmann: Is that sapiosexual desire now? In: Zeit.de . Retrieved August 3, 2016 .