![]() ![]() ![]() As a psychoanalytic term, it didn’t have the same meaning it has today. ![]() Victor Haberman – specifically the idea that sex motivates all things (hence ‘pan’, the Greek prefix meaning ‘all’). The aforementioned 1914 appearance was a criticism of Sigmund Freud’s method of psychoanalysis by a doctor named J. Pansexuality can be used by people as a way to expressly indicate a wholly inclusive expression of sexuality and one which also indicates solidarity – an attraction to everyone, regardless of who they are. Pansexual, simply put, means attraction that is not limited by biological sex, gender identity or sexual orientation. Today it’s a term increasing in popularity all the time, as people embrace sexual fluidity, reject binaries and redefine what attraction means for them. The term had come a long way since its first appearance in 1914, in the guise of the term ‘pan-sexualism’ in the charmingly-named Journal of Abnormal Psychology. When singer Janelle Monáe described herself as ‘pansexual’ in 2018, it became the Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary’s most-searched word of the day. ![]()
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