Objectophilia

Not to be confused with Sexual objectification.

Object sexuality or objectophilia is a group of paraphilias characterized by sexual or romantic attraction focused on particular inanimate objects. Individuals with this attraction may have strong feelings of love and commitment to certain items or structures of their fixation. Some do not desire sexual or close emotional relationships with humans. Object-sexual individuals also often believe in animism, and sense reciprocation based on the belief that objects have souls, intelligence, feelings, and the ability to communicate. Given that inanimate objects are inert and not harmed through object sexuality, most questions of objectophilia's legality or ethical provenance have not arisen. Public sexual consummation of object-sexual desires may be dealt with through public nudity or anti-exhibitionism legislation.

Object-sexual individuals have a variety of different experiences based on who they are. Some see the objects that they are attracted to as having a gender, and within that category of people, the object's gender can be interpreted either by what the object means to them or by some other means. Other things that differ between individuals are relationship styles, which can be monogamous or polyamorous, communication styles with the objects, and intimacy challenges based on the distance between the person and the object.

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