Editing Romantic orientation (section)

==Relationship with sexual orientation and asexuality==
{{Main|Split attraction model}}
{{see also|Romantic attraction|Sexual orientation|Sexual attraction}}

The implications of the distinction between romantic and [[sexual orientation]]s have not been fully recognized, nor have they been studied extensively.<ref name=":2">{{cite book |last1=Bogaert |first1=Anthony F. |title=Understanding Asexuality |date=2012 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |isbn=978-1-4422-0101-9 |page=14 }}</ref> It is common for sources to describe sexual orientation as including components of both sexual and romantic (or romantic equivalent) attractions.<ref name=":1"/><ref name=":2"/> Publications investigating the relationship between sexual orientation and romantic orientation are limited. Challenges in collecting information result from survey participants having difficulty identifying or distinguishing between sexual and romantic attractions.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Savin-Williams|first1=Ritch C.|last2=Vrangalova|first2=Zhana|date=2013|title=Mostly heterosexual as a distinct sexual orientation group: A systematic review of the empirical evidence|journal=Developmental Review|volume=33|issue=1|pages=58–88|doi=10.1016/j.dr.2013.01.001 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Priebe|first1=Gisela|last2=Svedin|first2=Carl Göran|date=2013|title=Operationalization of Three Dimensions of Sexual Orientation in a National Survey of Late Adolescents|journal=The Journal of Sex Research|volume=50|issue=8|pages=727–738|doi=10.1080/00224499.2012.713147 |pmid=23136981|s2cid=27288714}}</ref> Asexual individuals experience little to no [[sexual attraction]] (see [[gray asexuality]]); however, they may still experience romantic attraction.<ref name="Helm">{{cite book|vauthors=Helm KM|title=Hooking Up: The Psychology of Sex and Dating|isbn=978-1610699518|publisher=[[ABC-CLIO]]|year=2015|page=32|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O3K9CgAAQBAJ&pg=PA32}}</ref><ref name="Fischer">{{cite book|vauthors=Fischer NL, Seidman S|title=Introducing the New Sexuality Studies|isbn=978-1317449188|publisher=[[Routledge]]|year=2016|page=183|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SEmTDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA183|access-date=November 27, 2019|archive-date=July 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230706223114/https://books.google.com/books?id=SEmTDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA183|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Lisa M. Diamond]] states that a person's romantic orientation can differ from whom the person is sexually attracted to.<ref name=":0">{{cite journal |last1=Diamond |first1=Lisa M. |title=What does sexual orientation orient? A biobehavioral model distinguishing romantic love and sexual desire |journal=Psychological Review |date=January 2003 |volume=110 |issue=1 |pages=173–192 |doi=10.1037/0033-295x.110.1.173 |pmid=12529061 }}</ref> While there is limited research on the discordance between sexual attraction and romantic attraction in individuals, the possibility of [[sexual fluidity|fluidity]] and diversity in attractions have been progressively recognized.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Lund |first1=Emily M. |last2=Thomas |first2=Katie B. |last3=Sias |first3=Christina M. |last4=Bradley |first4=April R. |title=Examining Concordant and Discordant Sexual and Romantic Attraction in American Adults: Implications for Counselors |journal=Journal of LGBT Issues in Counseling |date=October 2016 |volume=10 |issue=4 |pages=211–226 |doi=10.1080/15538605.2016.1233840 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Weinrich |first1=James D. |last2=Klein |first2=Fritz |last3=McCutchan |first3=J. Allen |last4=Grant |first4=Igor |title=Cluster Analysis of the Klein Sexual Orientation Grid in Clinical and Nonclinical Samples: When Bisexuality Is Not Bisexuality |journal=Journal of Bisexuality |date=3 July 2014 |volume=14 |issue=3–4 |pages=349–372 |doi=10.1080/15299716.2014.938398 |pmc=4267693 |pmid=25530727}}</ref> Researchers Bulmer and Izuma found that people who identify as aromantic often have more negative attitudes in relation to romance. While roughly 1% of the population identifies as asexual, 74% of those people reported having some form of romantic attraction.<ref name=":5">{{cite journal |last1=Antonsen |first1=Amy N. |last2=Zdaniuk |first2=Bozena |last3=Yule |first3=Morag |last4=Brotto |first4=Lori A. |title=Ace and Aro: Understanding Differences in Romantic Attractions Among Persons Identifying as Asexual |journal=Archives of Sexual Behavior |date=July 2020 |volume=49 |issue=5 |pages=1615–1630 |doi=10.1007/s10508-019-01600-1 |pmid=32095971 }}</ref> 

A concept commonly used by people that experience discordant romantic and sexual attraction is the [[split attraction model]], which tries to explain that romantic and sexual attractions are not exclusively tied together and is often used by people of the asexual and aromantic community to explain their differing romantic versus sexual orientations. The abbreviation aroace (or aro-ace) can be used for someone who is both aromantic ('aro') and asexual ('ace').<ref>{{cite web |title=aro-ace |url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/aro-ace |website=Collins Dictionary |access-date=11 September 2024}}</ref>