Let’s go to the starting point: sapiosexual became popular in the online scene, especially in social networks and dating apps. 

Many put it within the LGBTQ+ spectrum, but there are also many who have their sexual preference well defined.

What does sapiosexual mean?

Sapiosexual is the person who is sexually attracted to others based on their level of intelligence, intellect, and way of thinking beyond the physical part or economic status. 

If we get meticulous: “wise” comes from the Latin “sapere”.

Of course, in this day and age, there are more terms on offer à la carte, but there are two that can be almost similar, although in the world of the ether they are well differentiated. 

Difference between sapiosexual and demisexual

Demisexual: it has to do with the person who only feels sexual attraction for another person with whom he/she has a love link. 

Sapiosexual: is the one, as we said before, who is aroused by intelligent and higher contents and similar to knowledge. 

Characteristics of sapiosexual people

Now, let’s deploy the range of characteristics that best define it because being sapiosexual is not being a hybrid of the human species. 

• The libido goes through the intelligence of the other person and not the physical.
• The sapiosexual is attracted by the endowments, culture, and knowledge and is stimulated by the intelligence of the other person, more than by an erotic caress.
• According to specialists in the field, there are more sapiosexual women than men, since women activate desire from the brain, while men are more visual.

This doesn’t mean that this is a trait of 100% of the female population. Nothing further from this, but certain currents of experts in the field consider that women combine intelligence with protection and experience, which makes sexuality fit better to this knot of characteristics.

How to know if you are sapiosexual?

Simple: you are interested in having a good conversation, you choose a date in an area of cultural or academic interest rather than having a glass of wine. 

You look for people with a high level of knowledge about particular topics, because you find a debate at an intellectual level with high content that makes you experience sensations without reaching physical contact. 

Another way to realize if you have a sapiosexual in your head is the constant need of senses stimulation. It’s never too late, and you always need to keep learning, so you will always seek to be aware of everything new in cultural, artistic, musical and everything that links you with people and environments of high intellectual level! 

So what do you think? Are you a sapiosexual person?