Split attraction model

The former is described as having tender and passionate feelings for both men and women, which would be a biromantic bisexual in modern times.

[9][10] The model helps people explain how they can still experience certain aspects of one attraction without the need for the other to be a match.

A recent research study looked deeper into the relationships of asexuals to help explain how people still form meaningful connections, despite deviance of societal norms.

In a practical application of the model, people of the community commonly refer to themselves by two terms to indicate the differing romantic and sexual attraction; examples include aromantic asexual, colloquially shortened aro-ace, panromantic demisexual or aromantic bisexual.

[17] A 2023 study noted that there is a general misunderstanding that different forms of attraction can exist concurrently both within and external to the LGBTQ community.