Sapphism

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Sapphic
EtymologySappho + -ism or -ic
Abbreviations
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DerivativesSapphist
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Sapphic pride flag[2][3]
Sapphic pride flag[2][3]
Flag nameSapphic pride flag[2][3]

Sapphism is umbrella term for any woman attracted to women or in relationship with another woman, encompassing the sexual orientations and the romantic love between women.

The term is inclusive of individuals who are lesbian, bisexual or pansexual, on the aromantic or asexual spectrum, or queer. There are also sapphic people who are non-binary or genderqueer.

Etymology[edit]

The term is being used since around 1890.[4] The term derives from Sappho, a Greek poetess whose verses mainly focused on love between women and her own homosexual passions.[5] She was born on the Greek island Lesbos, which also inspired the term lesbianism.[6][7]

Sappho’s work, largely destroyed by Gregory VII in the 11th century, is one of the few ancient references to sapphic love. Her poetry, significant in quality, is a rare example of female sexuality separated from reproduction in history.[8][9]

Use[edit]

The term sapphic encompasses the experiences of lesbians and bisexual women, for example, among other plurisexual and multiromantic individuals.[10][11] Asexual and aromantic women who are attracted at least to a woman are also sapphic.[12][13]

Some sapphic individuals may be non-binary or genderqueer, using the term more broadly.[14][15] There are also equivalent terms for relationships between men (Achillean, named in reference of Achilles and Patroclus,[16] or Vincian, reference of sexuality of Leonardo da Vinci),[17] between a man and a woman (duaric), and involving at least one non-binary person (diamoric or enbian).[18][19]

Sapphic is also used in LGBT literature for works involving at least one relationship between women, regardless if they are lesbian or not.[20][21][22]

See also[edit]

Look up sapphic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Llewellyn, Anna (2022-11-10). ""A Space Where Queer Is Normalized": The Online World and Fanfictions as Heterotopias for WLW". Journal of Homosexuality. 69 (13): 2348–2369. doi:10.1080/00918369.2021.1940012. ISSN 0091-8369. PMID 34185633.
  2. ^ "Symbols". queercafe.net. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
  3. ^ "Elástica explica: termos juvélicos". Elástica – Todos do mesmo lado (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-04-28.
  4. ^ "Sapphic Definition & Meaning". Merriam-Webster. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
  5. ^ Torres, Bolívar (2021-06-26). "Identidade sáfica: como uma poeta nascida há 2 mil anos virou referência nos estudos de gênero" [Sapphic identity: how a poet born 2 thousand years ago became a reference in gender studies]. O Globo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-04-28.
  6. ^ "sapphism". Oxford Reference. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
  7. ^ Doble, Flora (27 July 2020). "Sapphic sexuality: lesbian myth and reality in art and sculpture". Art UK. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
  8. ^ Reynolds, Margaret (2010-12-15). The Sappho Companion. Random House. ISBN 978-1-4464-1376-0.
  9. ^ "Cosas que debes saber sobre las mujeres sáficas" [Things you need to know about sapphic women]. Saficosmos (in Mexican Spanish). 2023-08-14. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
  10. ^ Janssen, Diederik F. (2023-06-05). "Monosexual/Plurisexual: A Concise History". Journal of Homosexuality: 1–24. doi:10.1080/00918369.2023.2218957. ISSN 0091-8369. PMID 37272900.
  11. ^ Breetveld, Robin Rose (December 2023). Bisexual (un)belonging: Exploring the socio-spatial negotiation of plurisexual individuals in LGBT+ and queer spaces (phd thesis). University of Kent. doi:10.22024/UniKent/01.02.105513.
  12. ^ Winer, Canton; Carroll, Megan; Yang, Yuchen; Linder, Katherine; Miles, Brittney (February 2024). ""I Didn't Know Ace Was a Thing": Bisexuality and pansexuality as identity pathways in asexual identity formation". Sexualities. 27 (1–2): 267–289. doi:10.1177/13634607221085485. ISSN 1363-4607.
  13. ^ Klein, Ula Lukszo (2023), "Sapphic Relations", The Routledge Companion to Eighteenth-Century Literatures in English, Routledge, pp. 287–298, doi:10.4324/9781003271208-30, ISBN 978-1-003-27120-8, retrieved 2024-04-29
  14. ^ Dyer, Harriet (2021). The Little Book of LGBTQ+: An A-Z of Gender and Sexual Identities. Summersdale Publishers. ISBN 978-1-78783-974-8.
  15. ^ Nast, Condé (2022-04-27). "What Does It Mean to Be Sapphic?". Them. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
  16. ^ Barron, Victoria (2023-02-21). Perfectly Queer: An Illustrated Introduction. Jessica Kingsley Publishers. ISBN 978-1-83997-409-0.
  17. ^ Wrightson-Hester, Aimee-Rose; Anderson, Georgia; Dunstan, Joel; McEvoy, Peter M.; Sutton, Christopher J.; Myers, Bronwyn; Egan, Sarah; Tai, Sara; Johnston-Hollitt, Melanie; Chen, Wai; Gedeon, Tom; Mansell, Warren (2023-07-21). "An Artificial Therapist (Manage Your Life Online) to Support the Mental Health of Youth: Co-Design and Case Series". JMIR Human Factors. 10 (1): e46849. doi:10.2196/46849.
  18. ^ Hardell, Ash (2016-11-08). The ABC's of LGBT+. Mango Media Inc. ISBN 978-1-63353-408-7.
  19. ^ Lacsko, Madeleine. "Termos juvélicos: 100 novas orientações sexuais para você decorar ou ser cancelado". Gazeta do Povo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2023-11-29. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
  20. ^ Nygård, Ida Sofie Sverkeli (2021). Sapphic Representations in Contemporary Young Adult Literature (Master thesis thesis). Høgskulen på Vestlandet.
  21. ^ Peyre, Henri (1979). "On the Sapphic Motif in Modern French Literature". Dalhousie French Studies. 1: 3–33. ISSN 0711-8813. JSTOR 40836208.
  22. ^ Hackett, Robin (2004). Sapphic Primitivism: Productions of Race, Class, and Sexuality in Key Works of Modern Fiction. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 978-0-8135-3347-6.
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