In essence, Freud believed that sex is a motivator of all things, as opposed to the modern meaning of one's sexual orientation. Victor Haberman unpacked psychologist Sigmund Freud's theory which was that 'the pan-sexualism of mental life which makes every trend revert finally to the sexual’. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, 'pansexual' first appeared in 1914 as the word 'pan-sexualism' in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology.Ī doctor named J. Though the term has come to the surface of popular culture in recent years, pansexuality has actually been around since the early 20th century.
If I dig your energy, I dig you.' Is pansexuality a 'new trend'? Jazz Jennings, trans advocate and star of American reality show I Am Jazz, previously told Cosmopolitan of how she describes living as a pansexual as: ‘Physically, I think I'm more attracted to boys but sometimes I'm attracted to girls too, so it's weird.’Īlexa, 25, told Teen Voguethat she figured out her pansexual identity when she fell in love with another woman, post-college: 'I wouldn't go so far to say I'm gender-blind I work off energy. It's more that I love someone for their soul.’
'Being pansexual basically means to me that you are attracted to anyone, no matter their sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, everything,’ a description on the organisation’s website reads.
