Sapphism

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Sapphic
Pronunciation /ˈsæfɪk/ ⓘ
Etymology Sappho + -ism or -ic
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Derivatives Sapphist [2]
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Flag nameSapphic pride flag [5] [6]

Sapphism is an umbrella term for women loving women (WLW); any woman attracted to women or in a relationship with another woman, regardless of their sexual orientations, and encompassing the romantic love between women. It is the female equivalent of Uranian and Achillean.

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Etymology

Sappho, by Enrique Simonet. Simonet - Safo.jpg
Sappho, by Enrique Simonet.

The term sapphism has been used since the 1890s, [7] and derives from Sappho, a Greek poet whose verses included her accounts of sexual and romantic love between women. [8] She was born on the Greek island Lesbos, which also inspired the term lesbianism. [9] [10]

Sappho's work is one of the few ancient references to sapphic love. Her poetry, significant in quality, is a rare example of a woman speaking of her love for other women in ancient history. [11] [12]

Use

The term sapphic encompasses the experiences of lesbian, bisexual, gynephilic, plurisexual, and multiromantic women, and also women who are attracted to women but decline a label, experience a fluid sexuality, or are questioning their sexuality. [13] [14] Asexual and aromantic women who are attracted to a woman can also be sapphic. [15] [16]

Using the term more broadly, some sapphic individuals may be non-binary. [17] [18] There are also equivalent terms for relationships between men (Uranian, Achillean), [19] between a man and a woman (duaric) [20] and involving at least one non-binary person (diamoric or enbian). [21]

Sapphic is also used in Lesbian literature for works involving at least one relationship between women, regardless of whether they are lesbian or not. [22] [23] [24]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Llewellyn, Anna (10 November 2022). "'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. ↑ "Sapphist, n. Meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary".
  3. ↑ "Symbols". Queer Cafe. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  4. ↑ "Elástica explica: termos juvélicos". Elástica – Todos do mesmo lado (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  5. ↑ "Symbols". Queer Cafe. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  6. ↑ "Elástica explica: termos juvélicos". Elástica – Todos do mesmo lado (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  7. ↑ "Sapphic (adj.)". Etymonline.com. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  8. ↑ Torres, Bolívar (26 June 2021). "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 Portuguese). Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  9. ↑ "sapphism". Oxford Reference. Oxford University Press . Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  10. ↑ Doble, Flora (27 July 2020). "Sapphic Sexuality: Lesbian Myth and Reality in Art and Sculpture". Art UK . Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  11. ↑ Reynolds, Margaret (15 December 2010). The Sappho Companion. Random House. ISBN   978-1-4464-1376-0.[ page needed ]
  12. ↑ "Cosas que debes saber sobre las mujeres sáficas" [Things you need to know about sapphic women]. Saficosmos (in Spanish). 14 August 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  13. ↑ Janssen, Diederik F. (5 June 2023). "Monosexual/Plurisexual: A Concise History". Journal of Homosexuality . 71 (8): 1839–1862. doi: 10.1080/00918369.2023.2218957 . ISSN   0091-8369. PMID   37272900.
  14. ↑ Breetveld, Robin Rose (2023). Bisexual (Un)belonging: Exploring the Socio-spatial Negotiation of Plurisexual Individuals in LGBT+ and Queer Spaces (doctoral thesis). University of Kent. doi: 10.22024/UniKent/01.02.105513 .
  15. ↑ 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.
  16. ↑ Klein, Ula Lukszo (2023). "Sapphic Relations". In Eron, Sarah; Aljoe, Nicole N.; Kaul, Suvir (eds.). The Routledge Companion to Eighteenth-Century Literatures in English. Routledge. pp. 287–298. doi:10.4324/9781003271208-30. ISBN   978-1-003-27120-8.
  17. ↑ Dyer, Harriet (2021). The Little Book of LGBTQ+: An A–Z of Gender and Sexual Identities. Summersdale Publishers. ISBN   978-1-78783-974-8.[ page needed ]
  18. ↑ Hamou, Yasmine (27 April 2022). "What Does It Mean to Be Sapphic?". Them.us . Condé Nast. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  19. ↑ Barron, Victoria (21 February 2023). Perfectly Queer: An Illustrated Introduction. Jessica Kingsley Publishers. ISBN   978-1-83997-409-0.[ page needed ]
  20. ↑ Lacsko, Madeleine [in Portuguese]. "Termos juvélicos: 100 novas orientações sexuais para você decorar ou ser cancelado". Gazeta do Povo (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 29 November 2023. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  21. ↑ Hardell, Ash (8 November 2016). The ABC's of LGBT+. Mango Media. ISBN   978-1-63353-408-7.[ page needed ]
  22. ↑ Nygård, Ida Sofie Sverkeli (2021). Sapphic Representations in Contemporary Young Adult Literature (master's thesis). Western Norway University of Applied Sciences. hdl: 11250/2992128 .
  23. ↑ Peyre, Henri (1979). "On the Sapphic Motif in Modern French Literature". Dalhousie French Studies. 1: 3–33. ISSN   0711-8813. JSTOR   40836208.
  24. ↑ 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.[ page needed ]
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