Sapphism

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

For other uses, see Sapphic (disambiguation).
Sapphic
Pronunciation/sæfIk/
EtymologySappho + -ism or -ic
Abbreviations
Subcategories
Other terms
DerivativesSapphist
Flag
Flag nameSapphic pride flag[4][5]

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

Etymology

The term has been used since the 1890s.[6] It derives from Sappho, a Greek poetess whose verses mainly focused on love between women and her own homosexual passions.[7] She was born on the Greek island Lesbos, which also inspired the term lesbianism.[8][9]

Sappho's work 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.[10][11]

Use

The term sapphic encompasses the experiences of lesbians and bisexual women, for example, among other plurisexual and multiromantic individuals.[12][13] Asexual and aromantic women who are attracted to a woman are also sapphic.[14][15]

Some sapphic individuals may be non-binary or genderqueer, using the term more broadly.[16][17] There are also equivalent terms for relationships between men (Achillean, named in reference of Achilles and Patroclus,[18] or Vincian, referencing sexuality of Leonardo da Vinci),[19] between a man and a woman (duaric), and involving at least one non-binary person (diamoric or enbian).[20][21]

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

See also
Look up sapphic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

References
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  7. 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.
  8. "sapphism". Oxford Reference. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  9. Doble, Flora (27 July 2020). "Sapphic Sexuality: Lesbian Myth and Reality in Art and Sculpture". Art UK. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  10. Reynolds, Margaret (15 December 2010). The Sappho Companion. Random House. ISBN 978-1-4464-1376-0.
  11. "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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. Dyer, Harriet (2021). The Little Book of LGBTQ+: An A–Z of Gender and Sexual Identities. Summersdale Publishers. ISBN 978-1-78783-974-8.
  17. Hamou, Yasmine (27 April 2022). "What Does It Mean to Be Sapphic?". Them. Condé Nast. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  18. Barron, Victoria (21 February 2023). Perfectly Queer: An Illustrated Introduction. Jessica Kingsley Publishers. ISBN 978-1-83997-409-0.
  19. 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 (21 July 2023). "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. PMC 10403793.
  20. Hardell, Ash (8 November 2016). The ABC's of LGBT+. Mango Media. ISBN 978-1-63353-408-7.
  21. 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.
  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.
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