Do you know any unrelated female adult you love as human but are not attracted to romantically or sexually?

Question

This question is obviously for heterosexual males.

No, I am not talking about females who are not in your age group or are related to you or you do not know personally and do not meet regularly.

Answer 1

So only after 22 hours the first species of your target group is reacting? What are the others?

I think same as in more romantic love, its in the eye of the beholder. In the negative sense it means that difference in gender will forcebly play a factor in any sort of contact if you were brought up to believe so. No offense, but the idea of macho in latino settings comes close to that.

In the positive sense, I believe its possible to free yourself of even the most basic of prejudices if you really make the effort. See how much effort it takes to really read this entry in the same way if my picture showed me being a bushman, or to value my words exactly the same if I really was one. Its hard, but you would never say it to be impossible.

Closer to home, the attraction is obviously removed in case of family. I'd say its hard to copy that attitude to others, but you know you will never think of it as impossible. Or at least, it will be temporary, as you can imagine even miss world being classified as a regular colleague in your mind after enough days on the job.

Then ofcourse, with regular contact, the attraction will come, but again, it is produced in your own mind as nicely put in the idea of 'opening up' to someone. And as its usually nothing but harmless, no need to surpress it. Easy and fun, but possible to resist.