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Dionysos the Demisexual
This week we are exploring Dionysos as a manifestation of demisexuality.
While scholars have long discussed an asexuality represented in Dionysos, we can be a bit more specific when we detach from asexuality as an academic construct and consider the full asexual spectrum.
Human rituals often represent this, but they are representing the same sexuality of satyrs and nymphs. Dionysos is surrounded by supernatural beings engaging in hypersexuality, while practically never taking part directly. These rituals are often based on mythical narratives.
Pallene was a Thracian princess who engages in a…
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