A recent review of cultural and academic discourse presented evidence that some people experience attraction to two (or more) people in a preexisting relationship. This phenomenon, symbiosexuality, is understudied in the field of sexuality. Lack of recognition and validation for this attraction, including in the polyamorous community, may be negatively impacting those who experience symbiosexual attraction. I conducted an integrated mixed-methods analysis of secondary data from the 2023 The Pleasure Study to learn more about symbiosexual attraction. Findings from this study support the hypothesis that people experience symbiosexual attraction, which they describe as an attraction to the energy, multidimensionality, and power shared between people in relationships. Further, findings from this study indicate that a diverse group of people experience symbiosexual attraction and, while unanticipated, symbiosexual attraction can be a strong, frequent, and/or pervasive experience. These findings push the boundaries of the concepts of desire and sexual orientation in sexuality studies and challenge the ongoing invisibility and invalidation of and stigma and discrimination against such attractions, within both the polyamorous community and our broader mononormative culture.

最近对文化和学术话语的回顾提供了证据，表明有些人会被两个（或更多）已有关系的人所吸引。这种共生性现象在性领域尚未得到充分研究。对这种吸引力缺乏认可和验证，包括在多角恋社区中，可能会对那些经历共生性吸引力的人产生负面影响。我对 2023 年快乐研究的二手数据进行了综合混合方法分析，以了解有关共生性吸引力的更多信息。这项研究的结果支持了这样的假设：人们会经历共生性吸引力，他们将其描述为对人际关系中人与人之间共享的能量、多维性和权力的吸引力。此外，这项研究的结果表明，不同群体的人都会经历共生性吸引力，尽管是出乎意料的，但共生性吸引力可能是一种强烈、频繁和/或普遍的体验。这些发现突破了性研究中欲望和性取向概念的界限，并挑战了在多角恋社区和我们更广泛的单一规范文化中，对这些吸引力持续存在的不可见性、无效性、耻辱和歧视。