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[[File:Eugen de Blaas The Flirtation.jpg|thumb|right|250px|''The Flirtation'' (1904), by [[Eugene de Blaas]]]]
'''Sexual attraction''' is [[interpersonal attraction|attraction]] on the basis of [[sexual desire]] or the quality of arousing such interest.<ref name="Sexual attraction">{{cite web|title=Sexual attraction|publisher=[[TheFreeDictionary.com]]|access-date=December 16, 2011|url=http://www.thefreedictionary.com/sexual+attraction|archive-date=March 31, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331224102/http://www.thefreedictionary.com/sexual+attraction|url-status=live}}</ref> '''Sexual attractiveness''' or '''sex appeal''' is an individual's ability to attract other people sexually, and is a factor in [[sexual selection]] or [[mate choice]]. The attraction can be to the [[physical attraction|physical]] or other qualities or traits of a person, or to such qualities in the context where they appear. The attraction may be to a person's [[aesthetics]], movements, voice
Though attempts have been made to devise objective criteria of sexual attractiveness and measure it as [[Individual capital|one of several bodily forms]] of [[capital asset]] (e.g. [[erotic capital]]), a person's sexual attractiveness is to a large extent a subjective measure dependent on another person's interest, perception, and [[sexual orientation]]. For example, a [[Homosexuality|gay or lesbian person]] would typically find a person of the same sex to be more attractive than one of the other sex. A [[bisexuality|bisexual person]] would find either sex to be attractive. [[Asexuality]] refers to those who do not experience sexual attraction for either sex, though they may have [[Romantic orientation|romantic attraction]] or a non-directed libido.<ref name=asexualityarchive>{{cite web|title=Things That Are Not Asexuality|url=http://www.asexualityarchive.com/things-that-are-not-asexuality/|website=Asexuality Archive|date=2012-05-27|access-date=2015-12-16|archive-date=2019-04-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421095539/http://www.asexualityarchive.com/things-that-are-not-asexuality/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Interpersonal attraction]] includes factors such as [[propinquity|physical or psychological similarity]], [[Intimate relationship#Intimacy|familiarity]] or possessing a preponderance of [[Koinophilia#Physical attractiveness|common or familiar features]], [[similarity (psychology)|similarity]], [[Interpersonal compatibility|complementarity]], [[reciprocal liking]], and [[reinforcement]].<ref>Miller, R., Perlman, D., and Brehm, S.S. Intimate Relationships, 4th Edition, McGraw Hill Companies.{{page needed|date=December 2012}}</ref>
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