User blog comment:Osteophage/Contradictory Information on SAM Page/@comment-36040512-20200223012154/@comment-36040512-20200223191317

My logic is as follows: Someone has heard of the split attraction model but is not sure what exactly it is and if it applies to them. If they look it up and find this article they should learn how the term is used and what it means. They can then deside if that term should be used to describe themselves.

In researching the origins of the SAM I've found that it does originate from AVEN in 2005 and I've edited the article to express that. I have also included a paragraph on the origins of the specific term "split attraction model".

The concept that people mean when they talk about the SAM has existed for a long time, however it was not given a name until 2015. “SAM” simply provides a convinent term to talk about these already existing concepts. The words we use to describe things are arbitrary. As long as we all know what concept a word or phrase is describing it doesn't matter what specific word or phrase is used. Therefore the origins of specific string of words "split attraction model" is secordary information. I think that understanding what people mean when they say the term is much more important than going into the details of the term's origin.

If you want you can create pages on alternatives to the SAM, there you can go into details on why the origin of the phrase "SAM". However, since "SAM" is currently the most popular phrase to describe the concept of romantic and sexual attraction being seperate it's important that we keep the SAM page more focused on the meaning of the term rather than discussing the specific words used.