Plato-Ambivalent

Plato-ambivalent is a term used by aplatonic and other apl-spec individuals to refer to the fact that they have mixed feelings towards platonicism. Plato-ambivalence refers to anyone who does not fit into the categories of plato-favorable, indifferent, or repulsed. This could be for any number for reasons, common reasons being that one's feelings about platonicism change frequently, so they might be positive or indifferent one day and then repulsed the next. Their feelings on platonicism might also change based on the situation. For example, someone might be normally plato-indifferent, but if they're in a non-platonic relationship and their partner is platonically attracted to them they might feel plato-favorable. The opposite might happen as well, someone could feel plato-favorable or indifferent normally, but if their partner is platonically attracted to them they might feel plato-repulsed.

Plato-ambivalence can also stem from internalized aplphobia, which can make so the person doesn't know if they're actually plato-favorable or if any desires to have a platonic relationship are simply based on the fact that they feel that people should want to have a platonic relationship.

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The plato-ambivalent flag was designed by Tumblr user arco-pluris on March 12, 2018. It is based on the sex-ambivalent and romance ambivalent flags.