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Gynephilia, also referred to as gynesexuality, gynosexuality<ref name="Kaplan">{{cite book|title=Bisexual Politics: Theories, Queries, and Visions |chapter=Your Fence Is Sitting on Me: The Hazards of Binary Thinking |author=Kaplan, Rebecca |year=1995 |quote=Even if I agreed that it is useful to have words to name the sex(es) to whom someone is erotically attracted, I would not have to use the categories homosexual and heterosexual. I could just as easily divide the world up into gynosexual (attracted to women), androsexual (attracted to men), and bisexual (attracted to both).}}</ref>, or femsexuality, is a romantic or sexual orientation in which a person feels attraction to women or to traits they perceive as feminine.<ref name="NeutroisTerms">"LGBTQ Terms." ''Neutrois.com.'' [http://neutrois.com/definitions/terms]</ref>

This term has gained criticism, arguing that the prefix "gyne-" is focused on genitals, not gender.<ref>https://enbysbians.carrd.co/#terf</ref> Indeed, some sources do define it as "sexual attraction to the female anatomy" ~~even when that anatomy belongs to someone whose [[gender identity]] is not female~~.<ref name="Blake">{{Cite web |title=Are You Gynesexual? Here's What It Is & How To Tell |last=Blake |first=Jessica |work=Bolde |date= |access-date=28 November 2020 |url= https://www.bolde.com/gynesexual-what-how-tell/ }}</ref> Other sources disagree, saying that it is an "attraction toward women, females, and perceived femininity irrespective of whether or not they were assigned female at birth."<ref name="Zambon">{{Cite web |title=What are different types of sexualities? |author=Zambon, Veronica |work=medicalnewstoday.com |date=19 October 2020 |access-date=28 November 2020 |url= https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/types-of-sexuality#spectrum-or-sliding-scale}}</ref>

This term has gained criticism, arguing that the prefix "gyne-" is focused on genitals, not gender.<ref>https://enbysbians.carrd.co/#terf</ref> Indeed, some sources do define it as "sexual attraction to the female anatomy".<ref name="Blake">{{Cite web |title=Are You Gynesexual? Here's What It Is & How To Tell |last=Blake |first=Jessica |work=Bolde |date= |access-date=28 November 2020 |url= https://www.bolde.com/gynesexual-what-how-tell/ }}</ref> Other sources disagree, saying that it is an "attraction toward women, females, and perceived femininity irrespective of whether or not they were assigned female at birth."<ref name="Zambon">{{Cite web |title=What are different types of sexualities? |author=Zambon, Veronica |work=medicalnewstoday.com |date=19 October 2020 |access-date=28 November 2020 |url= https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/types-of-sexuality#spectrum-or-sliding-scale}}</ref> Thus, someone who uses the term "gynephilic" or "gynesexual" for themselves might be attracted to women (both cis and trans) as well as feminine men.<ref name="Blake" />

File:Gynephilia.png|This gynephilia flag has four stripes: black, grey, white and pink. This is sometimes confused with the [[asexual]] flag.<ref name="MichaelTannock">{{Cite web |title=Is your asexuality flag the gynephilia flag? |author=MichaelTannock |work=Asexual Visibility and Education Network |date=17 August 2020 |access-date=28 November 2020 |url= https://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/201415-is-your-asexuality-flag-the-gynephilia-flag/}}</ref>