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Single and “ready for love”. Here is the latest news from the sentimental life of Gad Elmaleh in an interview given to Paris Match. After registering on dating applications, sometimes “surprising” but above all “superficial”, the 53-year-old comedian wants to create stronger connections.

“I’m from the old school,” he admits, before adding: “I am sapiosexual. » A term, dropped on the fly that hits the headlines. What do eyes, faces or hair color matter to him, it’s intelligence that takes precedence.

Is it really a sexual orientation?

The Latin root « I know » (to know, know, understand, get along) “used in sexual semantics appeared in the USA at the beginning of the 2010s and the rise of the Internet seems to have been a propeller for the use of this noun”, estimates Thiery Favre, member of the French Society of Clinical Sexology (SFSC).

It would correspond to the fact “to be sexually attracted to intelligent people”.

A sexual orientation? “It’s a controversial issue”indicates the researcher.

It would be preferable to qualify it as being a major element among the criteria of selectivity-predilection of a sexual orientation, which can be divided into heterosexuality, homosexuality or bisexuality.

This major element is located in the field of intelligence, but also of culture, eloquence and knowledge.

A not so rare orientation?

According to a study published in 2019 in the journal Personality and Individual Differenceshave take into account the intelligence of its future partner is not that uncommon when looking for a long term relationship. However, this criterion only comes into play after a “sufficient level of physical attraction”.

So perhaps we are all, to varying degrees, sapiosexual. And that's good, because if being cultured does not ensure a quality relationshipthis can at least give hope for interesting exchanges.

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