Omdace

Omdace (pronounced oam-da-ace or oam-days) is a term on the asexual spectrum in which one experiences no sexual attraction, no sexual arousal, and has no turn-ons; however, they enjoy and participate in masturbation. Despite this, they do not feel a sexual desire to masturbate (however they may feel an emotional or mental desire to masturbate.)

Reasons this may occur include, but are not limited to...


 * An ace person who is curious about masturbation.
 * An ace person who finds sex to be an emotional or mental act, and do not think they need arousal to have sex.
 * An ace person who masturbates out of boredom.
 * An ace person who is sex-favorable.
 * An ace person who has a partner who experiences sexual attraction, and masturbates to please them.
 * An ace person who is sex-favorable and is preparing for a sexual relationship.
 * An ace person who has sexual trauma, and feels as though masturbation helps them cope.
 * An ace person who masturbates for social reasons.
 * An ace sex-worker who masturbates to please customers.

History
This term was coined by Cryptocrew, specifically Angel, on May 6th of 2021 in order to describe their experiences and to have a term to identify with.

Flag
The flag was coined by Angel on May 6th of 2021. The pale-grey represents asexuality, the light greyish-pink represents enjoyment, the dark greyish-pink represents the ace-spec community, the pinkish-maroon represents passion, the purplish/pinkish tinted red represents self-love, while the black represents sexual activity. The black is designed to look like almost like an M, a hint towards masturbation.

Etymology
The name comes from the word omdat, which means 'because' in Afrikaans.

Resources
https://lgbta.wikia.org/f/p/4400000000000136964