Partner-Focused
A relational subtype where arousal and satisfaction increase when attention is on a partner’s cues, pleasure, and emotional experience.
What This Really Means
Partner-focused orientation can support attunement and generosity, but it can also slide into people-pleasing if boundaries are weak.
Reports should encourage mutuality: partner-focus plus self-advocacy and consent clarity (“I want to give, and I also want…”).
Examples
Most turned on by giving pleasure
Reads partner cues closely
Feels satisfied when the partner feels safe and cared for.
Common Misunderstandings
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Partner-Focused does not mean ignoring your own needs, and it refers to a relational subtype where arousal and satisfaction increase when attention is on a partner’s cues, pleasure, and emotional experience.
Partner-Focused won’t look the same every time, and it often depends on conditions like safety and stress.
Consent matters more than any goal or label, and Partner-Focused is secondary to that.
Partner-Focused doesn’t guarantee outcomes like that, and it mainly describes a relational subtype where arousal and satisfaction increase when attention is on a partner’s cues, pleasure, and emotional experience.
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