Marlène, pansexual, finds it difficult to talk about her orientation to those close to her.

The psychiatrist and sexologist Catherine Blanc answers him in the program "Sans Rendez-vous" on Europe 1. "This term indicates the fact that the amorous and sexual desire can relate to the two kinds", she explains. 

An attraction for all genres.

Pansexuality is an increasingly assertive sexual orientation.

But how do you tell your loved ones about it?

Marlène, listener from Europe 1, wonders.

For Catherine Blanc, sexologist and psychiatrist, this term can raise several questions on the merits and refers to the "complexity of the human" in his desire and his feeling of love.

She delivers her analysis on this word put forward by "stars", according to her.

"I believe that we should also not always be free to express our sexuality," says the columnist.

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Marlene's question

"I'm pansexual. In a relationship with someone, I don't really pay attention to their gender, but rather to feelings and intuition. I find it hard to talk about it with those around me, would you have any advice? to give me? "

Catherine Blanc's response

“There are regularly new words that are created around sexuality, as if everyone needs to define themselves in their uniqueness, then to decide which group they belong to. Pansexuality flirts with bisexuality. This term refers to the fact that love and sexual desire can relate to both genders. While pansexuality is sexual desire or love for the other, whatever their gender. A pansexual person does not take into account the gender of the other The difference is subtle.

Basically, we can ask ourselves the question: can we really say that we love someone regardless of their gender?

Because it would be like thinking that we love the other only because he has a gender.

It's always a bit complicated.

This is why it is often the stars who are at the origin of a demonstration, an exhibition, their love and sexual choices.

And which, all of a sudden, put forward a term.

In all of this, there is the complexity of the human, of human desire or of love.

It accounts for a lot of things that are a bit complex.

To say to oneself: 'Do I like the other sex or do I like the other for the other?', In reality, I am not sure that we always know how to do very well the difference.

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Does the term pansexuality mean that personality matters more, rather than gender?

That's it.

But isn't that true with heterosexuals or bisexuals?

This is what is complicated;

because it does not only concern sexuality, since it is even the outburst of love.

However, in the outburst of love, we can love very strongly someone with whom we are not going to consume our sexuality.

Imagine a heterosexual who loves a friend very much without sexually desiring her, she is a strongly loved friend, like a strongly loved friend.

And as soon as we put in sexuality and therefore excitement and desire, it's a little curious to say to ourselves that we did not think that he himself had a sex, therefore a kind.

Why does she have a hard time talking about this sexual orientation with those around her?  

I believe that we should also not always be free to express our sexuality.

I think that, what is not clear, it is perhaps that this term opens all the field of possibilities, but does not help it to be well situated in reality.

We are in something that is very broad. Maybe there is the fear of scaring others, of being judged. But I'm not sure it's specific to pansexuality. We could also speak of homosexuality. Heterosexuality, considering that it is the majority, it seems easier to express. However, I assure you that for the number of people, talking about their sexuality, even heterosexual, is complicated.

Because, moreover, do we have to talk about our sexuality with someone other than the person with whom we share it? This is a question that arises, but I do not find it to be an obligation. We are in a situation and a period in history, where we really believe it is our duty to say that we are an actor in our sexuality, that we have choices, practices. However, this does not concern the neighbors. We don't have to bring them into our bedroom. "