Everything about Motss totally explained
MOTSS is an
initialism used as a term to refer to "
Member(s) of the Same Sex" or describe
gay or
bisexual encounters or relationships. It is possibly derived from the
1970 U.S. Census forms Member Of The Same Sex esp. one considered as a possible sexual partner, a potential or (less often) actual sex partner. For example, the term/phrase "on the
down-low" or "on the
DL" refers to men who have MOTSS experiences or occasionally sexually prefer MOTSS. Gay men or women prefer MOTSS exclusively. The inverse MOTOS refers to "Member(s) of the Opposite Sex" The acronym is
gender and
sexual orientation inclusive in sentences like, "Flirting with MOTSS in public can draw unwanted attention," or "There is a strong bias favoring
MOTOS relationships." A similar, less-often used term is MOTAS "Member of the Appropriate Sex" to be inclusive of both
heterosexual and
homosexual relationships. For example, "What would you do with a MOTAS?"
Spoken, "MOTSS" can be pronounced with a short o as in "pots" or a long o as in "motes." Some
LGBT people call each other "Motssers." In the
bi community, MOTSS and MOTOS are nearly as commonly used as "he" and "she."
The designations were first used by famous sexual researcher
Alfred Kinsey of the
Kinsey Institute as well as
Masters and Johnson and are currently used in
sexology research polls and tests. The acronyms were popularized in the early years of
usenet possibly starting on soc.singles. "net.motss" was chosen in
1983 as a name for one of the first
LGBT newsgroups as an inside term to avoid having a highly visible gay-related newsgroup name. net.motss changed name to soc.motss in
1987.
The
gay symbols for MOTSS are either two female or two male symbols interlinked together. The bisexual symbols for MOTSS are either two
male symbols and one
female symbol OR two
female symbols and one
male symbol all interlinked together. Also, there's an all-encompassing newer MOTSS symbol of bisexual identity with two
male and two
female symbols fused into one circle.
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