The concept was alluded to in the July
19, 2005 article “Are Self-identified Bisexuals Just Lying to Us—or to Themselves?” by
Daryl J. Bem. The term “spouseosexual” was publicly coined by Dr. Warren Throckmorton in a March
14, 2008 blog post entitled “Which is the real me?” In a Dec
23, 2008 post comment, Dr. Throckmorton spelled it “spousosexual.”
The concept refers to
people who are primarily attracted to persons of the same-sex and are attracted to or have developed attraction to their opposite-sex spouse but are not attracted others of the opposite-sex.
“I wonder how many married
guys on the down low are really spousosexual?”
“
Dave never felt he was gay, straight or bi because he had the hots only for men and his wife. Spousosexual seemed much more appropriate to him.”