In a manner relating to or involving autoerotic behavior or self-directed sexual stimulation.
From 'autoerotic' plus the adverb suffix '-ally'. This adverbial form developed as the adjective became more commonly used in psychological and medical literature.
The medical literature uses 'autoerotically' as a clinical way to describe human behavior without judgment—it's a perfect example of how scientific language creates emotional distance from topics that would otherwise feel embarrassing.
Adverbial form carrying forward the gendered history of autoerotic—19th-century medicine disproportionately pathologized female sexuality under this framing.
Use descriptively without moral judgment; ensure equal application across genders.
Modern sex-positive research (pioneered by researchers of multiple genders) has normalized this aspect of human development and sexuality.
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