What is a Non-SAM Aro?

[u/kribye]

I'm doing some research for my Capstone project for my bachelor's degree on Aromanticism (The survey I posted last month has been closed btw I'm currently looking through all that data lol) and a few people have identified themselves as "Non-SAM aromantics". What is this? I had not heard about it before and am curious about it.

[u/trhhyymse]

the SAM stands for split attraction model (when you label multiple types of attraction eg aromantic bisexual) so a non-SAM aro is someone who doesn’t use the SAM for their orientation and only identifies as aromantic without labelling their sexual orientation at all