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[–]SaidOverRed 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Sigh. Let's be pedantic about common parlance: Lesbians are women that have sex with other women. All bi women who partake in that are therefore lesbians. The other kind of lesbian chooses to exclude men, which is a step in the right direction.

[–]just_lesbian_things 33 insightful - 2 fun33 insightful - 1 fun34 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

No. Lesbians are women who are sexually attracted to women exclusively. Lesbian isn't an umbrella term. Homosexual is not an umbrella term any more than woman is. Lesbians are homosexual women. Bisexual women are not lesbians.

[–]MarkTwainiac 14 insightful - 2 fun14 insightful - 1 fun15 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Lesbians are women that have sex with other women.

Uh, no. A lot of straight women have sex with other women to please men - porn actresses & women in prostitution in particular. Many straight women who are not porn performers or prostituted have sex with other women to please their male partners, too - in three-ways, or so the guy can watch his partner in "girl on girl" action.

What's more, at some point in their lives a lot of straight women have had sex with other girls/women out of curiosity, or for comfort.

Back when young people grew up in close physical contact with one another, as opposed to spending the bulk of their lives online, it was quite common for tween & teen girls & women in early adulthood to engage in sex acts with each other as a normal part of adolescence exploration. When I grew up in the 1960s, it was also common for girls to practice various sex acts - from French kissing to humping & in some cases even being fingered & vaginally penetrated - with other girls so they/we would be good at doing such acts with/to boys/men later on.

Lesbians are girls/women who are sexually attracted only to people of the same sex. Bi & straight girls/women who have sex with other girls/women aren't lesbians - not even temporary ones.

[–]yishengqingwa666 6 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

No.