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[–]Virginia_Plain 24 insightful - 4 fun24 insightful - 3 fun25 insightful - 4 fun -  (4 children)

I think that bisexuality is one of the most misunderstood and underrepresented sexualities out there, so it does not surprise me to see such a big jump in people "identifying" as it.

I think it bi people have been lumped in with "gay" or "lesbian" too often, and does not really represent some people's true orientations. I also think that is where a lot of "I thought I was lesbian/straight/gay but actually sexuality is fluid" rhetoric comes from. I did notice some real animosity towards bisexual people from gay people in the late 1990s, when I was a teenager coming to terms with my sexuality. This may have put some bi people in the closet, feeling that they must decide to be only into men or women.

[–]Elvira95Viva la figa 19 insightful - 3 fun19 insightful - 2 fun20 insightful - 3 fun -  (3 children)

No, bisexuals is just a trend for lots of girls who think they're bi because they found some celebrity hot, but actually they will never date women seriously.

[–]MezozoicGayoldschool gay 19 insightful - 1 fun19 insightful - 0 fun20 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

In that report it is stated that almost all bisexuals in poll are in heterosexual relationship and never had homosexual relationship, while in previous years it was not the case and bisexuals often had homosexual relationship or were in one.

[–]Elvira95Viva la figa 14 insightful - 4 fun14 insightful - 3 fun15 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

I've read more than one from bi women, they like to sleep with girls, but they usually get in love only with men or prefer stay with them. I would say not even half of that bi girls are actually seriously into women

[–]millicentfawcett 12 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 0 fun13 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I wonder if some of it is because we don't have an equivalent word like 'bromance' for girls so they use bisexual instead? In my experience some young women and girls can have really intense female friendships during their formative years that can almost be like romantic relationships without the sex. It's not difficult to see why in these identity obsessed times they might try to label it when really it's quite a standard (although not universal) girlhood experience. I also have a theory that one of the unconscious reasons for these intense friendships is that they can serve as a 'safe space' for exploring relationship skills that are useful later on.