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[–]writerlylesbian[S] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Yes, all the data can be used for is to capture sexual behaviour at the point the data was taken. Especially if it's just a one-off, with no follow up over several years, it tells you absolutely nothing. You simply cannot draw any meaningful conclusions. And if it's not taking into account all the complex social and political factors, it becomes even more useless.

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I think bisexuals should really be militant about getting studies of them in particular, because they have different experiences from lesbians and straight people and research calling everyone “fluid” and so forth actually stigmatizes them. At least true bisexuals like my best friend who is a febfem and married. Really, homosexuals being included in studies with bisexuals that are meant to make general claims about all people are really inaccurate.