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[–]reluctant_commenter 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

That's a good question. I am going off of prevalence rates here, so what I meant was: "More bisexuals are in the closet, so more of them need support coming out."

However, it may be that it is harder for lesbians in the closet to come out, even though there are fewer lesbians in the closet.

edit: prevalence of being in the closet, has been measured in a variety of surveys and research literature. If you think there is something wrong with their methodology though, it is worth discussing.

Also.. No, I am not sure, as I said in my writing. I said that "bisexuals need the most help coming out of the closet" is ONE possible conclusion.

That is part of my issue with these statistics though, is that they are often taken to mean "bisexuals have it the hardest" when really they might ACTUALLY mean, "bisexuals need the most help with coming out of the closet" or some other conclusion that has a little more nuance..

[–]TalerTest 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

My questions were a little facetious. Obviously bisexuals don't need the most help with coming out of the closet. tbh I have controversial opinions when it comes to this. I wish bisexual women would stay in the closet unless they are actually interested in pursuing same-sex relationships. Like bisexual men.

[–]reluctant_commenter 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I wish bisexual women would stay in the closet unless they are actually interested in pursuing same-sex relationships. Like bisexual men.

Whoa. That is controversial, lol.

I think if a bisexual person wants to stay in the closet, they should be able to. But many do not want to be in the closet, and circumstances force them to be otherwise, in which case-- that is unfair that they are stuck in the closet. E.g. a girl in the closet who had a secret girlfriend but also is attracted to boys, and her parents are homophobic.

bisexuals don't need the most help with coming out of the closet.

I personally am not convinced of this, like I said, but like I said I haven't seen tons of evidence either way. I just know that there are MORE of them in the closet.

edit: Out of curiosity, why do you think bisexuals should stay in the closet..?

[–]TalerTest 9 insightful - 3 fun9 insightful - 2 fun10 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

I think the bisexuals who are only interested in pursuing heterosexual relationships (so, the majority of them) don't need to come out of the closet. Why does everyone need to know that they are attracted to the same sex if they are never going to be with the same sex?

Also, I've noticed a trend of het-partnered bi women swarming into lesbian spaces like locusts so they can talk over/for lesbians and make everything about them and their issues with men or their "comphet" or whatever. Just yesterday I saw a bisexual woman saying that lesbians like penises but not men. I don't know why she thinks she's qualified to make such statements.

many do not want to be in the closet

I know. There's a bisexual celebrity or teenager springing out the closet every 5 minutes. They clearly don't want to be in there.

a girl in the closet who had a secret girlfriend but also is attracted to boys, and her parents are homophobic.

That has nothing to do with her bisexuality and everything to do with homophobia.