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I think there are a lot more bisexual people out there than anyone can imagine.
Bisexuality is a complicated thing, much more so than being just gay or straight. You see, there are degrees of bisexuality. A bisexual person could be 90% heterosexual and 10 % homosexual, or they can be 25% heterosexual and 75% homosexual. Interest in bisexuality can be recognized later in life - in other words a person could come to realization they have bisexual tendencies in middle age or even as a senior regardless of the fact they lived most of their adult lives as either straight or gay and involved in either straight or gay long-term relationships.
One must acknowledge that there is indeed bisexuality: some people are attracted to both sexes. There were many famous people who had physical relations and romantic involvements with both opposite-gender and same-gender partners. I'm not talking about someone who has an isolated homosexual experience because of unusual circumstances such as being in prison or the military; some people out of their free will and desire and seek out a romantic partner and a person of either sex is a candidate.
Some of the famous people include Casanova, who famously wrote about his hundreds of conquests with woman but admitted to some homosexual experience as well; Marlene Dietrich the actress; Greta Garbo another actress; Richard Burton, the husband of Elizabeth Taylor admitted to having had gay experiences in his younger days; Eleanor Roosevelt the First Lady; Danny Kaye; etc.
I think there are a lot more bisexual people out there than anyone can imagine.
Bisexuality is a complicated thing, much more so than being just gay or straight. You see, there are degrees of bisexuality. A bisexual person could be 90% heterosexual and 10 % homosexual, or they can be 25% heterosexual and 75% homosexual. Interest in bisexuality can be recognized later in life - in other words a person could come to realization they have bisexual tendencies in middle age or even as a senior regardless of the fact they lived most of their adult lives as either straight or gay and involved in either straight or gay long-term relationships.
Clark... There is a fairly well known study from the 1950's called the Kinsey Scale that describes what you've described.
The Kinsey scale, also called the Heterosexual-Homosexual Rating Scale,[1] attempts to describe a person's sexual history or episodes of his or her sexual activity at a given time. It uses a scale from 0, meaning exclusively heterosexual, to 6, meaning exclusively homosexual.
Thanks Rakin, I keep forgetting the name of the scale. It does seem to more accurately describe human sexuality and weighted preference. Im sure there are some surveys with respect to the general population and the Kinsey scale.
i'm bisexual..there is said it.. i'm a girl though, however the best thing about being bisexual was i got to choose, and i have decided to only choose men from now on..however i always tell the people i date,in case they have a problem with it, but i'm not shouting it to like my mom or strangers.
Your case is closest to the women I have dated who have identified as being Bisexual. The. I've only dated one woman who equally dated men and women and she was very male like(agressive)in her attraction for both men and women. The norm in my case can best be described as Straight women who have experimented. I would be more specific if this wasn't a pg13 format.
I am certain that a lot of people don't, as you say, "come out," because there are a lot more important things in their lives than to prove one thing or another about things relating to sex, or religion, or to politics, or whatever....
Maybe I am very old fashioned, or perhaps don't understand why one's sexuality has to be sort of taking place out in the open for all to see? What would such a thing prove one way or another?
Please forgive my ignorance if I come across that way.
You hear about coming out all the time in the Gay community and it is celibrated, but When a Bisexual comes out which isn't often they are looked at with disdain and suspician by many. Bi-sexual men are ostrocized by women as you see on this board?
In real life I know quite a few women that have had open Bisexual experiences or even indentify themselves as "Bi" but you rarely see anyone identifying themselves here as such?
This applies to Gays and Straight, as neither group seem 100% comfortable with Bi-sexual People.
It's easier for bisexual people to appear straight. A closeted gay person might get questions like "Why aren't you with anyone?" If a gay man hides attraction to people of the same sex, he has no options except deception or celibacy. A bisexual man can date women without announcing his attraction to men.
I saw the below quote recently and think it may have merit. Could it be a preoccupation to label others? I suppose everyone has to be somewhere doing something. What I wonder is why bother to come out? I think most people are already aware if a person swings both ways.
They say if you’re bisexual, you’re confused. If you’re gay, it’s a sin. If you’re skinny you’re on drugs. If you’re fat, you look nasty. If you’re dressed up, you’re conceited. If you dress for comfort you’re a slob. If you speak you’re mind, you’re a bit*h. If you don’t say anything, you’re rude. If you are sweet to strangers, you are fake. If you cry, you’re a drama queen. If you have male friends, you’re a who*e. If you have female friends, you’re a player. You can’t do anything without being labelled.. We live in a society where people can’t survive if they’re not judging the next person… If you’re proud of who you are & don’t give two $hits what anyone’s got to say about you or to you then your amazing, stay strong.
I do have some homophobic friends that I make a point of poking fun at. There, I labeled someone.
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I am certain that a lot of people don't, as you say, "come out," because there are a lot more important things in their lives than to prove one thing or another about things relating to sex, or religion, or to politics, or whatever....
Maybe I am very old fashioned, or perhaps don't understand why one's sexuality has to be sort of taking place out in the open for all to see? What would such a thing prove one way or another?
Please forgive my ignorance if I come across that way.
Nothing to be forgivin for. I buried talking openly about sex for two thirds of my life. Im in a dr ruth phase where I am more open to discusing it. Its not for everyone.
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.. i'm a girl though, however the best thing about being bisexual was i got to choose, and i have decided to only choose men from now on
