Bisexuality is a sexual orientation which the one with it can interested in both men and women.For some people,it may sound like a super power--double romantic choice means double opportunity,right?however,it is regarded as an embarrassed identity for bisexuality in reality.Bisexuals are not 'straight',so it's hard to believe that they belong to the majority in terms of sexual orientation.On the other hand,they are often considered to be heterosexual,especially when they have heterosexual couples,which sometimes makes it difficult for them to feel associate themselves with LGBT groups.
The most important is that bisexual is vulnerable to serious misunderstandings.There are a lot of rumors and stereotypes around bisexual,some of which are even contradictory.And whether heterosexuals or LGBT are likely to hold these stereotypes,which adds to the difficulty of bisexual integration of the two groups.Fortunately,a growing number of researchers became interested in bisexual in recent years,and the researches enhanced our understanding of bisexuality.Here are three examples of how science fight against misunderstanding of bisexuality.
Rumors 1:bisexual does not exist
I think this ridiculous rumor in particular:How can you say to a group of people they do not exist? However, this owner either heterosexual or homosexual thoughts widespread, especially among men. Sadly, even in the most tolerant of the LGBT circles, you can sometimes hear "There is no such thing as bisexual man" argument.
In a study recently published in the "Archives of Sexual Behavior" magazine, researchers have put the rumors completely overturned. They convened a number of heterosexual, homosexual and bisexual men, playing more than porn movie clips for them. The subjects were asked to evaluate only those fragments they were evoke subjective feelings, but also to connect the device to measure their physiology changes in penile circumference (ie, sexual excitement).
As expected, when heterosexual men watching female performances of the film, the subjective feeling of excitement to be significantly higher than men watch movie performances, the situation is just the opposite of gay men. However, the degree of bisexual men were aroused male and female images are relatively close. They are bisexual video - two male and one female starring video - degree evoke higher than the other two groups. Importantly, these differences while reflecting the extent of appealing to their own report and the very objective of sexual excitement data. Therefore, from a study it is clear that these people are not "pretending" bisexual.
Rumors 2: bisexual just a phase
This rumor to portray an experimental stage bisexual or confused state - usually occurs during college. After bisexual or will determine their "real" identity (or decide himself whether straight is bent).
Lisa Diamond for this subject carried out some very complicated work, and she observe on her long observation period of the female gender identity. In an article published in "Developmental Psychology" paper , Dr.Diamond report a number of her close attention to a woman more than a decade.
The results unambiguously show that bisexuality is not a transition phase: when puberty is positioned as bisexual women at the end of the study, only a few changes to their position as heterosexual or homosexual (only 8%). However, the orientation of bisexual women is always changing with time. In decades of research cycle, the extent of their interest in both sexes has been constantly shift.
Rumors 3 : Bisexual not loyal companion
This is probably the most vicious rumors. It comes from the idea of a partner can not fully satisfy people interested in both sexes. Some people think, sooner or later they will desire sex with a partner who dissimilar. For example, people tend to think that, with respect to heterosexual and homosexual population, the bisexuals are more likely to deceive their partners.
In fact, many bisexuals one has a happy relationship with their partner. For example, when the decades' study of Dr.Diamond ended up, up to 89% of bisexual women are in long-term monogamous relationships. In addition, with regard to those who want to get more sexual partners of bisexual, studies show they often through the establishment of an open relationship with their partner talks to achieve this goal, rather than carrying around a private partner to act. I could not find any research supports the thoughts that bisexual sexual orientation is not enough loyal or honest than other people.
Overall, the scale of bisexual is still small but the growing field in research has a bright future. It not only dispel a lot of rumors and misunderstandings surrounding bisexuality, but also on sexual activity in general offer interesting insights. And other sources of popular culture or the media is different from scientific research that the bisexuality is a relatively stable and lasting aptitude characteristics. We need more research to more thorough understanding of bisexuality and monosexuality (ie, heterosexual and homosexual) similarities, and perhaps unique place.
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