Apparently we needed a scientific study to prove that some men are bi

girlwriteswhat · 2011-08-23T04:12:30+00:00

You might think that it's silly and unnecessary, but I've had a shit-ton of lesbians tell me I'm just kidding myself, I'm still half in the closet, I'm just "transitioning to my true orientation as lesbian", I'm confused, I'm fickle, my straight privilege is more important to me than being true to myself, I'm just pandering to the straight male gaze (even though I've only ever dirty danced with a woman once in my 40 years)...

It's nice to have a body of research to point to, so the only grenades they have to lob at me are "you're indecisive, you'd never be able to be faithful, you're only with a man because it's easier in society, you're a traitor to the cause of women's freedom from oppression, you still fuck men OMG you horrible person..."

Biphobia's bad enough. Bisexual erasure sucks. I mean, look at Susan on Seinfeld. The American public had an easier time believing she went from straight to gay to straight again, as easy as changing a blouse, than to believe she could possibly be bisexual. And bisexual AND monogamous? Does that even exist?

Silly.

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disposable_human · 2011-08-23T11:53:58+00:00

Gay today works how black did in 1901. "Single drop" theory. Not how it actually works... or that there's anything wrong with that...

I just don't know how to talk about these things...

2011-08-23T02:14:09+00:00

its like something out of the onion

iTroll_irl · 2011-08-23T15:58:26+00:00

In other scientific news, I'm still awaiting my grant money to prove my hypothesis that as distance increases, objects are harder to see -- for all distances over one meter.

abk0100 · 2011-08-23T18:31:35+00:00

In both studies, men watched videos of male and female same-sex intimacy while genital sensors monitored their erectile responses.

So they haven't proven that some men are bi. They've proven that if you hook up sensors to a man's genitals, there's a chance they will respond to both male-on-male and female-on-female porn.

I think you need to go further than that if you want to really "prove" anything.

Not to say I doubt the existence of bisexual men, but like the article says:

Despite her cautious praise of the new research, Dr. Diamond also noted that the kind of sexual arousal tested in the studies is only one element of sexual orientation and identity. And simply interpreting results about sexual arousal is complicated, because monitoring genital response to erotic images in a laboratory setting cannot replicate an actual human interaction, she added.

sirbruce · 2011-08-24T07:12:17+00:00

We DO exist!

mdoddr · 2011-08-23T12:17:48+00:00

They're still perv rapists thought.

Title	Apparently we needed a scientific study to prove that some men are bi
Author	meninist
Upvotes	12
Comments	9
Date	August 23, 2011 1:59 AM UTC (14 years ago)
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