If it weren't for stigma and prejudice, do you agree that most people would say they were bisexual to some degree? That's not to say that we're all attracted to both sexes equally, but just that there's at least a tiny bit of "room for sway" in most of us?
2007-03-26 13:39:49 · 44 answers · asked by spiralling 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
There are definitely degrees of bisexuality. One of my close friends is equally attracted to both genders. Whereas I am very much leaning towards the heterosexual side of bisexuality. For every girl I am attracted to there are 100 guys. And another friend claims she is 100% lesbian but, from time to time, has flings with men. I would say these are all very different degrees of bisexuality.
Maybe it's more of a female thing. Or maybe men are less likely to admit to it, afraid of losing their masculinity.
2007-03-26 14:01:22 · update #1
There are definitely degrees of bisexuality. One of my close friends is equally attracted to both genders. Whereas I am very much leaning towards the heterosexual side of bisexuality. For every girl I am attracted to there are 100 guys. And another friend claims she is 100% lesbian but, from time to time, has flings with men. I would say these are all very different degrees of bisexuality.
Maybe it's more of a female thing. Or maybe men are less likely to admit to it, afraid of losing their masculinity.
2007-03-26 14:01:56 · update #2
That very much depends on your definition of Bisexual. Not everyone has leanings there do exist "Totally Hetero/ Homosexual".
I'm inclined NOT to accept the broad expanse between these two extremes under the banner of bisexual. While there may be room for sway among a large number, I would suggest that only the (sparsely populated) middling 30% or so would count as Bi. The remainder may be classed as Bi-curious.
2007-03-27 02:20:50 · answer #1 · answered by unclefrunk 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You question contradicts itself, first you "everyone" then you say "most". Alfred Kinsey defined a 0-7 scale where 0=physically incapable of responding to the same sex under any circumstances, however extreme, and 7=the same with the opposite sex. 1-6 reflected a sliding of bi-sexuality. He believed 0s and 7s were quite rare, otherwise there would be very little homosexual activity in prison, since 85-90% of prisoners would be incapable of such acts. If, on the other hand, you except the existence of the 1-6 range, a 1 or 2, though having a clear to overwhelming preference for women, might accept a man given no other choice, returning to an exclusively hetero lifestyle as soon as that was an option.
2007-03-27 05:24:49 · answer #2 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Na i don't think so at all!
I'm totally straight, the thought of going down on another woman totally makes my stomach turn and that's nothing to do with being homophobic! i have a wide circle of friends and my best mate is gay, so in my social circle it is seen as totally normal and acceptable and my parents are pretty liberal so there would be no problems there either.
I am able to appreciate the female form though and do frequently admire images of beautiful woman, maybe this is my 1% of bisexuality???
but from my point of view i am looking just like i would look at a pretty sunset etc... admiration for something rather than a sexual feeling. and also to compare myself too.
lol i did even think about it once or twice just to fit in more with the artsy alternative croud i hang around with but there was no way. maybe i am the odd 100% straight ppl.
hey just noticed i got two thumbs down, not too sure how you can disagree, this is how i feel, why is that disagreeable or wrong? just how i am not a choice. Please e-mail me if you give a thumbs down just so i know why???
2007-03-26 14:00:50 · answer #3 · answered by Dreamin 2 · 5⤊ 2⤋
Absolutely! I see sexuality as a fluid state - a spectrum between gay and straight with everyone sitting somewhere along the line - their position able to move at any time.
Someone who's been straight their whole life can suddenly meet someone and everything changes. Same goes for someone who would see themselves as 100% gay.
Me, I'm probably about 90% gay - can't really see myself with a guy again - but then I said that once about sleeping with women, so never say never, right?
2007-03-26 20:48:38 · answer #4 · answered by tabasc_oh 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree completely, its not the gender its the person. I'm 'straight' but i was crazy about another girl for a few months not because she was a girl and I wanted to get into her pants but because we connected, we had an attraction and I craved a certain intimacy with her that went beyond friendship. It was very sexy, but i still fancy boys! Who cares about gender - John Lennon was a much smarter person than me and he said 'all you need is love'
2007-03-26 14:13:43 · answer #5 · answered by koikoiboi 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am a woman, I think women can be very sexy and sexual. I had 2 "semi sexual" encounters about 6 yrs ago with women but I am heterosexual so I am not leaning towards anything bisexual. I can apprecaite women but I couldn't be with a woman, I love everything about a man, his strength, his masculinity, my hubby fulfills me sexually 100%, yet, I could watch some porn with him and be much more turned on by the woman, the man doesn't turn me on, but it doesn't make me bisexual.
2007-03-26 14:07:13 · answer #6 · answered by Amy B 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't think that everyone is bisexual, but maybe a good majority could have degrees of bisexuality tendencies in some way or other.
2007-03-26 17:16:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i completely agree. my friends and i have had this discussion many times. i would say im like 70/30 guy/girls. but i have friends who are also hard core lesbians and have hooked up with guys. but then i have friends who completely identify as straight, but say that they sometimes find themselves attracted to members of the same sex for different reasons. i believe it is totally natural to be bi, and it is natural to be attracted to personalities as well as looks, and to mix the two. it is a completely logical conclusion. im glad somebody else out there is logical enough to think the same :D
2007-03-26 20:35:03 · answer #8 · answered by alittlelost 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dr Freud believed that everyone was naturally bisexual at birth, and would assume a heterosexual, bisexual or homosexual orientation as a result of childhood experiences.
The concept "innate bisexual" has also been mentioned in Kinsey's research.
2007-03-27 09:14:31 · answer #9 · answered by nemesis 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
well i do agree to a point not all the way but when you choose a friend you have to have a attraction mentally and that is probably the same thing you would look for in a partner i think if we all all honist we have all been curious at some point of our lives we may not have acted on it but we all have thought of it
2007-03-26 13:47:30 · answer #10 · answered by ? 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋