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by dblitzen on May 17th, 2006

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Bi-sexuality among women seems to be more common than it once was. and I'm curious about the reason. Is bisexuality a common female tendency or is it just considered fashionable?

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  • by science_geek on November 22nd, 2006

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    There are biological reasons for it. Bisexuality has been demonstrated to be adaptive throughout the animal kingdom, including humans.

    Consider how conditions were during the time before the advent of Agriculture. Men were pretty much cannon fodder. Generally they had to go out and kill big animals to feed the 'community' or die trying. They died often. Usually women stayed in a safer place to protect the children and await the hunters return. In order to have a stable, long term relationship it generally had to be with a woman.

    Bonobo Chimpanzees, the animal nearest to us genetically, are led by bisexual matriarchs. There is evidence to support the hypothesis that many of the early bronze age cultures were governed similarly.

    Women who are sexually active with each other will often both lactate (produce milk) if either of them has a baby. That makes it very adaptive for there to be sexual relationship between women. If the mother dies in child birth the child can survive.

    Most human traits can be graded onto the normal (bell) curve. I suspect that the same applies to sexual preference. If that is correct, then the average behavior would be bisexual, given Straight at one end and Gay at the other.

    My point is that it is entirely natural for women to be bisexual. Bisexuality was very common in both genders until about 1000 years ago. It is only since sexuality was stigmatized by one or more monotheistic, female supressing religions that bisexuality became supressed.

    Today cultural stigmas are falling by the wayside as we improve our technology. Science is really beginning to understand what we are and how we came to be. "and nobody had to be nailed to anything" Douglas Adams.

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  • by Violet on July 2nd, 2009

    Violet

    maybe in teens.. who want attention

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  • by pjchik on November 21st, 2006

    pjchik

    When I first realized I was bi and "came out" back in 93, it wasn't cool. Trust me.
    Over the years I've seen the taboos diminish greatly.
    I don't really know if there's a greater tendency amongst females to be bi, or bi-curious, but I think more people are at least open to it now. Whether this is cultural or just people finally having the moxie to not care what others think, I don't know.
    I do have to say though, it's nice that (some) members of society have relaxed about it.

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  • by Anonymous on July 15th, 2006

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    Two theories:

    Since the porn industry has become more open a lot of girls have cottoned onto the fact that guys dig girl-on-girl action. Therefore a lot of women who notice when other girls are pretty, or once played doctors and nurses when they were 10, or kissed a friend at a sleepover as an experiment have begun to re-define themselves as "bi-sexual" because they think that guys will find them more attractive because of it. If you go to www.faceparty.com and are anything like me you'll be highly skeptical about the number of "bisexual models" who like football on there. Its highly likely many of these women have never slept with another woman (or at least not without either a guy or a video camera in the room- sorry- was I being cynical?)

    Secondly, bisexuality, along with homosexuality, has become far more acceptable to society in general. With high profile women such as Angelina Jolie admitting to sexual encounters with women, and mainstream (i.e. not porn) film depicting bisexual characters, women (as well as men) are more likely to feel comfortable admitting to their attraction to or fantasies about other women, and, with the rise of gay clubs, are also more likely to have the oppurtunity to make fantasy reality.

    Personally, I feel a mixture of both these reasons is responsible.

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  • by Larry on March 23rd, 2009

    Larry

    Google - Bisexuality 101. Based on research done by Kinsey in the 1940s and 1950s, as many as 15-25% of women and 33-46% of men may be bisexual, based on their activities or attractions. Bisexuals are in many ways a hidden population.

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  • by cirass on November 2nd, 2008

    cirass

    It is called young college girls getting to drunk and acting stupid!! Nothing more ..nothing less

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  • by YDo_U_pretend_2_Care on November 6th, 2006

    YDo_U_pretend_2_Care

    I can only speak for myself but for me it comes naturaly, i dont know anyother way of explaining it except
    "I am just as atracketed to other girls as i am men......"
    but then agian i can only speak for myself

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  • by coffeegirl18 on October 19th, 2009

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    I had not known what it was called at the time...but I knew I was attracted to both sexes.

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  • by wheelnut53 on October 11th, 2009

    wheelnut53

    I notice this a long time ago only a woman can indulge in homosexual behavior and still remain a sane person.

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  • by Polly Math on October 7th, 2009

    Polly Math

    I just like to watch. Shame on me! +5

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  • by MissV on March 12th, 2010

    MissV

    Because men are asses. At least thats why i take women home ;)

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  • by Gen.ButtNaked on February 24th, 2010

    Gen.ButtNaked

    Fashionable more then anything else!!!!

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  • by Mr. Friendly on February 24th, 2010

    Mr. Friendly

    More and more men are now discovering and admitting that they Bisexual.

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  • by ebc246 on July 2nd, 2009

    ebc246

    the media is a big factor. honestly i thnk every grl is a little bisexual. one of my friends confessed tht she wanted to kiss me and shes straight as an arrow.

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  • by LindsayJ. on July 6th, 2009

    LindsayJ.

    i think its not common but maybe mor so than we used to think. I think a lot of girls claim they are to get guys attention which completely degrades from those who truly are.

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  • by IntotheForge on July 29th, 2009

    IntotheForge

    It's been common knowledge in the psychological community for decades that sexuality is not this-or-that, but a grid with gender preferance as one axis and libido as the second, and the person's desire as a line or polygon on the grid.

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  • by MissLiss on July 29th, 2009

    MissLiss

    It has been proven that women's sexuality is more fluid than men's. I dont think that is any more "common". Just that more women are accepting it more in themselves and society is more accepting also, so more women are admitting to it.

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  • by kiwisoccer on July 23rd, 2009

    kiwisoccer

    Part of it might be there is more media exposure about it these days(most TV series these last few years will always have at least 1 or 2 scenes of 2 women kissing and experimenting together, apart from the L Word of course hehehe)
    And i dont know how true this is since it was on the net but some university did a study where they showed both str8 male and female students gay and str8 porn and measured how turned on each one got and they found that more str8 women got turned on watching lesbain porn then the str8 males watching gay male porn which they seem to think that women have more of some chemical (i forget) in their brain that allows them to be able to fall in love with a person reguardless of what gender they are!

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  • by kjkj on January 29th, 2010

    kjkj

    I think maybe more women talk about this now, not sure that the actual numbers are higher. I am very bi-curious. and have had an amazing experience once with another female. I am much more attracted to men, and consider myself mostly straight, but I am attracted to some women.

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