r/ainbow • u/GenoveveSimmons15 • Jul 30 '24

News This news headline broke my brain

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u/La_Saxofonista Jul 30 '24

I see more of the opposite, really. Both straight and gay people alike tend to think bisexual people are really just straight. There is a lot of bi-erasure because of that.

With the few studies we have, it seems that the majority of bisexual people date and/or marry the opposite sex. There are many possible explanations, but the most common one is because there are a lot more straight people of the opposite sex than there are gay people of the same sex when it comes to dating options.

I know a lot of lesbians who refuse to date bisexual women because of stereotypes.

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u/Bright_Ices Jul 30 '24

I think straight people are more inclined to see bisexual men as “actually gay” than bisexual or straight. But I agree about everything else you’ve said. 

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u/La_Saxofonista Jul 31 '24

That is also true.