Most straight women don't want to date bi guys, but most straight men are open to bi women - LGBTQ Nation
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The reasons people gave for not wanting to date bi partners show the lingering stigma of bi stereotypes.

Two-thirds of straight women and one-third of straight men are unwilling to date a bisexual person of the opposite sex, according to a YouGov poll published today, during Bisexuality Visibility Week. The poll illustrates how lingering stereotypes negatively affect people’s impressions of bisexual individuals.

The poll — which surveyed 5,983 Britons during late March, including 2,031 straight women and 1,517 straight men — found that 48% of all respondents had positive views of bisexual people and only 8% had negative views. The remaining percentage had neither a positive nor a negative view of bisexuals.

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When the survey asked straight women and men why they were unwilling to date a bisexual person of the opposite sex, most (16% and 19%, respectively) said they “just don’t” or claimed, “It’s just a preference.”

A nearly similar portion, 17% of straight women and 16% of straight men, said they felt like bi people are more inclined to cheat, or that they themselves would feel insecure that they’d be unable to provide a bi partner whatever they get from a same-sex partner.

Interestingly, 9% of straight women said they feel disgust or discomfort towards men with same-sex experiences, 8% worried about possible sexual health risks, and 10% of straight men said they considered bisexuality to be either religiously or morally “wrong.” Approximately 12-13% of all straight respondents said they just wanted their dating partner to be heterosexual.

  • velma@sh.itjust.worksOP
    77·
    12 days ago

    I’m so glad you came into this discussion to be pedantic about the kind of discrimination bisexual people go through. Good job, buddy.

    • potustheplant@feddit.nlBanned from community
      74·
      12 days ago

      We’re quite literally not talking about discrimination. Kinda noticing a pattern here.

      • velma@sh.itjust.worksOP
        77·
        12 days ago

        I’m sure all bisexual women really love it when men assume they’re into threesomes as performative sex dolls. It’s a really positive view of bisexual women that certainly doesn’t fall under the biphobia umbrella /s

              • velma@sh.itjust.worksOP
                54·
                12 days ago

                Biphobia (monosexism) refers to stigma, prejudice, and discrimination toward those who are bisexual

                  • velma@sh.itjust.worksOP
                    64·
                    12 days ago

                    No, it’s not. I pulled it from here.

                    Here’s the definition from Wikipedia as well:

                    Biphobia or monosexism is aversion toward bisexual people or bisexuality as a sexual orientation. Biphobic prejudice commonly presents as denial that bisexuality is a genuine sexual orientation, negative stereotypes about people who are bisexual (such as the beliefs that they are promiscuous or dishonest), or bisexual erasure.[1]

                    The hatred of bisexual women is referred to as bimisogyny[2][3][4][5] or less commonly bisexism.[6][7]