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.

  • Smaile@lemmy.ca
    9·
    8 days ago

    What they worried they’re gonna cheat on them or something? A straight guy could do that too

    • boonhet@lemmy.zip
      2·
      8 days ago

      My friend’s bi wife said that she had trouble explaining to an ex boyfriend that at some point she’s gonna want to have a side chick because she wants both flavours

      So I suspect there’s a modicum of truth in some bi people needing more than one partner, which in a monogamous relationship is a no-go usually

      At the same time, there’s so much cheating going on everywhere and I don’t think there’s any correlation between that and sexuality

      • velma@sh.itjust.worksOP
        24·
        8 days ago

        Some bisexual people are poly and some are mono. Some straight people are poly and some are mono. It has nothing to do with their sexual orientation.