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[-] hello_hello@hexbear.net 87 points 6 months ago

This is bi-erasure

bisexuals erasing the competition badeline-jokerfied

[-] Angel@hexbear.net 23 points 6 months ago

The Sexuality Olympics™

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[-] Maoo@hexbear.net 77 points 6 months ago

EXPONENTIAL GROWTH bi folks will be 300% of the population in ten years

[-] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 39 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Okay but unironically I can't wait to see what the graph looks like when we get enough data about gen alpha. All the Gen A's I know are queer or genderfluid or both, in as much as you can be at that young age. I have a 5 year old nephew who will look you in your eyes and say "I'm okay with he but I like they more". They understand what they're saying completely. This viewpoint is common among the single digit age group.

[-] SexUnderSocialism@hexbear.net 29 points 6 months ago

No wonder the chuds are panicking. che-smile

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[-] carpoftruth@hexbear.net 28 points 6 months ago

I fucking love science! lets-fucking-go

[-] edge@hexbear.net 73 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

My theory is that a lot if not most people are born with the propensity to be bisexual (like at least a Kinsey 1), but their environment growing up makes most of them default to being straight. Like a developing child or teen is going to understand that straight is the norm and just subconsciously dismiss any consideration of being bi. Once they've fully developed without considering or exploring, that propensity fades away.

But since being LGBT is not only normal and common but kind of celebrated in Gen Z, a lot more kids and teens now are likely to really consider it and end up activating that propensity. I expect Gen Alpha numbers to be even higher.

To put it a little more simply:
At one point there was a debate of "nature vs nurture". I think nature for most is bi, but nurture (their entire environment, not just parents) molds most into being straight.

tbf I am quite biased considering I'm bi myself, so I can't really understand why people wouldn't like both. But the numbers are pointing to it.

[-] thisisbutaname@discuss.tchncs.de 38 points 6 months ago

I label myself as straight, but I agree with that theory.

Sexuality being a scale, I believe very few people are 100% straight or gay. That means that identifying as bi is for many a matter of societal context and expectations shaping one's perception. Say you on occasion find someone whose gender is not your preferred one attractive: you could either dismiss it as "I'm just noticing they're attractive, nothing more", or consider you might be somewhat bi.

What I find most amusing (and in a way very sad too) are those bigots that claim homosexuality or bisexuality to be a choice because, as they say, "everyone finds people of the same sex attractive, but you have to resist the temptation". Like, dude, you're super gay, just accept and enjoy it.

[-] kristina@hexbear.net 29 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I think some of this is also why some homophobes consider being gay to be a choice, cause they're bi and it kinda is for bi people

Though the heart does want what it wants. Im first come first serve for whoever catches my attention

[-] Babs@hexbear.net 15 points 6 months ago

This was me as a teenager. I didn't get why people wouldn't just choose to be straight - I made that choice every day that I repressed my attraction towards men!

But now it's like, "Wait holy shit there are people who are categorically not attracted to an entire sex?". That's way more wild to me than the idea that people would be attracted to people of the same sex. Imagine seeing a hot guy/gal (tastes accounted for) and just not being into that. Damn.

[-] Bay_of_Piggies@hexbear.net 27 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

In my soc101 years ago our lesson on sexuality featured a number of studies showing that people act bisexual far more than they identity, for both straight and gay people. People will identity as straight on the survey, but than admit to multiple same sex partners lol.

[-] ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Captain Jack Harkness (doctor who, multiple seasons starting with season 2-3 or so of the 2008 reboot) is the media embodiment of this hypothesis.

They spell out very clearly that the time he comes from, they don’t have hang ups over gender and sex, they just do whatever’s good. So he’s very very openly bisexual and a bit of a slut with lax boundaries, because why not? Do what’s good. But he’s still masculine and appealing and a great character all around.

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[-] FALGSConaut@hexbear.net 18 points 6 months ago

That's kinda why it took me so long to figure out I'm bi. Growing up I was told homosexuality was rare and bisexuality was not mentioned, I figured since I was a boy and I liked girls that I was straight and didn't really examine it further for years. When I found out about bisexuality later I was jealous because it's the best of both worlds, which in hindsight should have been a clue but I got there eventually

[-] someone@hexbear.net 15 points 6 months ago

It was basically the same for me. Very late bi-bloomer due to adolescence in the incredibly homophobic 1990s. As you say, the word bisexuality was just not said in popular culture. I liked girls, therefore I was straight, right?

But the signs were there. How many 12-year-old boys have "Rocky Horror Picture Show" as their favourite movie? I wasn't obsessing over Brad because I thought he was hot, I just admired him for becoming adventurous. I didn't do everything I could to get out of gym classes for high school because I was afraid of going into a panic in a locker room full of cute boys not wearing much, I was just not interested in sports.

I was very good at rationalizations.

Well, better late than never! Covid taught me to not put things off. I'm making up for lost time now. Not in a slutty way, but definitely in a more adventurous way.

[-] HarryLime@hexbear.net 60 points 6 months ago
[-] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 48 points 6 months ago

Lmao why did they photograph them like they're some kind of evil villain team

[-] SpiderFarmer@hexbear.net 27 points 6 months ago

I mean, that checks.

[-] Greenleaf@hexbear.net 25 points 6 months ago

A New Sexual Identity Emerges

I wonder what the famously not-bi ancient Greeks and Romans would think about that statement.

[-] Hestia@hexbear.net 21 points 6 months ago

if people think bisexuality is new it's no wonder they thing "transgenderism" is a new phenomenon.

[-] CrispyFern@hexbear.net 56 points 6 months ago

gunpoint hexbear-bi-2 gunpoint-alt speech-side-l-1 you WILL be attracted to multiple genders! speech-side-l-2

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[-] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 52 points 6 months ago

I'm just min/maxing my sexuality to get the most out of the RNG

[-] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 37 points 6 months ago

When you're good at the game, any build is a winner

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[-] PKMKII@hexbear.net 26 points 6 months ago

Regardless of what drops out of their pants, you’re having a good time.

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[-] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 37 points 6 months ago

I'm a simple dude. I like masculine women and feminine men. And also feminine women. And sometimes masculine men.

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[-] machiabelly@hexbear.net 36 points 6 months ago

flag-lesbian-pride LESBIANS OUTNUMBER GAY MEN LETS GO LESBIANS flag-lesbian-pride

[-] SexUnderSocialism@hexbear.net 33 points 6 months ago

We gotta pump those numbers up. Those are rookie numbers. sicko-fem

[-] ReadFanon@hexbear.net 33 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I'm bisexual because it doubles my chances (of rejection)

[-] screwthisdumbcrap@hexbear.net 31 points 6 months ago

Well, they do get +10% damage against everyone.

[-] BartyDeCanter 31 points 6 months ago

I don’t know, I find it way easier to find a bi sub than a bi dom.

[-] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 24 points 6 months ago

That's because you're not looking hard enough you miserable little worm

[-] Angel@hexbear.net 19 points 6 months ago

This bi switch is sneaking up on you, and you don't even realize it

😏

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[-] someone@hexbear.net 16 points 6 months ago

bi dom

marx-hi

But really, how could I be otherwise? There's cute humans among every gender.

[-] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 29 points 6 months ago

Everyones just so cute

[-] Cummunism@hexbear.net 26 points 6 months ago

i can't wait to not see silent or baby boomers on this shit anymore. Die already.

[-] someone@hexbear.net 51 points 6 months ago

i can't wait to not see silent or baby boomers on this shit anymore. Die already.

A lot of the ones from those generations who may have bumped up these numbers in their generations already did, often from AIDS.

[-] Cummunism@hexbear.net 16 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

sorry i didnt mean the LGBT boomers/silent specifically, just the generation in general. but i can see how it sounded like i meant that. that's my bad.

[-] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 26 points 6 months ago

bottom-speak Dominate me, plz.

[-] invo_rt@hexbear.net 25 points 6 months ago

I don't know much about trans history, but it's interesting that there seems to be a higher percentage of trans people in the silent generation than the boomers.

[-] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 16 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Maybe age is a factor? The older you get the "don't give a fuck" factor tends to get higher on all sorts of issues.

Maybe not boomers, though. They seem to harbor very strong "keeping up with the Joneses" feelings. Maybe in a decade some of them will chill the fuck out and admit who they are.

[-] ashinadash@hexbear.net 22 points 6 months ago

I Believe In Bisexual Supremacy

[-] Poogona@hexbear.net 20 points 6 months ago

I bet there are all kinds of vectors for attraction that the straight/gay spectrum just doesn't fit, and I bet in some far flung future we'll recognize just how arbitrary a lot of it is

[-] DyingOfDeBordom@hexbear.net 15 points 6 months ago

CW: idk probably grossall i know is if there's a good set of titties on a fit body i'm there for it

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[-] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 20 points 6 months ago
[-] SnowySkyes@hexbear.net 18 points 6 months ago

I love that the world has become at least mostly accepting of people being gay, lesbian, or bi to the point where people can be this open with themselves. We've come a long way from everyone using "gay" as a pejorative.

I'm glad that I was able to eventually come to terms with the fact that I'm pan. Makes finding potential partners really simple by taking gender out of the equation.

[-] someone@hexbear.net 24 points 6 months ago

I love that the world has become at least mostly accepting of people being gay, lesbian, or bi to the point where people can be this open with themselves. We've come a long way from everyone using "gay" as a pejorative.

That's why us cis folks need to step up and defend our trans friends. Not just in big demonstrative marches every Pride month, but also in all the casual little daily interactions we have with less-enlightened people.

[-] edge@hexbear.net 17 points 6 months ago
[-] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 16 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

The millennial graph looks like a middle finger. Which as a millennial queer I say that's pretty accurate. I'm attracted to whoever the fuck I want to be attracted to, boomers don't get a say. Waving my queer polyam middle finger around in the faces of boomers is one of my favorite hobbies.

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