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{{Sexuality Info|image1 = Biflag.png|gender(s): = Any|gender(s)_attracted_to: = Two or More}}'''Bisexual '''(often shortened to '''Bi''') refers to someone who is attracted to two or more genders. This is most commonly men and women, though it does not have to be. Bisexual people can be attracted to any genders. |
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Bisexuals may be attracted to all or only some genders, therefore, it is sometimes used as an umbrella term for people attracted to multiple genders- including [[Pansexual]], [[Omnisexual]], [[Polysexual]], and others. (Although sometimes bisexuals and people of these other orientations prefer to be kept completely separate) |
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The romantic equivalent to bisexual is biromantic. |
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== Kinsey scale == |
== Kinsey scale == |
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The psychologist Jim McKnight was one of the first to write that the idea of bisexuality is a form of sexual orientation, as suggested implicit in the Kinsey scale, which he cites often in his work. However, despite McKnight and Kinsey's work on human sexuality, this conception of bisexuality has been severely challenged since the work ''Homosexualities ''(c. 1978) was published by Weinberg and his psychologist colleague Alan P. Bell. |
The psychologist Jim McKnight was one of the first to write that the idea of bisexuality is a form of sexual orientation, as suggested implicit in the Kinsey scale, which he cites often in his work. However, despite McKnight and Kinsey's work on human sexuality, this conception of bisexuality has been severely challenged since the work ''Homosexualities ''(c. 1978) was published by Weinberg and his psychologist colleague Alan P. Bell. |
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== Demographics of bisexuality == |
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There have been many studies on what percentage of the population is estimated to be bisexual, but one of the most prevalent, ''The Janus Report on Sexual Behavior, ''showed that 5% of men and 3% of women consider themselves bisexual. The report was published in 1998, and is generally a very old resource when comparing these percentages. |
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However, newer resources believe that bisexual-identifying people are on the rise, especially among women. This is not surprising, as the Kinsey scale research suggests that most people have a bisexual response in attraction and sexual behavior. |
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== Flag == |
== Flag == |
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