Mark Simpson, the man who coined the term Metrosexual talks in his blog about bisexuality. I agree with his beliefs that it is easier for straight women to admit they enjoy, have and seek sex with women. They can self-identify as bisexual and not face discrimination the same way a man would. They are not punished in the same way men are as Mark blogs below:
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There are some very excellent points here.
However, I would like to point out that viewing female's bisexuality as titillating to men, as is how it is almost exclusively portrayed in our patriarchal, heterosexist society, is not empowering to bisexual women, and in fact reduces their sexuality to the needs of men.
Absolutely, there are differences in how society (and friends and family) react to bisexual men and women, and even within the Queer community, bisexuals are not always given equal status to (for example) gay men or lesbians.
But I think we can recognise the oppressions we face without diminishing the oppressions of others (i.e. suggesting that bisexual women have it 'easier' as if fighting to be considered someone sexually interested in women for our OWN sake and not for the excitement of men, is easy!)
Monika
I agree Monika. There is most likely more biphobia than homophobia.
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