Bisexuality — orientation or sexual uncertainty?
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In 2008, the results of a ten-year study of female bisexuality were published. Soon after, Lisa M. Diamond, author of the study “Sexual Fluidity: Understanding Women”s Love and Desire.” Lines like “This book is dedicated to the 100 women who spoke to me” are read on one of the first pages.
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Lisa M. Diamond is a psychologist and feminist professor of developmental and health psychology at the University of Utah. Her work aimed to answer the question of whether bisexuality is a third sexual orientation or simply a consequence of the sexual diversity inherent in people.
Many people believe that bisexuality is a temporary phenomenon, a transitional stage of experimentation that a person goes through in search of sexual identity.
Others argue that bisexuality is a ploy by women to attract the attention of men.
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Bisexuality
Five times during this ten-year period, participants were asked to describe in detail their sexual preferences, their relationships with their family and social environment, and their behavior towards other people to whom they were sexually attracted.
Based on the data obtained, Lisa concluded that bisexuality is not a transitional stage “on the path” to women becoming lesbians. This is also not a manifestation of the “experimental phase”.
Bisexuality should be viewed as a stable pattern of attraction to both sexes, with a particular balance of same-sex and different-sex sexual desire that varies depending on personal and situational conditions,” she wrote.
