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.

  • velma@sh.itjust.worksOP
    91·
    6 days ago

    Bi-phobia encompasses negative attitudes, beliefs, and behaviours towards bisexual individuals. It manifests in various forms, including erasure of bisexuality, stereotyping, harassment, and exclusion. This prejudice often stems from misconceptions and societal stigmas surrounding non-monosexual orientations.

    • potustheplant@feddit.nlBanned from community
      34·
      6 days ago

      Exactly, negative attitudes. Being polyamorous, liking threesomes or being promiscuous is not a negative thing, it’s just a preference. Hence why this is just simple prejudice, not “biphobia”.

      • velma@sh.itjust.worksOP
        62·
        6 days ago

        Encompasses negative attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors towards bisexual individuals.

        encompass verb

        1 : to include as a part of a whole or group

            • dogdeanafternoon@lemmy.ca
              23·
              6 days ago

              So if I believe bi people are wonderful people, I now have a (non-negative) belief towards them. I am being biphobic?

              • velma@sh.itjust.worksOP
                7·
                6 days ago

                Straight guy here from /all. Unfortunately, a big chunk of my cohort will have responded favorably because they are dreaming of a female partner that will gift them a threesome.

                velma OP

                And they, too, are engaging in biphobia with that logic.

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                Not sure that’s how a “phobia” works.

                Let’s put this conversation into perspective.

                Men that date bisexual women because they think she will gift them a threesome because she is bisexual are leaning into harmful bisexual stereotypes. That is biphobia.