Bisexuality in Europe

Abstract

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Bisexual stereotypes apply differently by body size: An assessment of bisexual prototypicality, trait application, and body size

“…Though we recognize that gender and gender/sex identities can and do branch from sex but assign all male bodies identities of "man/men" and all female bodies identities of "woman/women." specifically stereotyped given a lack of research relating to perceptions at this intersection, however, Hayfield (2020) suggests that, given the "overlaps between disrupting and blurring the boundaries of gender and of sexuality" (p. 183) this intersection is important to account for.…”

“…First, our measurement of masculinity and femininity entailed a binary masculine-feminine dichotomy, failing to capture the diversity of ways in which masculinity, femininity, androgyny, and other gendered expressions can be embodied (e.g., van Anders, 2015). This may be particularly relevant when addressing perceptions of bisexuality given high rates of bisexual identities among gender diverse populations (e.g., James et al, 2016;Meyer et al, 2017), necessitating negotiations of the binaries of both gender and sexuality (see Hayfield, 2020). Future work on perceptions of bisexuality should thus aim to include more encompassing assessments and displays of gender expression and identity, which would provide more ecologically valid understandings of perceptions of bisexuality.…”