Bisexuality in Psychoanalytic Theory: Interpreting the Resistance

Rapoport, Esther

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“…In a society that is not only homomisic (from the Greek verb "to hate," an alternative to the misnomer "homophobic"- Epstein, 2003) but that is also particularly intolerant of self-labeled bisexuals (Alarie & Gaudet, 2013;Callis, 2013;Elia, 2014;Galupo, 2011;Klein, 1993;Lourea, 1985;Macalister, 2003;Moore & Norris, 2005;Nichols, 1988;Rapoport, 2009;Rust, 1993Rust, , 2000See & Hunt, 2011;Weinberg, Williams, & Pryor, 1994;Zinik, 1985), it is reasonable to assume that the larger one's sexual orientation range, the more distress one might feel regarding one's sexual orientation, and it is self-evident that SOR should be positively correlated with the level of uncertainty one feels regarding one's SO. SOR 3 performs best in both respects.…”

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How to Measure Sexual Orientation Range and Why It's Worth Measuring

Epstein

Robertson

2014

Journal of Bisexuality

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First proposed by Epstein, McKinney, Fox, and Garcia (2012), sexual orientation range (SOR) is an objective continuous measure of the flexibility people have in expressing their sexual orientation. In the present article, three formulas for computing SOR are compared using data obtained from a sample of 54,834 people in 57 countries. A number of statistical measures suggest that SOR is best measured simply as the smaller of two raw scores indicating opposite-sex and same-sex sexual inclinations. In other words, if one's strongest inclinations are same-sex, one's sexual orientation range is best indicated by the strength of one's opposite-sex inclinations, and vice versa. SOR, in combination with mean sexual orientation, another continuous variable, provides a reasonable and useful characterization of sexual orientation, which is and always has been a continuous rather than a categorical phenomenon. The SOR concept also puts the rancorous "choice" debate into an objective, non-inflammatory context.

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Section: The Third and Best Measure: A Case For Simplicitymentioning

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How to Measure Sexual Orientation Range and Why It's Worth Measuring

Epstein

Robertson

2014

Journal of Bisexuality

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“…However, Peel (2002) has pointed out that, given to their chosen career path aspiring counsellors, for example, usually holds positive attitudes towards non-heterosexuals; therefore it is possible that they may not demonstrate overt forms homophobia or in this case, biphobia (Fell, Mattiske & Riggs, 2008;Peel, 2001). By providing an insight of the underlying motives and their significance in the misconstruction of bisexuality, this study has highlighted that counsellors do not only need to be challenged to look beyond the notion of dichotomised extremes of sexuality (Lourea, 1985), but training content could also focus on challenging also the idea that biological sex, gender and object choice should follow each other in a linear fashion (Rapoport, 2009).…”

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Sensitive sexualities: dichotomised discourse in the erasure of bisexuality

Pereiera

Becker

Gardiner

2016

Psychology & Sexuality

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A combination of Q methodology and a Think Aloud task explored how cultural knowledge about bisexuality is constructed and maintained. Q methodology revealed positive interpretations of bisexuality. Critical Discourse Analysis of the Think Aloud task however, exposed the maintenance of dualistic categories of sex, gender and sexuality acting as 'operating systems' and strategically guiding the social representation of bisexuality as 'nonexistent', 'deviant', 'abnormal' and/or 'promiscuous'. The findings of this study suggest that overt heterosexism is not becoming extinct; instead it has found rather subtle ways of incorporating itself into 'liberal' discourses.

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“…In the late 1800s, biological scientists began using the term bisexual to refer to the hypothetical capacity of an organism to develop into either a male or a female of its species (Rapoport, 2009). In the 20th century, the use of the term became aligned with sexual attraction, although it was viewed as an immature form of sexuality by Freud and others (Garber, 1995).…”

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Bisexuality: From margin to center.

Israel

2018

Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity

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Bisexual people experience marginalization, which contributes to unique stressors, such as bispecific microaggressions, invisibility, isolation, and internalized binegativity. Consequently, bisexual individuals demonstrate elevated risk for negative mental health outcomes, violence, poverty, workplace discrimination, and poor overall health compared with heterosexual, lesbian, and gay people. The field of psychology reflects and reifies the marginalization of bisexuality that is present in the larger society, which limits theory, practice, and research regarding this population. This article envisions moving bisexuality from margin to center. Centering bisexuality within psychology requires replacing distorted definitions, representations, and stereotypes with clear and accurate understanding of this population as well as attending to bisexuality in theory, research, and practice. Moreover, moving bisexuality from margin to center in a larger societal context can change the foundations of our very understanding of sexual orientation, attraction, sex, relationships, and gender. This article articulates a vision of bisexuality as a liberating force.

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Bisexuality in Psychoanalytic Theory: Interpreting the Resistance

Cited by 9 publications

References 9 publications

How to Measure Sexual Orientation Range and Why It's Worth Measuring

How to Measure Sexual Orientation Range and Why It's Worth Measuring

Sensitive sexualities: dichotomised discourse in the erasure of bisexuality

Bisexuality: From margin to center.

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