“Bisexuality Isn’t Exclusionary”: A Qualitative Examination of Bisexual Definitions and Gender Inclusivity Concerns among Plurisexual Women

Cipriano, Allison E.; Holland, Kathryn J.

doi:10.1080/15299716.2022.2060892

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“…In this and other studies, bisexual people have reported that keeping their bisexuality under the disguise of a heterosexual relationship allows them to avoid negative experiences with dualsourced binegativity (Cipriano et al, 2022;Kirby et al, 2021). At the same time however, most bisexual people, including the women in this study, reported the dual-sourced erasure and silencing to be harmful to their overall self-identity, preventing them from being able to speak about their bisexual-related experiences in relationships and society (Kirby et al, 2021;Nadal et al, 2016).…”

Section: Effects Of Binegativity and Bierasure On Bisexuality Disclosurementioning

confidence: 45%

“…Maliepaard, 202;Swan & Habibi, 2019). Due to the continued mistaken perceptions of bisexuality being binary, some bisexual people have moved away from this term towards other terms that may describe their subjective sexual orientation more closely (Cipriano et al, 2022).…”

Section: Bisexual Identity Binegativity and Bi Erasurementioning

confidence: 99%

“…This limited research has contributed to our lack of in-depth understanding of bisexual female experiences of IPA, the role bisexuality plays in those experiences, and how these affect help seeking behaviours. It also means support services both within and outside of the LGBTQ+ community lack adequate knowledge about bisexual people and their specific experiences in relationships, to be able to effectively support this group, which creates further harm and is a barrier to creating preventative measures (Cipriano et al, 2022;Corey et al, 2022).…”

Section: Underrepresentation Of Bisexuality In Ipa Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Furthermore, previous research has shown that bisexual people often experience having to prove they are "truly" bisexual, particularly to the LGBTQ+ communities, by showing a history of having an equal number of sexual partners from more than one gender (Alarie & Gaudet, 2013;Maimon et al 2021;Cipriano et al, 2022). Similarly, some of the women in the current study had their bisexuality questioned by peers within the LGBTQ+ community, where they felt their bisexuality was rendered illegitimate or erased as they were assumed to be in a heterosexual relationship with their male partner and therefore could no longer "claim" a rainbow status.…”

Section: Dual-sourced Binegativity Inmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For example, Cipriano et al (2022) conducted a qualitative examination, interviewing 25 plurisexual (bisexual, pansexual and queer) women to examine their experiences of facing pressures to prove their identity. Using thematic analysis, they found that in society plurisexual women had trouble formally identifying their sexuality due to internal pressure created by external expectations of having to show they had experienced "enough" gender variety of sexual partners in order to identify under a label like bisexual or pansexual.…”

Section: A Case For Bisexual Visibilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Speaking the Unspoken: Abuse and Help Seeking Experiences of Bisexual Young Women in an Intimate Relationship With a Man

Janislawski¹

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Binegativity is a term used to refer to the negative stereotypes attributed to bisexual people. Examples include promiscuity, attention seeking, and/or going through a phase. Despite the success of the LGBTQ+ movement in improving social equality for gay and lesbian individuals, bisexual negative stereotypes and stigma are prevalent in both heterosexual and LGBTQ+ communities. They are problematic because they erase bisexual identities, rendering bisexual people voiceless, feeling rejected and alone in their experiences. This isolation impacts the magnitude of the social problems that this group disproportionally face. Indeed, figures in Aotearoa New Zealand and worldwide indicate that intimate partner abuse (IPA) is more prevalent amongst bisexual women and young people in comparison to any other sexual orientation, age or gender. The limited research with bisexual women shows that bi-erasure and young age impacts women’s experiences of IPA from a male intimate partner and their help seeking behaviour. However, the mechanisms involved are not understood by society or support services, and require further research. This qualitative study aimed to address this gap by exploring the role of bisexuality and young age on the abuse and helpseeking experiences of six bisexual young women who were in an intimate relationship with a man. The transcripts of six semi-structured interviews with women were analysed. All identified as bisexual and were aged between 15 to 20 years when they first entered into an intimate relationship with their male partner. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPAN) was used to understand how the women made sense and meaning of their experiences, as interpreted by the current researcher. Four themes were identified: 1) Developing Relationship IQ; 2) Progression of Control and Abuse; 3) Unspoken Bisexuality; and 4) Help Seeking Barriers. Collectively, the themes encapsulate the unspoken nature of bisexuality and bi-erasure in society showing how it exacerbates control and abuse in IPA, and adding further barriers to helpseeking for bisexual people. Furthermore, it is clear that young people’s knowledge of IPA and available support services impacts their ability to helpseek, as does the lack of understanding of bisexuality by services and service workers. Findings suggest an urgent need for policy and practice to implement robust relationship education in schools and for research to further explore the role of bisexuality in IPA, drawing out bisexuality from under the LGBTQ+ umbrella. “I call myself bisexual because I acknowledge that I have in myself the potential to be attracted romantically and/or sexually to people of more than one sex and/or gender not necessarily at the same time not necessarily in the same way and not necessarily to the same degree” – Robyn Ochs

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Section: Effects Of Binegativity and Bierasure On Bisexuality Disclosurementioning

confidence: 45%

Section: Bisexual Identity Binegativity and Bi Erasurementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Underrepresentation Of Bisexuality In Ipa Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Dual-sourced Binegativity Inmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: A Case For Bisexual Visibilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Leadership and bisexuality: Dually occurring processes of identity development

Pacheco,

DeMarse

2024

New Drctns Student Lead

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With the growing importance of identity development, it is important to see the intersections that occur with one's identity as both a leader and as bisexual. Leader identity and bisexual identity development can occur in tandem, with critical moments influencing both dually occurring identity development processes. By understanding the need that the field of leadership education has to explore the development of bisexual leaders and leadership educators, the authors discuss the need to center minoritized identities in our scholarship and practice within the field.

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Bisexuality in Females

Sturtz,

Franzese

2023

Encyclopedia of Sexual Psychology and Behavior

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“Bisexuality Isn’t Exclusionary”: A Qualitative Examination of Bisexual Definitions and Gender Inclusivity Concerns among Plurisexual Women

Cited by 16 publications

References 39 publications

Speaking the Unspoken: Abuse and Help Seeking Experiences of Bisexual Young Women in an Intimate Relationship With a Man

Speaking the Unspoken: Abuse and Help Seeking Experiences of Bisexual Young Women in an Intimate Relationship With a Man

Leadership and bisexuality: Dually occurring processes of identity development

Bisexuality in Females

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