It turned out that nearly half (48.3%) of participants had identified as bisexual at a previous point in time.
Thirty-six of these participants went on to complete a lab study in which their genital arousal patterns were recorded while they watched different kinds of porn. A total of 58 participants (most of whom were White and age 26 on average) completed an online survey about their sexual attitudes and histories. In this study, researchers recruited men who currently identified as gay via both Facebook and Grindr. Transitional bisexuality has largely been ignored by sex researchers to date however, a recent study published in the Archives of Sexual Behavior sheds some light on it. That said, it turns out that there is some truth to the idea that bisexuality sometimes serves as a transitional sexual identity. However, the stereotype that all bisexual men are gays in disguise is, like Sex and the City, pure fiction (see here and here for scientific evidence that bisexuality is a distinct sexual orientation).
I think it’s just a layover on the way to gaytown.”Ĭarrie expressed a belief that a lot of people in the real world hold, too-that all bisexual men are secretly gay and just aren’t quite ready to come out. Uncomfortable with the thought of taking things further, she confides to her friends: “You know, I did the ‘date a bisexual guy’ thing in college, but in the end they all ended up with men…I’m not even sure bisexuality exists.
In an episode of the classic television series Sex and the City, Carrie Bradshaw discovers that a guy she’s seeing has dated both men and women.