Mrlonelyone Posted April 19, 2011 Posted April 19, 2011 What are they? I know the one that says bisexuals are in general going to cheat because we would get tired of having one or the other. (As if straight and gay people don't or can't get tired of who they are with.) Any other ones I am unaware of?
Stung Posted April 19, 2011 Posted April 19, 2011 I have dated a couple of bisexual men. The only stereotype I ever heard about it was that bi guys are really gay guys who just haven't admitted it to themselves yet. Some people just don't believe in the Kinsey scale and see everything very black/white.
SingVoice Posted April 19, 2011 Posted April 19, 2011 Yes I agree with the above...mostly I have heard that Bi for men is just "transition into gay." I used to feel that way too...(not based on stereotypes...but based on the fact that EVERY guy I ever knew who said he was bi ended up being gay...and in the "arts" scene thats a lot of people!) However what changed my mind was that I had a guy friend who I knew for many years....he is married...but he eventually told me he was "not 100% straight." And after knowing him I understood better.
Author Mrlonelyone Posted April 19, 2011 Author Posted April 19, 2011 I know for me it's definately not a transition into gay... For I have been way way way out there as a transgender woman for a while. If anything it's a function of seeing myself as not really male or female. (It's an amerindian thing.)
Author Mrlonelyone Posted April 19, 2011 Author Posted April 19, 2011 Bumped to get more feedback on this.
Intricategirl Posted April 19, 2011 Posted April 19, 2011 What are they? I know the one that says bisexuals are in general going to cheat because we would get tired of having one or the other. (As if straight and gay people don't or can't get tired of who they are with.) Any other ones I am unaware of? Mostly the cheating. And I have dated bisexual guys in the past, and they did cheat. I don't know that I'm willing to go so far as declaring it causal though. But more interesting, what you wrote was not refuting that bi guys cheat. It was deflecting the same behavior onto a different group. I agree that straight and gay people can get tired of the person they are with. But this thread didn't ask about them and whether it's a stereotype. Sorry, I've been working logic problems all day, and it's similar to saying, "All bi people are male or female. Most bi people cheat. All straight people are also male or female, therefore most straight people cheat too." Maybe, maybe not. It's a big jump in assumptions either way.
Author Mrlonelyone Posted April 20, 2011 Author Posted April 20, 2011 I asked about stereotypes they usually are anything but logical. What I wrote is the most logical possible to a illogical arguement. So you had boyfriends who were bi and they cheated. Having been burned you have a good reason for not wanting to get burned again. Just don't think that dating 100% straight men is a insurance against cheating.
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