U1987 Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 I notice an extremely high number of girls in the 18-21 range on OKC list themselves as Bisexual; probably 1/3 where I live. I have trouble believing these girls are genuinely bisexual; that's way higher than the average 5%-10% of LGBT people in the world. Do you think these girls are genuinely bisexual? Or do they list that in a shallow attempt to improve their "market value" on the site (trying to hook guys who think they'd be up for a threesome or whatnot)? Link to post Share on other sites
luvbits23 Posted August 6, 2011 Share Posted August 6, 2011 I feel most girls in that age range may want to "experiment", especially if they are in college and into the party scene. Being young is about having fun and trying new things. And maybe one of those things is being with someone of the same gender. Link to post Share on other sites
Enchanted Girl Posted August 6, 2011 Share Posted August 6, 2011 Haha! Now you know how I feel. I'm a bisexual woman and have trouble figuring out what girls would actually date me and what girls just say that to get guys. Also, lesbians are very skeptical about my sincerity of whether or not I'm bi. My opinion is . . . . . you can usually tell by actually reading their profile. Fake bisexuals often act slutty or leave hints that they aren't really bi in some way. I remember one "bi" girl ended her profile with "I want people to message me if . . . . they are a man who knows how to have fun." People let the truth slip on accident a lot more than you'd think. Link to post Share on other sites
WhyWontYouBe Posted August 6, 2011 Share Posted August 6, 2011 Statistically speaking about half. Link to post Share on other sites
just_some_guy Posted August 6, 2011 Share Posted August 6, 2011 Right now, it is "hip" to be a bi girl. Lesbian sexuality is glamorized and rampant in the media now, once only being popular in porn. It is a turn on for a lot of guys to see girls kissing in clubs and what not. So I think there's an unnatural pressure for girls to lay claim to being bi or experimenting or more often it appears, just to show off in clubs to get guy's attention. On the other hand, it seems quite unpopular for males to identify as bisexual! Which makes me wonder about all the closet bisexual men out there. If you peruse Craig's List, married or "straight" men looking for hookups with other men are very common. Oddly enough, most of my gay and lesbian acquaintances, despise bisexuals. There's a lot of Bi-Hate in the gay male community at large. A lot of gays feel that bisexual men are simply in denial about being really gay. Curiously, the psychological data shows that most people are in some continuum of bisexuality, and a great many have at least some experience with members of the same sex. A significant number of men who claim to be completely heterosexual have sex with other men on a regular basis! OKC's blog pages are really interesting to read and they have a great article on this particular subject, with lots of statistics. Link to post Share on other sites
Nexus One Posted August 6, 2011 Share Posted August 6, 2011 (edited) No I don't believe most of the girls that say they're bi-sexual. Most of the times they say it or act like that to turn on guys in order to attract them. Edited August 6, 2011 by Nexus One Link to post Share on other sites
Mrlonelyone Posted August 6, 2011 Share Posted August 6, 2011 The thing is there are degree's of bisexuality. On a scale from zero to six. Zero being 100% straight and six being 100% gay is how psychologist look at it. There is a spread of possibilities between those poles. I would say I am into predominantly into men but into women to a much lesser extent. To use a case from my past here on LS. It took 6 months for me to look at a particular woman that way pole dancing... with a man of simmilar attractiveness it would have taken six minutes. Heck I have kissed men I met at a bar and never spoke to at all. Link to post Share on other sites
NoReallyThatHappened Posted August 6, 2011 Share Posted August 6, 2011 I only know of one person who is listed as bi on OKC. She is, in fact, bi. I've seen her have relationships with both men and women. Most of her long term relationships though are with women. Link to post Share on other sites
Stung Posted August 7, 2011 Share Posted August 7, 2011 When I was on OkC I was listed as bi, and I did date and have relationships with both men and women for several years. I would maybe call myself "bi-lite" though because ALL of my serious relationships have been with men, I seem geared more towards males emotionally. I'm a little outside of the age-range you're talking about, though . Anyway, I would agree that many young women today identify that way because they're trying to impress impressionable and horny young men, OR because they're genuinely curious and wanting to experiment, but are not really sure what to call themselves and are still kind of finding their footing in the sexual universe. As EG mentioned, you can often suss out what's what by reading profiles more closely. Link to post Share on other sites
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