From Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bisexuality
is a
sexual orientation
. Bisexual
(sometimes shortened to bi)
people are
romantically
or
sexually attracted
to both
men
and
women
.
[1]
[2]
It can also mean attraction to more than one
gender
.
[3]
Sometimes it is talked about as having romantic or sexual attraction to someone regardless of their
sex
or
gender identity
. This is also known as
pansexuality
.
[4]
[1]
Some bisexual people love men and women the same and some people love one more than the other. Some bisexual people have preferences to one or more sexes, however some may not.
[5]
A slang expression for bisexuality is "to swing both ways."
In 1948,
Alfred Kinsey
published the
Kinsey scale
. The Kinsey scale shows that sexuality is a
continuum
. This means it moves little by little from heterosexuality to homosexuality. On the Kinsey scale, a
0
is someone who is only heterosexual. A
6
is someone who is only homosexual. Someone who is equally homosexual and heterosexual (bisexual) is a
3
.
In
biology
, bisexual can define an
organism
that has both male and female
organs
. This mostly refers to
plants
.
Bisexuality is
romantic
or
sexual attraction
to both males and females,
[6]
[7]
[8]
or to more than one gender.
[9]
Attraction can be different for bisexuals. This can be sexual, romantic,
emotional
, or physical attraction.
[10]
Some sources say that bisexuality means romantic or sexual attraction to all
gender identities
or
sexual orientations
. Some sources say that it is romantic or sexual attraction to a person no matter what that person's sex or gender is. This would make it the same as
pansexuality
.
[11]
[12]
Pansexuality ignores or rejects the
gender binary
(the idea that there is two genders and related sexual orientations).
[13]
This is because pansexuals are open to relationships with people who do not identify as men or women.
[14]
[15]
Sometimes the
phrase
bisexual umbrella
or
bisexual community
is used to talk about any non-
monosexual
behaviors, attractions, and identities.
[16]
The phrase "bisexual community", or the word "plurisexuality",
[17]
includes people who identify as bisexual, pansexual,
omnisexual
,
biromantic
,
polysexual
, or
sexually fluid
.
[18]
[19]
A common symbol of the
bisexual community
is the
bisexual flag
. This flag has a deep
pink
stripe at the top for homosexuality, a dark
blue
stripe for heterosexuality, and a
purple
stripe in the middle for bisexuality.
[20]
The purple stripe is a mix of the blue and pink colors, representing a mix of homosexuality and heterosexuality.
Another symbol of bisexuality is the
biangles
. The biangles are a pair of
overlapping
pink and blue triangles. These triangles form purple where they cross.
-
-
-
-
Gender symbols
-
Double crescent moons
- ↑
1.0
1.1
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.
American Psychological Association
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Archived
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.
www.apa.org
. American Psychological Association.
Archived
from the original on 16 February 2019
. Retrieved
13 November
2020
.
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Bailey, J. Michael; Vasey, Paul L.; Diamond, Lisa M.; Breedlove, S. Marc; Vilain, Eric; Epprecht, Marc (2016).
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"Sexual Orientation & Homosexuality"
.
www.apa.org
. American Psychological Association.
Archived
from the original on 16 February 2019
. Retrieved
13 November
2020
.
- ↑
"Sexual Orientation"
.
American Psychiatric Association
. Archived from
the original
on 26 July 2011
. Retrieved
3 December
2012
.
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Bailey, J. Michael; Vasey, Paul; Diamond, Lisa;
Breedlove, S. Marc
; Vilain, Eric; Epprecht, Marc (2016).
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PMID
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27 July
2019
.
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Flanders, Corey E.; LeBreton, Marianne E.; Robinson, Margaret; Bian, Jing; Caravaca-Morera, Jaime Alonso (2017-01-02).
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.
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.
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Soble, Alan
(2006). "Bisexuality".
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Greenwood Publishing Group
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ISBN
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.
Some bisexuals' attractions, however, appear to be gender 'blind'; that is, they are attracted to individuals independently of their sex- and gender linked attributes ... People with a gender-blind or 'pansexual' orientation are open not only to relations with men and women as traditionally figured in our society but also to relations with individuals who identify themselves as some combination of man/woman or some alternative gender entirely.
- ↑
Rice, Kim (2009). "Pansexuality". In Marshall Cavendish Corporation (ed.).
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Archived
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. Retrieved
3 October
2012
.
In some contexts, the term pansexuality is used interchangeably with bisexuality, which refers to attraction to individuals of both sexes... Those who identify as bisexual feel that gender, biological sex, and sexual orientation should not be a focal point in potential relationships.
- ↑
Rice, Kim (2009). "Pansexuality". In Marshall Cavendish Corporation (ed.).
Sex and Society
. Vol. 2.
Marshall Cavendish
. p. 593.
ISBN
978-0-7614-7905-5
.
Archived
from the original on 13 November 2020
. Retrieved
3 October
2012
.
In some contexts, the term pansexuality is used interchangeably with bisexuality, which refers to attraction to individuals of both sexes... Those who identify as bisexual feel that gender, biological sex, and sexual orientation should not be a focal point in potential relationships.
- ↑
Soble, Alan
(2006). "Bisexuality".
Sex from Plato to Paglia: a philosophical encyclopedia
. Vol. 1.
Greenwood Publishing Group
. p. 115.
ISBN
978-0-313-32686-8
.
Some bisexuals' attractions, however, appear to be gender 'blind'; that is, they are attracted to individuals independently of their sex- and gender linked attributes ... People with a gender-blind or 'pansexual' orientation are open not only to relations with men and women as traditionally figured in our society but also to relations with individuals who identify themselves as some combination of man/woman or some alternative gender entirely.
- ↑
Rice, Kim (2009). "Pansexuality". In Marshall Cavendish Corporation (ed.).
Sex and Society
. Vol. 2.
Marshall Cavendish
. p. 593.
ISBN
978-0-7614-7905-5
.
Archived
from the original on 13 November 2020
. Retrieved
3 October
2012
.
In some contexts, the term pansexuality is used interchangeably with bisexuality, which refers to attraction to individuals of both sexes... Those who identify as bisexual feel that gender, biological sex, and sexual orientation should not be a focal point in potential relationships.
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.
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.
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Richards, Christina; Barker, Meg (2015).
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.
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.
The identity 'bisexual' can be considered to be an umbrella term which includes all of the following groups and more: [...] People who don't see gender as a defining feature of their sexual attraction (some may also use terms like pansexual, omnisexual or ecosexual - see Glossary)."
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Sherwood Thompson (2014).
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.
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.
There are many other identity labels that could fall under the wider umbrella of bisexuality, such as pansexual, omnisexual, biromantic, or fluid (Eisner, 2013).
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Page, Michael.
"Bi Pride Flag"
. Archived from
the original
on 29 January 2007
. Retrieved
16 February
2007
.
The pink color represents sexual attraction to the same sex only, homosexuality, the blue represents sexual attraction to the opposite sex only, heterosexuality, and the resultant overlap color purple represents sexual attraction to both sexes (bi).