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[rm]

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/05/health/05sex.html

Summary? Bisexuality may not exist in men; may be the norm in women. At the end, a researcher notes that a woman may identify as a lesbian, but if the pizza guy is really hot, what are you going to do?

Fear not, heterosexual universe, the premise for all your porn films remains intact.

*bangs head on handy objects*

To the Editor,

In "Straight, Gay or Lying? Bisexuality Revisited" testing male sexual interest through responsiveness to pornography is presented as something other than the obvious. A bisexual man may be uninterested in porn solely featuring women because it lacks an object of identification, or he might just find porn and its narrow range of bodies uninteresting. There are too many variables for the study as presented to have meaning.

My jaw dropped when Dr. Diamond declared, "[A woman] may be mostly interested in women but, hey, the guy who delivers the pizza is really hot…." I had to wonder if her study was porn industry sponsored.

Perhaps women are socially rewarded for bisexuality or men face pressure to have a non-fluid sexual identity. These studies ignore the obvious societal context of sex, which seems absurd, misleading and unhelpful in the midst of the current culture wars.

I have a strong feeling they will publish it, and oh, man, that's gonna be fun when my parents call me. La!

Comments

[markw.livejournal.com]

One friend put it as, "I'm a lesbian who likes to make out with boys." She also claimed to be a vegetarian who liked a good steak, but I think she's mostly abandoned (http://twistyfaster.typepad.com/i_blame_the_patriarchy/2005/06/on_dinner_and_p.html) that stance. She might have abandoned the former stance as well, for all I know. I don't care and I don't ask.

Me, I'm likely one of the abovementioned straight male friends that indulges in the anonymous man-love. But I never think of myself as straight, gay or bi unless someone asks and needs a convenient answer. I'm attracted to women, but a guy will do to tie to. And unless I'm presently in the act of having sex, what does my preference matter anyway?

Oh, and: hi. I'm Mark. Nice to meet you :D