I still say....

[caldura]

I still say Everyone is Bisexual and its social pressures that force us to pigeon hole are selves. Turn the lights out and anything goes lol.

[djones]

Would make my dating life easier, but I have to disagree.

[DuckiesDarling]

Sorry, I disagree as well. I'm straight and happy to be that way.

[Cherokee_Mountaincat]

Nope nope, sorry. NOT everyone is Bi and neither is bisexuality for Everyone. Its just like the Swing Lifestyle...its not everyone's cup of tea.
Thats my take on it. :}
Cat :bigrin:

[Long Duck Dong]

I have the opinion that we all have the ability to be bisexual..... lol we have the equiptment ( genitalia, fingers, mouths etc ).....

but attraction and desire is like mcdonalds and KFC..... some desire one or the other, some desire both and some desire none......

[NotLostJustWandering]

I think the majority of people are sexually fluid and adapt to their society's norms; how else can you explain the disparity of sexual mores across cultures? However, there are also people whose sexuality can not be made to adapt to what their society deems acceptable; we are the discontents.

Just as queers refuse to conform to heteronormality, I'm sure there are guys in those tribes who feel very compromised when as guests their hosts offer them their sons to share their beds.

And of course, individual sexuality is shaped by upbringing. I've met so many gay men who were abused by their mothers in their childhood. Some of them also confessed to having hetero desires but couldn't dream of acting on them. The psychological damage was so obvious, but of course it's totally politically incorrect to talk about this in gay circles.

[Realist]

NotLost,

These are interesting things! Theories abound about why we do this, or, that. I know each of us have different reasons and motives for being the way we are. We each have different backgrounds and were raised in vastly different atmospheres, that I'm sure cause us to become the persons we are. I have some ideas why I am the way I am, but with no training in psychiatry....... I only grasp at straws. The mind is an interesting thing and I hope when I come back in my next life, I will have a better grasp of how that sucker functions and what motivates me to do the things I do/have done.

[rissababynta]

I strongly disagree as well. I have many straight friends who are very open about sex and do not conform to social "norms" but at the end of the day, they are attracted to the opposite sex and that's just the way it is.

It's kind of like a person saying that bisexuality doesn't exist, it's just a stage until you fall into one category of straight or gay. To say not be in someone's shoes and say that they are or aren't something that they are is just plain not right.

[fredtyg]

I'm not sure but I figure there are a lot more bisexuals or potential bisexuals out there than we know of. There would also be even more bisexuals if not for societal and peer pressure, but there certainly do seem to be some people that are attracted to the opposite sex only.

I'll never understand that, either. I can't imagine a guy not being interested in sex with other men. I know there are guys that aren't, but I just can't put myself in their place. I can't understand why everyone isn't bi.

[tenni]

I would not agree with the statement that everyone is bi. I would agree with a statement that said that sexuality "may" be fluid. I see a difference. First, the word "may" is used. It doesn't impose a one thought covers all stereotypical approach to sexuality. It also introduces the concept that our sexuality is not fixed at birth idea. Why this fluidity may happen is another issue though.

I am rather uncomfortable when I read/hear a bisexual state that everyone is really bisexual and it is cultural norms that prevent them from expressing their bisexuality. Now there may some truth to the point that cultural norms hold a bisexual back from exploring their sexuality though. I think of some gay (men usually) that state that all bisexuals are really gay and just haven't figured that out yet. Both seem to be trying to impose their own sexuality on to others. Both do not or can not understand or emphathize with other sexualities. The same would hold true for a heterosexual belief that all gays are mentally ill and need "curing"...no longer a mainstream thesis thankfully.

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Void wanders by, hugs tenni, wanders on.