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The arguments so far for not dating a bisexual person have been biased, homophobic slander. Regardless of your sexuality there is no more likelihood of cheating, that depends entirely on the type of person the individual. A person cheating is independent of their preference for the gender of their partner. If a bisexual were, for example, dating a male there is no increased likelihood of them 'craving the female anatomy' that would induce cheating.
Furthermore, a bisexual may be attracted to more than one gender. That does not mean they want to be in a polygamous relationship. That's is absolutely unrelated to their sexuality. It is just as likely that a hetrosexual or homosexual person would want a polygamous relationship, a bisexual is no more inclined than anymore else to want a relationship like that. So the creepy threesome fantasies and leers towards bisexual people need to stop, because its an unwelcome advance and is quite often inappropriate and uncomfortable for the person.
I agree, the arguments so far have been spoken out of ignorance. Wanting a polygamous relationship has nothing to do with your sexuality. Dating someone should be based on if you love them or want to get to know them better not there sexuality.
My argument was not homophobic slander considering that I am a homosexual. Plenty of gays don't want to date bisexuals for the same reason as straight people so homophobia has nothing to do with it.
Hey you being homosexual is cool. But discriminating against someone because they identify with a sexual preference, that is a minority, is homophobic. The arguments for the 'no' side have been slanderous and based off ignorant misinformation. I addressed primarily the arguments that:
1. Being bisexual means you're more likely to cheat
and
2. Being bisexual is only okay, or even grosser 'hot', if they engage in a polygamous relationship.
If you side with these ideas, its discrimination and prejudice based off sexual preference.
I have nothing against straight people I just prefer to be around my own kind. I can't relate to straight people. And as Bisexuaks are effectively half straight I can't relate to them like how I can to another gay or lesbian.
Okay, you know what. I'm done. Cause I have other things to do besides be offended on a debate website. I was here for something challenging and intellectual and I've ended up feeling offended, hurt, insulted and discriminated against.
So thanks
I'm gonna go have a threesome, desire vaginas while screwing a guy and cheat on my partner. Cause that's what bisexuals do.
How the fuck has this argument been upvoted by four people? Saying that I as a gay person are homophobic for refusing to date bisexuals is one of the dumbest ideas I have come across on this site.
You are probably correct. I suppose that this entire debate seems silly to me, more than anything; the counter perspective just seems so baseless and absurd.
If I dated a bisexual girl, I could watch her doing her girlfriend and that might be sexy. I don't know but it feels like making something positive out of negative is always a good thing. Especially when there isn't anything really negative about it. She couldn't help it.
Being heterosexual, I wouldn't go out with a guy who was bi because obviously I'm a guy. But I wouldn't mind a bi gf who was hott , esp if her gf was also hott.
Right, but how is that an argument against dating a bisexual person? That anyone can be bisexual? Anyone could also be a supermodel and be a bisexual person. What point are you trying to make. Please clarify further.
My argument wasn't that anyone can be bisexual, because they can't. Polyamory does not mean bisexuality, it means sleeping around a lot, which anyone of any sexual orientation can do. The stereotype that bisexuals are always polyamorous is unfounded.
Eh... polyamory does not actually mean sleeping around a lot; that would also be an unfounded stereotype. I know a number of polyamorous people for whom that is not accurate, particularly if they are not also polysexual.
The only aspect of that link that backs up your claim is a non-cited repetition of your claim, which doesn't really do much since, as I said, it lacks a citation.
It refers to " From the little data collected,", and references someone named Amy Moors.
If I were dating a bi guy what if he were to decide that he can't live with his desire for vagina and breasts going unsatisfied? Because I can't give him that.
There is the same risk of him wanting sex with other guys that there is him wanting sex with other girls. It's not as big a risk as I think you're making it out to be in your mind.
It sure is a big risk. My gay friend refuses to date bisexual guys or even to get involved with them. He says that half the time they are 'shady' and two faced. Plus, he knows they probably crave the beauty of the female form, something he says he can't really Provide. Therefore, there is higher chances of them cheating and what not.
Maybe your friend just has shitty taste in partners; it happens. Maybe his projection of distrust push his partners away the way it tends to for any partners regardless of sexuality. Or maybe it is his insecurity about being with someone who is bisexual on account of the stereotyped beliefs he enters the relationships already holding.
All of that is more plausible than your over-generalized conclusion that dating bisexuals is a "big risk", on the sole basis of your friends' subjective hearsay of another person's motives and sexual experiences. I happen to know bisexuals who are married and strictly monogamous. I also happen to know plenty of monosexuals who were not.
No that's not true at all. I could quench his desire for the male body and for gay sex as I have a male body and can give him gay sex. Therefore he would be less likely to cheat on me with another queer. But obviously I can't satisfy his desire for women and the sex that a man has with a woman is different so I can't satisfy his need for that.
You can satisfy some of his beliefs, but you can only offer you, and any other person can offer other things than you. This is a problem that exists in any relationship. I see why you think that to be true, but there is no evidence that being bisexual increases this risk.
Maybe your boyfriend is attracted to blond buys and brown-haired guys, and you're blond. Does that mean you shouldn't trust him because you know you an't satisfy his need for brown hair? That was a less intense example, but it's the same principle.
In the United States (where OP lives), probably nothing much higher than a local office in most places. And, yes, decidedly because of ignorant bigotry.
I honestly hate America... bigots sicken me. I could just be feeling this bad about it because I know a Bisexual Transgender guy but I was never as closed-minded as some people.
I think it is perfectly natural to find bigotry towards any demographic or identity repugnant, particularly if you are or known someone targeted by it. People thinking and acting out of ignorance and fear to the detriment of others is one of the most idiotic things our species does, and we do quite a bit that is stupid in my estimation.
That would probably depend upon the gender/sex of your partner. If you presented as a same-sex couple, people might be capable of overlooking the whole matter enough that it would not kill your odds completely. Still, a shitty consideration to even have to make.
