{"title":"When is a bisexual really bisexual? Testing the ‘one and done’ rule of male same-sex behaviour","authors":"D. Joye Swan, Shani Habibi","doi":"10.53841/bpssex.2017.8.2.41","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"We conducted a replication of our previous research on female bisexuality using a male target to identify when heterosexual participants would label a man bisexual or heterosexual based on his engaging in either same-sex or cross-sex sexual behaviours or emotions. Whereas, in our previous research we found that it took very intimate or repeated sexual behaviour before participants would label a historically heterosexual woman bisexual, we found that a man was labelled bisexual for almost all same-sex sexual behaviours and emotions. In a second study, we found that historically heterosexual males were rated higher on a sexual continuum (1=heterosexual; 10=gay/lesbian) than females for the identical same-sex sexual behaviours suggesting confirmation of the ‘one and done’ rule. However, the mean ratings for both sexes fell within the bisexual range. The findings are discussed in relation to a more nuanced understanding of the one and done rule, specifically, and in terms of bisexual erasure in general.","PeriodicalId":91790,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of sexualities review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2017-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Psychology of sexualities review","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.53841/bpssex.2017.8.2.41","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
We conducted a replication of our previous research on female bisexuality using a male target to identify when heterosexual participants would label a man bisexual or heterosexual based on his engaging in either same-sex or cross-sex sexual behaviours or emotions. Whereas, in our previous research we found that it took very intimate or repeated sexual behaviour before participants would label a historically heterosexual woman bisexual, we found that a man was labelled bisexual for almost all same-sex sexual behaviours and emotions. In a second study, we found that historically heterosexual males were rated higher on a sexual continuum (1=heterosexual; 10=gay/lesbian) than females for the identical same-sex sexual behaviours suggesting confirmation of the ‘one and done’ rule. However, the mean ratings for both sexes fell within the bisexual range. The findings are discussed in relation to a more nuanced understanding of the one and done rule, specifically, and in terms of bisexual erasure in general.