Not what I expected: Biphobia is strong, and violent
A group of us were discussing last night the continuing apparent trend toward acceptance of female bisexuality, more women identifying as such, and the frustration caused by college "experimenters." It was an interesting contrast to this surprising tidbit:
The book Bisexual Health-published in March 2007 by a coalition of organizations including the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute-analyzed more than 100 studies that, taken together, demonstrate “that bisexual people have worse physical and mental health than people of any other orientation,” says [coauthor Amy] André. “There is a lot of evidence that bisexual women in relationships with monosexual partners have notably higher rates of domestic violence than women in any other demographic,” says André, who is in a relationship with a nonhostile, phobia-free monosexual woman. “If it were not a reflection of biphobia,” André concludes, “there’d be no statistical difference between the safety in relationships of bi women and women of other sexualities.” --From the Best Sex Writing 2008 blog (NSFW, scroll down).
The book Bisexual Health-published in March 2007 by a coalition of organizations including the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute-analyzed more than 100 studies that, taken together, demonstrate “that bisexual people have worse physical and mental health than people of any other orientation,” says [coauthor Amy] André. “There is a lot of evidence that bisexual women in relationships with monosexual partners have notably higher rates of domestic violence than women in any other demographic,” says André, who is in a relationship with a nonhostile, phobia-free monosexual woman. “If it were not a reflection of biphobia,” André concludes, “there’d be no statistical difference between the safety in relationships of bi women and women of other sexualities.” --From the Best Sex Writing 2008 blog (NSFW, scroll down).