Negative attitudes toward bisexuals
have been documented among heterosexuals as well as lesbians/gay men, and a
common theme is that bisexuals would not be suitable romantic or sexual
partners. While gender, sexual orientation, and attitudes toward bisexuality
influence people's willingness to engage in romantic or sexual activities with
a bisexual partner, there are other individual differences that may contribute.
The current study examined the associations between four types of conservative
beliefs and willingness to engage in romantic/sexual activities with a bisexual
partner in a sample of heterosexuals and lesbians/gay men (N = 438).
Attitudes toward bisexuality were examined as a mediator of these associations.
In general, results indicated that higher social dominance orientation,
political conservatism, and essentialist beliefs about the discreteness of
homosexuality were associated with lower willingness to engage in
romantic/sexual activities with a bisexual partner.
Further, more negative
attitudes toward bisexuality mediated these associations. There were several
meaningful differences in these associations between heterosexual women,
heterosexual men, lesbian women, and gay men, suggesting that influences on
people's willingness to be romantically or sexually involved with a bisexual
partner may differ for different gender and sexual orientation groups.
Implications for reducing stigma and discrimination against bisexual
individuals are addressed.
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By:
- 1Department of Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 625 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 2700, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA. brian.feinstein@northwestern.edu.
- 2Department of Psychology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA.
- Arch Sex Behav. 2015 Dec 28.
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